Conflicting messages, essential work: Why Riverside coronavirus cases are skyrocketing

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Amid a massive coronavirus surge across Southern California, Riverside County is experiencing some of the most dire conditions.

County officials and law enforcement have also at times chafed against coronavirus restrictions, sending conflicting, if not contradictory, messages to residents.that went beyond the governor’s restrictions at the time, including requirements to wear masks and social distance.

The variability in messaging “certainly helps to generate doubt, or lack of compliance, and undermines these kinds of imploring messages related to community,” said Richard Carpiano, a professor of public policy and sociology at UC Riverside.

 

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