(Medicine for Masks: a matter of Life and Death)...A message from the Imperial County Medical Society and Coalition of Southern California Regional Medical Societies.

They have issued a statement urging communities to wear masks. On behalf of their nearly 20,000 members in the Southern California Counties of Kern, Ventura, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, Imperial and San Diego Counties, they stand in support of the Public Health Officers and implore residents to wear masks outside the home to save lives. Their campaign is Medicine For Masks and it is designed to alert the public about the importance of wearing masks in public to prevent further loss of lif, while also stressing the importance of hand washing and social distancing. They say the campaign could greatly reduce the spread of COVID 19 as it collides with the annual flu season.