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LA suspends outdoor dining, residents feel COVID fatigue
Starting Wednesday night, LA County will require restaurants to stop outdoor dining, which local health officials have linked to an uptick in new coronavirus cases. What does this mean for businesses and the economy?
By Steve Chiotakis • • 25m ListenStarting Wednesday night, LA County will require restaurants to stop outdoor dining, which local health officials have linked to an uptick in new coronavirus cases. What does this mean for businesses and the economy? Also, a virologist and a psychologist discuss people’s feelings of COVID fatigue and how that affects their behavior.
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2 storiesWhy COVID fatigue makes it tough to see the virus as a common threat
Starting Wednesday night, LA County will require restaurants to stop outdoor dining, which local health officials have linked to an uptick in new coronavirus cases.
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