The latest bullshit from the county I live in. Like all politicians, the county "board of supervisors" is utterly worthless. Fuck them, fully.
BREAKING NEWS FROM THE CARMEL PINE CONE
February 3, 2021, 3:02 p.m.
NEW CASES DECLINING SHARPLY STATEWIDE AND IN MONTEREY COUNTY
• MoCo's weekly total is 1,391 — lowest since early December
Today the Monterey County health department said 138 new coronavirus infections had been detected in the county, bringing the total for the last seven days to 1,391 — the lowest weekly total since 1,260 cases were confirmed during the week ending Dec. 6, 2020. The county's worst week was Jan. 10, when 4,043 new cases were reported.
The improving trends here mirror what's happening in the State of California, where officials said 10,501 new cases were confirmed yesterday — way down from the record statewide total of 53,341 new cases on Jan. 1.
Hospitalization numbers have also brightened significantly. Yesterday there were 13,766 coronavirus-positive patients in the state's hospitals, down from the record of 21,923 on Jan. 5, according to data reported by the California Department of Public Health. In Monterey County, there are 118 coronavirus-positive inpatients at the county's four hospitals, according to the county health department; on Jan. 15 there were 217.
Of this week's 1,391 new cases in Monterey County, 983 were in Salinas and the Salinas Valley, while 228 were in the Monterey Peninsula, including 103 in Seaside, 58 in Marina, 31 in Monterey, 20 in Pacific Grove, five in Big Sur, three each in Carmel Valley and Pebble Beach, two in Carmel area (93923), and one in Carmel-by-the-Sea. Please remember that these are seven-day totals.
To emerge from the
Purple Tier to the Red Tier in the governor's economic shutdown scheme, the county has to get its 7-day average of new cases per 100,000 residents below 7.0. As of today, the county's number is 43.5, which means we still have long way to go. But as recently as Jan. 9, our 7-day average of new cases per 100,000 population was 126.
SUPERVISOR OFFERS VACCINE ADVICE BUT OPPOSES CLINIC AT MOUTH-OF-VALLEY CVS
Monterey County Health officer Dr. Ed Moreno did not participate in the county's weekly media briefing Wednesday afternoon, but Fifth District Supervisor Mary Adams did.
Adams, whose district includes the Monterey Peninsula, acknowledged the frustration thousands of Monterey County residents 75 and older have felt after being unable to get a coronavirus vaccination appointment. Many county residents have traveled to Santa Cruz and other counties to get the shot. Adams suggested her constituents make frequent visits to the county’s website,
mcvaccinate.com to register for a vaccination appointment.
“Check the website regularly, and start in the morning," Adams said. "Start at about 8 or 9, because the last time it filled up in 39 minutes.”(Not wasting my time on that shit at all, you useless cunt. - JS)
The county's 10 immunization sites, including Cal State Monterey Bay, reported they were “full,” the county registration website showed Wednesday after she spoke.
While the
CDC reports that California has now received 6,343,925 doses of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, the county health department says
Monterey County has received 39,075 doses — a little more than half the number it should have, based on population.(Maybe they are leaving out all the assholes. - JS)
Citing the large number of migrant farmworkers and healthcare workers in Monterey County, Adams also told news reporters that the supervisors last week asked the state to allocate more vaccine here.
“We are advocating so strongly at the state level for a separate vaccine allotment for the 35,000 additional people coming into our community in the next couple months," Adams said.
Yuma, Arizona, according to the New York Times, has experienced the highest coronavirus case rate among agricultural communities in the United States. The fear is that farmworkers with the virus could cause another surge in Monterey County.
Meanwhile, pharmacy giant CVS announced this week it would open vaccination clinics in California, including one at the CVS in the Carmel Crossroads and another in Monterey. However, Adams and the other county supervisors Tuesday complained that the clinics should be located in Salinas and/or the Salinas Valley, where most of the infections have occurred, and not on the Peninsula.(Bitch, will you pay for it? If not, STFU. - JS)
“I really think CVS needs to include [the clinics] where we have the highest presence of Covid,” Adams told reporters Wednesday.(Who gives a flying fuck what you think, twat? I sure don't. - JS)
To make an appointment for a vaccination in Monterey County, don't forget to check these websites:
mcvaccinate.com, offered by the county health department, and
www.chomp.org/vaccine, which is the site for clinics operated by Community Hospital.
To see the latest coronavirus stats from the Monterey County Health Department, please click
here, and to stay up to date with the latest data from the California Department of Public Health, please click
here. Below, you can find our latest tables showing the status of the epidemic in the county and in your community.
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