{"id":1169168,"date":"2021-12-29T11:49:51","date_gmt":"2021-12-29T16:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1169168"},"modified":"2021-12-29T11:49:53","modified_gmt":"2021-12-29T16:49:53","slug":"i-cant-stress-enough-the-need-to-wear-masks-feinstein-warns-of-the-danger-of-omicron-as-studies-suggest-mild-symptoms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-cant-stress-enough-the-need-to-wear-masks-feinstein-warns-of-the-danger-of-omicron-as-studies-suggest-mild-symptoms\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I Can\u2019t Stress Enough The Need To Wear Masks\u2019: Feinstein Warns Of The \u2018Danger Of Omicron\u2019 As Studies Suggest Mild Symptoms"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">42<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fi-cant-stress-enough-the-need-to-wear-masks-feinstein-warns-of-the-danger-of-omicron-as-studies-suggest-mild-symptoms%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1169168&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Studies have shown that the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, seems to be far less dangerous than previous strains. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/omicron-80-less-likely-to-lead-to-hospitalization-than-delta-researchers-say\">Omicron<\/a> is up to 80% less likely to cause hospitalizations, and those who contract Omicron have milder symptoms overall, according to a report from the British government.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But those studies haven\u2019t stopped some public officials, such as Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), from stoking fear about the \u201cdanger of Omicron.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCalifornia is now seeing nearly 15,000 new Covid-19 cases every day, a five-fold growth in just one month,\u201d Feinstein said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.feinstein.senate.gov\/\/public\/index.cfm\/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=3D8AA477-C77C-4C7F-9065-685FEE300F18\">press release<\/a> Tuesday. \u201cAnd hotspots like Los Angeles are seeing even faster spread, with new cases up 450 percent in just two weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The senator is right about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/omicron-covid-variant-now-estimated-to-be-58-6-of-all-u-s-cases-cdc-says\">increasing spread<\/a> of Omicron. The strain is \u201cnow estimated to be 58.6% of all U.S. cases,\u201d according to the CDC, and Feinstein is concerned that those numbers could climb and result in more hospitalizations following family holiday gatherings, but her warning of the danger of Omicron doesn\u2019t match up with recent revelations about the variant.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To prevent the further spread of the \u201cdangerous Omicron variant,\u201d Feinstein has a plan for her constituents to follow. \u201cI can\u2019t stress enough the need to wear masks and avoid large public gatherings as this disease once again surges,\u201d she stated. \u201cIt\u2019s critical that we continue to follow public health guidelines, which we know help limit transmission of this disease.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, Feinstein is telling this to people who live in California, a state with one of the strictest mask policies in the country. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/california-to-reimpose-statewide-indoor-mask-mandate-18-omicron-cases-detected\">reimposed<\/a> an indoor mask mandate on December 15 in response to Omicron showing up in the U.S. \u201cThe new mask mandate is set to take effect on Wednesday and will expire on Jan. 15. It will apply to everyone, regardless of vaccination status,\u201d Fox News reported.<\/p>\n<p>Feinstein\u2019s call for people to follow California\u2019s mask mandate comes just after CNN\u2019s medical expert, Dr. Leana Wen, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/cnn-medical-expert-doubles-down-that-cloth-masks-were-never-appropriate-for-covid-19\">said for a second time<\/a> that \u201ccloth masks are not appropriate for this pandemic.\u201d Wen went on to claim that anyone wearing a mask should be wearing 3-ply surgical masks or N-95, K-N95, or KF94 respirator masks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf our country and different jurisdictions are going to go as far as to mandate masks in some settings, let\u2019s at least wear the most effective masks,\u201d Wen stressed. \u201cI\u2019m not saying don\u2019t wear a face-covering at all, I\u2019m just saying if we\u2019re going to do it, do it the right way and really use it in the way that it\u2019s intended to prevent us from spreading and acquiring COVID-19.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Feinstein also used this as an opportunity to command the unvaccinated to act now. \u201cFor those who haven\u2019t been vaccinated or received a booster shot, the time to act is now. With the rapid increase in cases, the potential to become infected and further spread the omicron variant is incredibly high. Two-thirds of Californians are fully vaccinated, but that number needs to rise,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, Feinstein couldn\u2019t end her address on Omicron without threatening her constituents with the possibility that deaths due to the strain could \u201ceasily skyrocket in coming weeks.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAround 50 Californians are dying every day from Covid-19,\u201d she said. \u201cWhile that number is a fraction of the more than 500 daily deaths at the peak of this disease, it\u2019s still far too many. And the number could easily skyrocket in coming weeks if precautions aren\u2019t followed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Studies have shown that the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, seems to be far less dangerous than previous strains. Omicron is up to 80% less likely to cause hospitalizations, and those who contract Omicron have milder symptoms overall, according to a report from the British government.\u00a0 But those studies haven\u2019t stopped &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":324,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1169168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1169168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/324"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1169168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1169168\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1169168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1169168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1169168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}