|
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
|
This past week, Midpeninsula cities declared states of emergency, and county offices of education mandated closures of schools for several weeks.
Verily, a subsidiary of Alphabet, has launched an online tool to help screen patients for COVID-19 testing. The tool, called Project Baseline, triages people who are concerned about their COVID-19 risk and sends them to testing sites if they fit criteria based on their symptoms, according to an announcement by the company.
The pilot program is available to residents of Santa Clara and San Mateo counties who can take the screener survey starting Monday, March 16.
To use the screening tool, visit projectbaseline.com.
In Santa Clara County, which has the most cases of any county in California, the number of people confirmed to have COVID-19 jumped from 79 to 114 between Friday and Sunday. Of those, two people have died, 48 are hospitalized; 52 cases were a result of community transmission.
San Mateo County reported its first death due the coronavirus this weekend, an older adult with underlying medical conditions. The county did not release further information. In San Mateo County, 31 people have tested positive for COVID-19 as of Sunday, March 15. The number of cases stood at 20 on Friday.
Safeway supermarkets in Palo Alto, Mountain View and Menlo Park have shortened their hours to enable staff to restock the shelves and clean the stores, according to signs posted on the doors and phone recordings. The Safeways are open 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. with the following exceptions, which are open 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.: Menlo Park at 525 El Camino Real; Mountain View at 645 San Antonio Road.
Caltrain is reducing its weekday service “in response to a significant decline in ridership stemming from efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus.” The changes are effective Tuesday, March 17.
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced new state restrictions in a Sunday press conference, including home isolation of everyone in the state over age 65, closure of all bars, wineries and nightclubs and requiring restaurants to reduce their occupancy by half. Newsom also said that 51% of all California school districts have closed and that 80-85% of all students statewide will no longer be in class starting Monday, March 16.
“These are profoundly significant steps in real time and they’re significant steps up from two days ago,” Newsom said. “We’re guided deeply not by anxiety, not by fear but a very pragmatic response to meet this moment without creating other unintended consequences.”
Santa Clara County
Stanford Health Care announced on Sunday, March 15, that drive-through appointments for Stanford Medicine’s COVID-19 test are now available for patients who have been referred by their medical providers. Patients remain in their cars for the tests, which take a few minutes and are administered by a physician, advanced practice provider or nurse outfitted in protective clothing, including a gown, goggles, mask and gloves, Stanford Health Care said. Patients will be notified of their COVID-19 test results within 24 hours; if the result is positive, their doctors will make sure they get appropriate care, which can range from hospitalization for people showing severe symptoms to telemedicine visits and self-quarantine for those with mild cases. The drive-through tests are available from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., seven days a week, at Express Care’s Hoover Pavilion location in Palo Alto. Patients can call 650-498-9000 to speak with a nurse who will assess the next step for their care.
The City of Palo Alto activated its emergency operations center on Sunday, March 15, and is launching a community support call center early this week. Mayor Adrian Fine is also convening a meeting of the Citizen Corps Council, which provides coordination between government and community institutions including Stanford University and Healthcare, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Palo Alto Unified School District, as well as business and volunteer organizations.
Bishop Oscar Cantu asked all parishes, missions and chapels in the Diocese of San José to suspend public masses beginning today, March 14, until further notice. There are diocese churches in Palo Alto, Mountain View and Los Altos.
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), the multi-billion dollar agency that plans and operates the county’s road and transit network, announced today, March 14, that starting on Monday, March 16, it will reduce capacity on its light rail vehicles, running one-car trains instead of two- and three-car trains. It will also suspend its school-trip service for three weeks in light of school closures.
On Friday, Santa Clara County Public Health officials ordered all public schools to close for three weeks, starting Monday through April 3. Also on Friday, Santa Clara County Public Health officials banned all gatherings of 100 persons or more.
Palo Alto will keep all libraries and community centers closed starting Saturday in response to the coronavirus and recent guidance from Santa Clara County, the city announced Friday evening. As of Friday, all in-person library programs and services in Mountain View have been cancelled or postponed through April 6.
The city, which had already cancelled more than 30 events, is also instituting a hiring freeze, City Manager Ed Shikada announced Friday.
In addition to libraries, the city will keep the Palo Alto Art Center, the Mitchell Park Community Center, the Lucie Stern Community Center, the Junior Museum and Zoo, the Children’s Theatre and Rinconada Pool closed as of Saturday. The Palo Alto Animal Shelter will also be closed and all events at programs at Cubberley Community Center will be suspended.
Tenants at Cubberley may modify or suspend their activities in accordance with county guidance, the city announced, referring to the county’s Friday order banning all events with more than 100 people and requiring precautionary measures for all events with more than 35 people.
San Mateo County
The San Mateo County health department announced Saturday evening that it is banning gatherings of more than 50 people for three weeks starting on Sunday. The order also advises against get togethers of more than 10 people. This amends its Thursday order, which barred all gatherings larger than 250 people starting on Friday.
The health department issued an order on Friday to close all schools in the county for three weeks starting Monday.
San Mateo County Libraries announced on Friday that all of its library branches would close starting Monday until March 31.
On Friday, the San Mateo County Probation Department suspended visitation at the Youth Services Center – Juvenile Hall and the Margaret J. Kemp Camp (Camp Kemp) facilities until further notice to curb the spread of the virus.
San Mateo County and Parks will stay open, but the county is taking immediate protective actions, county officials said Friday. Visitors will pay at designated pay stations rather than at gate house; all staff and docent-led events, including hikes and tours, are canceled through March; the Bicycle Sunday event is canceled through March and the Parks department’s main office in Redwood City and Coyote Point Marina office will be closed to the public indefinitely.
Menlo Park declared a local state of emergency on Thursday, closing City Hall and other facilities. Atherton followed suit on Friday, canceling events and scaling back public meetings.
Other closures
Organizations are also announcing temporary closures. In Palo Alto, the Oshman Family Jewish Community Center will close for at least two weeks starting Sunday night, March 15, according to a March 13 email from CEO Zack Bodner.
Preschool and Club J will be closed as well. However, he wrote, “In the coming days, we will be working to find creative ways to keep connecting people with each other, whether that is through distance learning or exercise broadcasts or check-ins with isolated people in our community.”
There has not been any confirmed case of COVID-19 at the JCC, the email stated.
“At this time, we will not be able to issue refunds for March membership or tuition,” Bodner wrote.
The annual Stanford Powwow, which takes place on Mother’s Day weekend, has also been canceled, organizers said on their website.
On Thursday, Little House Activity Center and the Rosener House Adult Care center, two Menlo Park programs that cater to seniors, will be closed as of the end of the day Friday for two weeks.
Find comprehensive coverage on the Midpeninsula’s response to the new coronavirus by Palo Alto Online, the Mountain View Voice and Almanac here.
Some aspects of school closures are worrisome. How are health care workers staffing the clinics, hospitals, nursing homes and senior living centers locally and beyond going to go to work if they have to care for kids at home?
And yet, if you get an infraction citation on a federal installation (Moffett), you are required to go to the federal courthouse in San Jose IN PERSON on the date they tell you to (April 2), and wait around who knows how long with who knows what exposures, despite being in a risk group, despite disputing the infraction, and despite the federal code saying that the state traffic laws applies except they will not let you apply the parts that allow you to defend yourself like section 40902 of the CA Vehicle code that allows a defendant to challenge traffic infraction citations in writing without having to appear in person in court, because they just don’t do it that way.
It is yet another example of the vacuum of citizen protections that exist where there is “federal preemption,” to the point that even the laws the federal code says govern the situation are only used to persecute citizens and not allow them to defend their innocence.
There is such a vacuum, there aren’t even lawyers who will deal with that area of law. Which is why so many millions of Americans have their rights trampled on by “federal preemption” taken way too far, such as utter lack of protection by state medical insurance laws for Medicare patients or federal workers.
Take THAT county health department. You have no power or protection as a citizen if something wrong happens to you on a federal installation, pandemics be d@mned. Ironic, given all the rhetoric in Washington.
I am more concern of the economic and low wirkforce than the virus itself, this panic situation has put me to buy food and stuff no because of the virus, because everybody is taking tons of everything at the stores, what is the government really hiding? I remembered the swine flu at this point of the same time had contagied and killed 10 fold times that this new coronavirus and there ware no any cancelations and no panic at all, something is smelling different here, the elite just know why they are doing all of this!!!…
Could this situation be used to pushback on the overreach in regards to ERISA and federal pre-emption, and all the other ways that citizens’ rights are trampled on where there is a vacuum of legal protections in regards to federal preemption?
Could this traffic ticket be used like that tax case that RBG took up to give women equal rights? The federal government has no laws for federal bases, and a whole bunch of other important arenas of our lives. In the case of the traffic ticket, the Code of Federal Regulations says that state laws prevail. The ticket is issued under federal jurisdiction but the CFR says they have adopted state traffic codes to do this. However, in practice, this means they adopt the state code to give citizens the ticket and FINE the citizen, but refuse to acknowledge the parts of the state code that allow citizens to dispute the ticket and defend themselves (for example California Vehicle Code Section 40902 which allows a defendant to challenge traffic infraction citations in writing without having to appear in person in court.)
Doesn’t this violate the 14th Amendment of the Constitution? Given the many areas of law in which federal jurisdiction leaves citizens of any state without any of the ordinary protections of other state citizens, such as related to ERISA — so, for example, if the state enacts a law saying that there has to be insurance coverage for pregnancy testing, pregnant federal workers cannot contest insurance denials or sue for bad faith because they are not protected by state laws because of federal preemption — isn’t it time to contest this interpretation in order to protect citizens?
Probably the most notorious overreach of this doctrine of federal preemption came in ERISA rulings. Because ERISA didn’t explicitly give citizens the same rights that they have under state laws when it comes to, for example, suing their insurance companies for bad faith when they don’t honor their contracts to sick workers, the courts interpreted it as Congress intending to not grant that right. This has done endless damage to people over the years as citizens could not be protected by the laws intended to address the imbalance of power between insurers and patients to enforce the medical insurance contracts, because there are no federal laws.
Given the utter vacuum of federal laws in so many areas of our lives, and the way (as in this traffic ticket) citizens thusly cannot even enforce the laws the CFR says do apply, wouldn’t the equal protection clause of the Constitution dictate that where there is a vacuum of federal rules and protections because of federal preemption/jurisdiction, it should not be assumed that Congress intended there to be a vacuum or lack of protections or great injustice/unequal protection (as is patently obvious if you take the broader view), but that Congress has failed in its duty to study the areas where there is a vacuum of rules and protections because of federal preemption and to make rules to fill that vacuum?
Couldn’t pursuing a specific case like this press a larger issue of interpretation of federal preemption, that wherever there is such a vacuum of federal rules, that the rights citizens have under state statutes should prevail and extend to the situation unless Congress overtly makes a rule against them? (Which they might find difficult to expressly do, to strip citizens of rights that everyone else has because of federal jurisdiction.) Shouldn’t the default be that a vacuum of federal rules and rights goes in favor of citizens’ having equal protection under the law?
I mean, I read that the authority to assimilate laws of the surrounding state in which a federal facility is located comes from the Assimilative Crimes Act 18 USC 13 (which says iif there is not an existing Federal Regulation for a particular violation, federal law enforcement is allowed to use the state equivalent, i.e., if there is a vacuum of federal rules where crime is concerned, law enforcement can use the state rules.) Courts have disagreed as to whether state statutes that are not considered to be crimes under state law but are merely subject to civil or administrative penalties (like, ahem, traffic infractions) may be assimilated by the ACA. The Court in US v. Devenport 131 F. 3d604, 175 A.L.R. Fed 709 (7th Cir. 1997) held that such noncriminal state statutes cannot be assimilated by the ACA.
Again, there seems to be federal law that expressly deals with criminal traffic violations and the authority to assimilate state codes, and even rulings related to the limits of that authority, that seem to demonstrate that a vacuum of federal statutes is just a lack of attention to developing the statutes federally, not an intent by the Congress to deny anyone on a federal installation explicitly of any rights.
Any ideas about who might be willing to take up such a case? It would be as monumental when it comes to citizens rights as anything in modern history, because it would apply to ERISA and rights of workers (not just federal) against much more powerful interests (like insurance companies).
This is a time bomb waiting to explode as inmates are being processed & admitted 24/7.
Outside of a verbal health questionaire & a TB shot, inmates are booked and incarcerated either in the main SJ jail or the one in Milpitas (Elmwood) where the incarcerated reside in 100 bed barracks.
Sanitary conditions are less than stellar & inmates are always headed to an understaffed infirmary for a variety of ailments.
Breakfast & lunch are packed by inmates working in the kitchen & except for the breakfast bologne which comes sealed, everything else is hand-packed/wrapped except for dinner which is a microwaved pre-packaged meal.
The cleaning of the shower & toilet facilities are left up to the appointed ‘trustee’ (an inmate) & conditions vary from average to filthy.
If a mass pandemic broke out at county jail, a lockdown quarantine would be required,the jail infirmary overun by sick patients,
then the SC County hospital utilized, followed by referrals to private district hospitals.
Are we ready for this? People are dying from coronavirus, panic buying has emptied store shelves, schools shut down, nearly everyone afraid of going out in public.
America is LOST & only the lucky ones will go unscathed by this dreaded disease running rampant globally.
We are experiencing a Malthusian-themed science fiction scenario of sorts except that it is real.
Having been recently released from Elmwood Correctional Facility (where I can speak from personal experience) the inmates don’t care about the outside world because the outside world doesn’t care about them.
Besides…we are all going to die someday anyway.
“What About A Potential COVID-19 Outbreak At County Jail?”
Group Quarters are a huge concern, which is why many are closing (dorms, etc..) Some jails are doing early release to help with containment of the virus.
Let that sink in.
It would have been easier to control, evaluate and contain, especially with Group Quarters if Trump had not fired the admiral who was in charge of our national pandemic team three years ago. He never replaced that position on the NSC.
It would also had been easier if Trump and Pence had accepted the offer of millions of test kits from the WHO in January. Nope, they made an absolutely stupid decision to not take them.
Trump and Pence have been utter failures in timely action on this epidemic. Our hospitals may well be overrun. Governors are asking the Feds for help on every front, even setting up military medical assistance NOW in preparation for the wave that will potentially overwhelm facilities in weeks (following the Italian Curve that shows we about 2 weeks behind in most regards.)
Group Quarters are a huge issue as incubators.
Not dissimilar to airports last night where, due to Trump’s token travel ban, tens of thousands sat in close, tight proximity incubator lines for up to 6 hours at NY, Newark, O’Hare, DFW, etc.. before being released out onto the streets.
Brilliant.
Two weeks. Pray folks. As the Italians are saying: we keep our distance now so we may embrace later.
Except in customs line in airports. And jails. And….
> Besides…we are all going to die someday anyway.
Awesome attitude. About the only polite thing I can say is: “No, I couldn’t, please, you first…”
😉
Quote…Some jails are doing early release to help with containment of the virus.
^^^^ Not sure if this is a good idea as releasing various inmates from jail may only INCREASE the chance of them getting sick on the outside. Nature of crime/arrest also enters into the discretionary picture.
As far as blaming Trump & Pence for the lag in acknowledging this public health issue/problem…
Like George W. who got chastized by the media & left for the aftermath of 911, Trump/Pence cannot be blamed for this pandemic arising as it’s reportage was delayed somewhat by China & only when the COVID-19 went global with many casualties did the POTUS finally acknowledge that something was awry.
I suspect that the best case scenario is for people to remain more insular during this time of crisis…avoid physical interaction with others if possible (which many are doing anyway) & let the chips fall where they may.
We’ve got the internet so it is not necessary ‘to reach out & touch someone’ let alone infect them (if one happens to be a carrier but not ill themselves).
All things eventually pass & if there are fewer of us around after this COVID-19 finally winds down, no big deal as the world is already overpopulated & the greatest sacrifice one can make is to ensure a quality of life for others.
Most people are only concerned with their own petty world & that is why so many are freaking out.
> As far as blaming Trump & Pence for the lag in acknowledging this public health issue/problem.
I’m not blaming them for this error as much as for other CRUCIAL mistakes:
– firing the National Pandemic Team 3 years ago
– failure to accept millions of test kits offered by the WHO in January.
All three mistakes together? That borders on criminal negligence.
> Like George W. who got chastized by the media & left for Sept 11
Not the same at all: Bush was READ a PDB which stated clearly: Bin Laden Determined To Attack US, and then went on vacation for a month.
It’s a case of vacation for Bush vs multiple criminally stupid mistakes by Trump/Pence.
> if there are fewer of us around after this COVID-19 finally winds down, no big deal as the world is already overpopulated & the greatest sacrifice one can make is to ensure a quality of life for others.
You clearly are rooting, a second time, for death of others. Wow. You must be a delight on the cocktail party circuit.
You really should turn off Fox. Alas, you *are* qualified to work for Mike “Rapture” Pence.
Since the US has had such extreme limits on testing, actual cases are easily 10x the confirmed numbers, according to most epidemiologists.
And people are contagious for up to 14 days before showing symptoms.
And everyone has family and friends over 60 or with chronic conditions at high risk.
Let that sink in, and then cancel everything.
It’s tough being the executive branch leader of the greatest country in the history of mankind…sorry ancient Egypt & Rome, you guys pale in comparison.
That said & while not defending George W. in any form or matter, he was not provided with an accurate/specific timeframe or the pinpoint specifics of such a plot as 911…much was subject to speculation by intelligence gathering & as history has demonstrated, sometimes over-reacting to perceived threats can lead to some serious blunders…while Jim Morrison was singing ‘Light My Fire’ his father had ignited the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution two years earlier.
Then again & according to the media, it is ALWAYS a Republican administration responsible for various crucial oversights that seriously impact the health, morality & misguided direction of the USA. *oh well*
BTW ..I am not registered Republican (or Democrat) as both parties seem to be full of horsefeathers. I have remained registered ‘independant’ since voting for McGovern in 1972 & cross party lines…generally to get rid of someone.
As aforementioned, the best we can do at present is avoid unnecessary interaction with others & perhaps turn more inwards & get to know ourselves better…then maybe some
of the superficial vanities that many people tend to embrace can take a break as well.
And if COVID-19 takes me down in the process, no big deal as we are all destined for oblivion & no one remembers the names of any 1918 Spanish Flu casualties…who cares?
>> what is the government really hiding? I remembered the swine flu at this point of the same time had contagied and killed 10 fold times that this new coronavirus and there ware no any cancelations and no panic at all, something is smelling different here, the elite just know why they are doing all of this!!!…
^^^ A very valid point & concern.
One thing you learn in county jail is never to trust the outside world as vast amounts of money & convoluted justice are exclusively reserved for the greedy & corrupt.
“Behind every great fortune lies a crime.” Pere Goriot by Honore de Balzac
^^^ that’s how it’s done…by pushing the universe out of balance. Robber barons (i.e. Rockefeller, Morgan, Stanford, Carnegie, Gates, et Al have been with us since the beginning of mankind & only after they’ve accrued more money than they’ll ever need do they become conditional ‘philanthropists’.
So yes…there may be something bigger behind all of this but conspiracy theories are a dime s dozen & oftentimes best ignored.
>>>You clearly are rooting, a second time, for death of others. Wow. You must be a delight on the cocktail party circuit.
^^^ Sorry to disappoint you but I am not a mortician!
One country puts the entire world on its knees and you are blaming Trump???? We can recognize the intensity of China’s public-health response. But we should acknowledge and condemn the methods by which the world was kept in the dark for too long, and the means by which Beijing continues to interrupt the flow of information. We should not be thanking Beijing for its actions. Instead, we need honesty and the pursuit of the truth to defeat this challenge. And we must acknowledge that the Chinese government’s actions early on almost certainly led to the global crisis we’re facing.
@Duveneck/St. Francis — As usual, when faced with the uncomfortable truth, the -45 cult try to change the subject.
Let’s get something straight here: What the Chinese government did (or more accurately, what the provincial officials in Wuhan did) is neither here nor there as far as the (non)actions of this administration are concerned. As has been repeatedly reported in the last few weeks, the administration had ample warning about the COVID-19 virus infecting people in the United States — and they did NOTHING. And none of their actions (so far) have achieved the slowing of the transmission rate of COVID-19.
If you are going to blame anyone, sport, blame your cult leader.
> while not defending George W. in any form or matter, he was not provided with an accurate/specific timeframe
Sure, you say you’re not, but of course, you are doing just that. Bush/Cheney were told it was going to happen and *WENT ON VACATION*. Your defense: well, gosh, no one gave him the exact day, time and flight numbers….
> And if COVID-19 takes me down in the process, no big deal
Bless you – when are you volunteering to roll gurneys of Covid patients from the Stanford parking lot triage units through the hallways filled with infected patients (if we hit Italian numbers)?
I admit, your bravery and willingness to serve our community is an inspiration to us all! We will salute you when your kids and grandkids hold the memorial, assuming you haven’t also infected them with your hither and yon, careless, we-all-gonna-die-anyway attitude.
>> We will salute you when your kids and grandkids hold the memorial, assuming you haven’t also infected them with your hither and yon, careless, we-all-gonna-die-anyway attitude.
^^^^ Fat chance as most Millennials & Gen Z could care less about their ancestry, American history or personal sacrifice…they are too busy whining about their own concerns & priorities which is understandable.
My point…perhaps it’s best to get over one’s deluded sense of self-importance & pointing fingers via the blame game. Life is too short & COVID-19 may have made it shorter for many of us.
Chances are you will probably feel quite inept dying at 110 years+ of absolutely nothing! Unless all you are clinging to is the extrinsic & temporal universe…while keeping in mind that American culture only worships youth & good looks.
Donald Trump & his band of cohorts will be moving on as well…whether they manage to evolve the next time around is the least of my concerns.
See you in the next world!
> Instead, we need honesty and the pursuit of the truth to defeat this challenge.
Yes, truth and honesty. Trump fired the Pandemic Team and turned down millions of testing kits in January when we all knew of the virus.
Why do you say you seek Truth but are unwilling to acknowledge fact? Are you being honest with yourself?
RPerhaps reducing diversity & the ideal of a multi-cultural sAmerican soiciety/melting pot can eliminate the transfer of certain diseases.
The white settlers introduced smallpox to the Native American Indians & measles to the Native Hawaiians.
This kind of pandemic stuff doesn’t occur in homogenous societies (i.e. Scandanavisn countries & Japan who tend to discourage ‘out of towners’
permanently settling in their countries
Curtailing immigration = elimination of non-native diseases.
Besides we already have a pretty broad range of various nationalities & ethicities in America. Do we really need more?
Quote:
Why do you say you seek Truth but are unwilling to acknowledge fact?
^^^ While I cannot speak on behalf of the poster who triggered your comment/query…the truth is, the COVID-19 virus did originate in China & without pointing fingers at who should have done what…it is unfortunate that many non-mainland Chinese (i.e. from Taiwan, Hong Kong etc.) are taking the brunt of xenophobia wrongfully directed towards them.
@East Palo Alto — Wow. Just wow.
But I guess it’s a good thing that you displayed your bigotry for all the world to see…
>> it’s a good thing that you displayed your bigotry for all the world to see…
^^^ Bigotry? Sorry you feel that way.
During the early days of WW2, Chinese merchants would often place storefront signs saying, ‘we are not Japanese’ in order NOT to be confused or construed as a concocted enemy of the American public.
I have spoken with a number of American-born Chinese whose ancestors have been here for generations & many of them resent the moneyed newcomers from the mainland who have not assimilated to American culture.
The key is not to confuse all & lump them into the same category…that is bigotry.
No, buddy, you ARE a bigot. And all the fancy rhetoric you use here doesn’t change that fact.
But I guess that goes with the territory. Right, Craig?
> One country puts the entire world on its knees and you are blaming Trump????
Sure. Or, rather, it’s a government’s responsibility to protect its own people. I blame Trump, but then I also blame previous administrations as well as local governments. America’s slow response, CDC incompetence (eg. faulty kits), and our health care system that deters people from reporting themselves have lead to “community spreaders” meaning that we can’t track the virus because we’re not able to, despite being a first world country.
Taiwan and South Korea (?) meanwhile, have shown that a country CAN contain this virus, despite being less than 100 miles away from China. Taiwan acted in January, and has only one CoVid death. It’s already mid-March and the USA has started to close schools. Yeah, that’s impressive. Both of these countries have a much smaller population than the USA, that’s not an excuse for USA’s slow response and lack of kits.
https://news.yahoo.com/taiwan-only-47-coronavirus-cases-164918101.html
> I blame Trump, but then I also blame previous administrations as well as local governments.
Trump, not Newsom or Obama, fired the national pandemic team three years ago.
Trump/Pence turned down millions of test kits from the WHO in January.
Local governments have been looking to national leadership for guidance. All they got was Trump calling it a hoax and telling us it would probably just disappear.
“But we have it so well under control. I mean, we really have done a very good job.”
FFS stop already. He streamlined a bloated agency and people both agree and disagree with this. Stop making it political, there is no easy answer and for the most part agencies are responding in effective ways. No person, no party, no organization is perfect and there and will be mistakes. Rather than continuing to post the same negative crap over and over and over, let’s try to come together and support each other, make positive contributions. THIS IS THE TIME FOR US TO COME TOGETHER.
For example, I saw this earlier today and it warmed my heart and hopefully gave hope to the Italian people! Let’s all be positive! Stop the blaming and negativity!
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8114549/Italian-airforce-plays-Pavarotti-singing-Nessun-Dorma-incredible-air-display.html#v-1937694444820479261
> He streamlined a bloated agency
No. While he may have gutted many agencies, this is FAR DIFFERENT.
He *fired* the ADMIRAL on the NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL who was in charge of the national pandemic team.
That’s not “streamlining” – it is sheer incompetence. Americans need to know this as Fox goes about re-writing history. So, to use your own words:
“FFS stop (defending the indefensible) already”
re the Italians, as previously credited above:
We keep our distance now so we may embrace later.
Why can’t Stanford and any other university with a hospital use their now-empty dorms for extra hospital bed capacity? Seems like a perfect solution to the anticipated acute shortage. They’re close to a hospital, and with some shared resources and “ownership.” That certainly seems better than using hotels. And if Newsom can take over hotels, surely he can take over dorm buildings under the same authority if a university objects.
I read an awful lot of comments blaming Donald Trump for this CoronaVirus mess, but how can you really blame a guy whose last educational experience was in the 1960’s yet thinks he knows more than the experts about pandemics thanks to his uncle’s genes? After all WHO KNEW running a country was so complicated? WHO KNEW? That needs to be the slogan of the Trump administration … WHO KNEW?
If Trump didn’t know then it was his responsibility to find out what he was doing. The shirking of responsibility answer he gave to Yamiche Alcindor, the White House correspondent for the PBS NewsHour about his own bad judgement and poor decisions was ludicrous. People who support Donald Trump should definitely socially isolate and hang your heads in shame.
Yes. There are many ways to potentially die (e.g. by accident, various diseases, murder etc.).
The only way to reduce certain death-related odds is to counter them via lifestyle changes & alterations.
In the case of COVID-19, people are avoiding each other & public gatherings. A good call since the virus is airborne.
By not riding in or driving a car, one greatly reduces the risk of being involved in an automobile accident or fatality.
Adhering to a healthy lifestyle & diet can also ward off certain diseases attributed to excess or abuse.
And murder can often be avoided by discretionary measures regarding who you associate with or where one ventures, resides etc.
Genetics is another KEY factor as there will be many individuals who NEVER catch the coronavirus even though they are being exposed to it on a regular basis.
Possibility = 100% Probability = variable %s
My grandparents are Amish & except for certain degenerative diseases that have been passed on due to limited marriage pool, they avoid cars & are at minimum risk for COVID-19 because they rarely leave the farm being relatively self-sufficient in terms of animal husbandry, food preparation, the making of clothing & what not.
The interaction of modern society is why COVID-19 is spreading like a wildfire.
If people distanced themselves from others, the coronavirus would affect fewer individuals…perhaps then, only people who reside in the suburbs or inner cities would come down with it.
We are watching this outbreak from a distance & have told our children that though the outside world can have a certain exciting appeal, there are many dangers that are lurking when too many people are co-occupying the same living spaces.
We are somewhat immune from COVID-19…not because of any genetic or mental superiority but because most of us chose not to interact with the outside world on a regular basis.
Plus…there is absolutely NO REASON for us to be traveling to or conducting business with overseas countries as self-sufficiency reduces and/or eliminates the necessity.
Does anyone have access to information as to how many Palo Alto residents have this virus? I know the numbers are not accurate yet due to lack of testing, but it would be helpful to know how many people in town have symptoms severe enough to seek medical care and thus get counted by officials.
We are all entitled to privacy, so names cannot be given, but we should have information about the city and perhaps neighborhood.
Certainly in many other countries people are allowed to know what is happening directly around them. Santa Clara County is huge, and we need more specifics.
Please check your facts: Gavin Newsom did NOT “announce new state restrictions in a Sunday press conference, including home isolation of everyone in the state over age 65.” He urged people to stay at home, but did not mandate that. You are targeting people based on age–even the Daily Post got it right! As did the SJ Mercury News.
> Does anyone have access to information as to how many Palo Alto residents have this virus?
No. No one knows. Until there is enough testing for all with symptoms and enough to do a sampling of those without symptoms, we will not know.
The WHO offered Trump millions of tests in January and he turned them down.
No one knows.
I am not sure its a right page but did any of MP /Palo Alto city officials are closley looking at FB facility where thousands of contractors like cooking staff,House keepers, FB uber drivers, in house securitu etc are forced to work in this emergency situation. They come from all parts of bay-area with mixed background and it needs only couple of cases to errupt the pendemic in any area. I think the city counsil should take proper action for not allowing thousands of people working same facilities during this emergency.
“Does anyone have access to information as to how many Palo Alto residents have this virus?
Yes.
Facebook, Google, and your ISP maintain detailed databases on all your internet activities. They know everything about you.
Who else can you blame but POSOTUS for the cases here in the US? First, he fired the WH Pandemic team, he continued to let people in from China, called it fake news, gives false and misleading information, and where the hell are all the test kits? His cult needs to wake up and stop drinking the Koolaid!
The last update dated April 20th shows 41 new cases and 6 new deaths. The case count by City doesn’t seem to have been updated at 4:00pm.
https://www.sccgov.org/sites/covid19/Pages/dashboard.aspx
Update: the Case Count by City was just updated to April 20th: https://www.sccgov.org/sites/covid19/Pages/dashboard.aspx
Palo Alto increased to 66.
Our Government preaches Testing!Testing! “We need more testing to open CA”, but then they use the excuse of confirmed cases going up, not down, as a reason to NOT open up our businesses. We are now at a point where many are facing bankruptcy. Bankrupting State and Local Cities is not a smart way to counteract a health crisis in my book.