Of course they started where the sheep live.            

New mask mandates begin at Bay Area hospitals in attempt to prevent another 'tripledemic'

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- If you walk into a doctor's office or hospital in much of the Bay Area, you'll notice every staff member must have a mask on starting November 1.

Bay Area public health officials are hoping to prevent the same 'tripledemic' that put a strain on hospitals across the area last year.

"This situation right now with RSV and other viruses, respiratory viruses is basically our March 2020 -- this is our pandemic," Dr. Jackie Grupp-Phelan, division chief of Pediatric Emergency Medicine at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals said in an interview with ABC7 in November 2022.

That was last November in the Bay Area, when the 'tripledemic' of RSV, COVID, and flu pushed healthcare workers to the limits.

It forced at least one hospital to expand into tents on the sidewalk outside.

https://abc7news.com/bay-area-mask-mandates-hospital-requirements-tripledemic-health-care-facilities/13999066/