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FAIRFIELD — Supervisor Erin Hannigan requested that the board be updated on the Covid-19 situation, and specifically why Solano is the only county in the region that is not mandating wearing masks in public indoor places. She said she had received a number of comments from the public on the topic and hopes Dr. Bela Matyas, the county public health officer, can explain the local policy. Matyas, in a phone interview, said the answer is simple: The science does not
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support such a policy. He noted, first of all, it is already a state mandate that unvaccinated individuals wear masks in such places, though enforcement is mostly on the honor system and not some kind of specific verification. More directly to the science, Matyas said, the
sources of transmission in Solano County are private social gatherings and not public settings. “All this is predicated on the belief that all these indoor places are where transmission takes place,” Matyas said. “They are not the same risk of transmission, not even remotely as close.” Nancy O’Brien could not disagree more. She called in to the board meeting during the public comment period demanding a policy change that would require everyone – See Science, Page A8
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VALLEJO — The Solano County Fair Board voted 4-1 Monday to stop hosting gun shows at the county fairgrounds. Director Lee Williams dissented. The prohibition will begin when the contract the fairgrounds has with show promoter Code of the West expires at the end of the year. There are still shows scheduled for October and December. There was a general consensus among those voting for the ban that while gun shows are probably not a direct cause for the escalating gun violence in Vallejo and around the country, they felt compelled to do something. “There is an opportunity for us to do the right thing,” said board Chairman Manuel Angel, who initially abstained but then changed his mind and joined the majority. Angel noted that he is a hunter but is sensi-
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erate Republicans to forge a compromise, the Senate voted 69-30 in favor of the legislation. In the end, it had support from 19 Republicans, including Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. The plan, which is the first portion of Biden’s “Build Back Better” program, will next go to the House, where it faces challenges from progressives. Ten centrist senators See Senate, Page A8
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