Residents of Orange County—and the whole of California, for that matter—will awake to a less restrictive world June 15 when the state lifts most of its pandemic-related restrictions. “I hate this phrase ‘reopening the economy’ because the economy has been doing fine. Just look at California’s tax receipts,” Andrew Noymer, a University of California–Irvine professor of population health and disease prevention, told City News Service. “It’s about reopening social events. I think it’s totally appropriate right now based on epidemiology.” Supervisor Lisa Bartlett said Orange County would abide by the state’s reopening guidelines, which vary depending on a person’s vaccination status. The fully-inoculated are permitted to shop in stores without masks, for example, while the non-vaccinated are expected to keep their faces covered under the guidelines. Bartlett said she encouraged the public to hold itself accountable, but added it is not the county’s responsibility to enforce California’s vaccination policy. “It’s up to private …