LA has imposed one of the US’s strictest vaccine mandates. Will it prevent a Covid surge?

Stringent proof-of-vaccine measures are an attempt to prevent the incalculable loss' of lives that struck the area last winter

This week, Los Angeles embraced one of the strictest vaccine rules in the United States, requiring residents to show proof of full vaccination before entering restaurants, movie theaters, gyms and other public spaces.

The latest rules are expected to boost vaccination rates in the US' second most populous city. But they also prompted backlash. On Monday, demonstrators including municipal workers, police officers, dock workers, parents, and teachers protested in front of city hall, carrying signs reading Freedom Not Force!" and My body, my choice."