Second Case of COVID-19 Confirmed in Humboldt County Today
Press release from the Department of Health & Human Services:
Local Health Officials confirmed a second positive test of a Humboldt County resident with novel coronavirus (COVID-19) one month to the day after the county had its first confirmed positive case.
Humboldt County Health Officer Dr. Teresa Frankovich said the individual had recently traveled to a high-risk country. Community transmission is not believed to be a factor in this case. Anyone who was in close contact with the individual will be contacted by Public Health staff, evaluated and quarantined as appropriate.
“Our thoughts go out to this individual and we wish them a full recovery,” Frankovich said. “We have said repeatedly that we expect additional cases in our community. We’ve been fortunate to have had time to prepare, and we have prepared. I certainly do not think this will be the last case in Humboldt County.”
Humboldt County Sheriff William Honsal said the results underscore the importance of the shelter in place order declared last night. “It is absolutely critical that Humboldt County takes the Health Officer’s order to shelter in place seriously,” he said. “This inconvenience to our daily lives is the necessary step to protect our friends, loved ones and fellow community members.”
Humboldt County had its first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Feb. 20. The individual recovered and was released from isolation on Feb. 28, after meeting all conditions for clearance required by the CDC.
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I understand not giving the names of people involved but she can’t even say what county they travelled to. Is there an art to giving as little information as possible?
Country, not county.
I meant to say country.
The cat is out of the bag. The location of this second case is being circulated on social media. I urge everyone to start dredging for this critical piece of info.
It’s time for people to stand up for their rights and demand accurate information or resignation from Frankovich, before she kills someone (If she hasn’t already) through her lies by omission.
I am not a sheep to be herded over the cliff by an incompetant shepherd. Apparently, unless Frankovich is being told to keep her mouth shut by someone, that is exactly what she is. She is obviously either amoral or a coward.
This business of “Not wanting people to panic” is absurd. Look around for shit sake. People are hunkered down in their homes for an undetermined length of time. Stores are closed, businesses are going belly up, people are loosing everything they worked all their lives for,
and people you thought were tolerable will now shank you for a loaf of bread in the grocery store. That’s not panic?
What panics me is when public officials start lying and playing with our rights. Is this China, or what? Is this woman just a shill for the party line or a real Health Officer?
Granted, Frankovitches’ job is to try to keep the stupid ones in line, and everyone knows there are way more stupid people than smart ones. That’s why you need to have one information channel for the stupid ones, and another for the smart ones, or just have one channel for everyone and tell the truth.
Frankovich should just tell the truth and let the people face this head on. The smart will always help the stupid, and Frankovich should either start giving us the information she is sworn by duty to supply us, or get outta Dodge.
Barricade the bridges and leave the south lane open.
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Frankovich is bound by federal law to protect the identity of this new COVID-19 patient. It’s called HIPPA, the Health Information Privacy & Protection Act. She CAN’T release this person’s name or location, BY LAW!
If everyone would just follow the shelter in place order, and practice social distancing and hand sanitation guidelines, the spread of this virus can be contained.
Stoking fear and speculating on social media serves no one. There’s already enough fear out there from seeing the true extent of incompetence in this illegitimate administration and the dreaded realization that we are truly on our own.
We should be more concerned that we have a sociopath in the White House whose mission to dismantle everything done under Obama has reached the extent that we no longer have a functional system to respond to this pandemic. Gross incompetence and lifelong grifting have created this situation because every delay has been caused by refusing to take steps that won’t profit his family crime syndicate, the sycophants in his administration, or his cronies at Mar a Lago.
What part of you’re on your own have you failed to understand???
What do any freedoms have to do with our current situation?
Officials are bound by directives, very few of their own making.
This has been a travesty since day one, and lies and deception rule this playing field.
You either are playing or getting played.
Dear Alice,
I never said we should know who has the disease and their address. We need to know a general area, such as northern, southern, or middle, or a town. Just common sense. Why are we shown maps every day that show all the areas in the US that have active cases? Maybe so we can avoid them? Let’s say the second case was in Fortuna, wouldn’t you want to know? Wouldn’t you want your family to know? If not, please tell us why. Your coveted, dirty little secret is going to kill someone, or many, not all of them will be Trump lovers either.
Just a reminder that this is Kalifornia, and not DC. Kalifornia is the state that bites off it’s nose to spite it’s face and never takes responsibility for
the dismal mistakes it’s government makes.
Alice, [edit] you must contain yourself from such hostile remarks, somebody had to vote for your commander an chief, that means there a lot of people that don’t feel the same way as you do about politics, but we all have the right to choose what we want. what happens if your potus gets reelected? Im sure that everybody feels this way about some govt lackey to lazy to get a job, an wants to live off the taxpayers dollar an reap all the benefits that most of us will never get. does it really make any difference what party they belong to? they are both helping themselves to your tax dollar along with their comrades. everybody in congress is a millionaire, why should they care about anything. There god has Benjamins photo on it, there bible is green an multipaged.
No different than the mayor in SF, we cant call this Chinese flu. an just why not, we had the Hong Kong flu an the Asian flu, and just where did it come from? an atoll in the pacific, could it be an engineered disease? we had MERS Mid eastern respitory syndrome. who lets these politicians make rules anyway, they are all thieves an liars, Martha Stewart did the time, these politicians wont , they laugh at our misery.
If you know what part of the county they are from share it!
why does that matter? Its irrelevant to know where they traveled to. The pertinent information is that they came back sick. This virus is all over the world. What difference does it make which infected place they came from. The virus is still the same with the same symptoms and effects.
Well, we’ve all known it’s here.
We should know country they traveled
And which part of Humboldt they live ,ie. North? South? East? West?
It doesn’t matter. It’s already here. Just take the recommended precautions. It’s all you can do.
Like.
Correct!!
They live in the infested area that is now infested that’s why no matter where you go what you do you have to treat it infested that’s why there haveing closer’s but people are still out running around like nothing happening I wish you all lots of luck best thing to do is c lean yourself where a face mask if you ho out wash your clothes soon as you get back home if you know what I mean it’s alot of work to stay safe these days out there if you don’t want to stay at home your going to catch it so if you think your body can take it and overcome the infection of this pandemic go out and run around if your that scared I suggest you stay in lock down simple as that
We should be informed of the neighborhood of this individual. The lack of information leads to speculation and rumour and is detrimental to the whole community.
It’s here. It’s in your neighborhood. Just take the precautions.
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how do you know
Because we had a positive case already and we know its super contagious.
We know statistically that there are many people here who have it, we don’t have enough tests for everyone. Asymptomatic folks are spreading it more than symptomatic, and right now the limited tests are for those with symptoms.
Its here, no question.
so you dont know. you are assuming
Because we understand the nature of the disease and aren’t in denial.
so you dont have any proof. you are just going on a hunch
I had SARS-Cov2 in Trinity, and they are saying 0 cases in Trinity.
That’s how I know.
Your next question may be, “so you were tested?”.
No, I was not. The process was impossible to get tested.
Then you say, ” how do you know?”
I say, ” exactly”.
i found a stray dog. it was definitely a coyote. or maybe just a yellow short hair dog. but i dont have any proof but i am certain it was a dog. definitely a coyote. i mean maybe a dingo
Good for your fucking dog.
What you can see about your fucking dog is what color it is and did you find it 2 days after looking for it or 14 days after looking.
Little things about bullshit you put forth would determine more about your ugly ass poodle.
93% of people who think they are positive aren’t
Correct!!
I cannot agree with you more
Thanks for an Apolitical, logical comment. It’s not about who has tested positive, ALL PEOPLE are potentially contagious.
I don’t know any of that.
What i do know is out of all the people whom i know, and all they people that they know, i can find only 1 case .
I don’t regard anything other than (select) local news as fact, as most of the larger sources are tainted by intent, and opinion. So that’s what I’ve got. Can anyone come up with a verifiable case that didn’t originate in china?
I mean, a stateside contagion case.
They are only testing people that have come into contact with people from affected areas due to limited tests. There are only 250 for the entire county. It is here. STay home. Wash your hands.
I agree, we put pedofiles on a map, Why not plague patients, at least we will be able to avoid the area, an not spread the virus, or bother some one who is sick. First responders have a right to know. Get rid of these heartless politicians who follow the leader. stand up on your hind legs an be counted!
You don’t get it. The test only show a fraction of infected individuals. You must assume EVERYBODY IS POTENTIALLY INFECTED in order to protect yourself.
i do what i want. this is America
why were you planning on breaking into their house? or are you so scared you think you might catch it by walking by their house on the sidewalk?
Assume it’s everywhere. Because it probably is. We still have people coming here to Humboldt county from NY, Georgia, Fl, Wisconsin, Oregon, Washington, Argentina, Mexico, Venezuela, etc etc etc. They don’t have enough tests to test everyone who has symptoms.
Pretend you live in a sterile lab. Wear gloves when you go out to shop or do laundry. Sterilize your hands and laundromat washing machine surfaces that touch your clothes. Don’t sit on public benches. Spray the bottoms of your shoes- according to some in Italy the virus can live for 8 hours on asphalt. 24 hours on cardboard- & by extension- probably 24 hours on paper and close to that on dry cotton clothing. 3 to 5 days on plastic and steel – packaging, rayon clothing etc. 4 hours on copper. I forget what aluminum is, but it’s less than steel.
Some of us are washing or spraying items packaged in plastic before putting them away. I leave dry items packed in paper for 24 hours in a corner of my house before handling them.
If you are at risk and would feel better with a mask in public but can’t find one- a bandana offers some protection- not perfect but much better than nothing. Probably perfectly fine unless you are a health worker.
No need to freak out, make a game of it if it makes you feel better. Freaking out is a waste of energy. Energy is better spent figuring out ways to stay clean. If you have that figured out it will give you a better sense of control over your life. Better to be too cautious than less cautious- you’ll sleep better.
“the individual had recently traveled to a high-risk country.”
Why were they allowed into the County???
The shelter in place orders are not effective to prevent this pandemic. Humboldt needs to cast a wary eye at any travelers entering the County right now. Travelers should be required to explain their reason for entering and required to quarantine, or just turned away outright, if warranted.
Reason for entering? Probably because the person lives here.
Regardless, the individual should have been quarantined if they returned from a high risk area. How many people did they infect? No way to know!
Again, what are authorities doing to monitor and control travelers entering the County right now? Nothing. This will prove to be fatal for many residents.
Slow Down Martial Law guy. Panic and fear like this is not warranted or helpful. Treat your neighbors well in this time.
They have already installed martial law in Europe. It’s coming to the city’s…..
Guess where the infected and “potential” carriers will go?……. yep, concentration , I mean, FEMA camps! The rest will be disarmed and controlled, all over a flu bug. A flu bug that is putting our country into an economic depression. Wonder how many millions that will kill? Think on that for a moment.
https://www.businessinsider.com/video-tour-coronavirus-icu-ward-bergamo-italy-worst-apocalyptic-2020-3
Italy today, one hospital.
Oh boy, FEMA can finally use up all those coffins they have laying around and anyone left standing will be sent to any one of the FEMA camps that were built.
They will then transfer your soul to an alien hybrid discarding your body in an underground mind control facility. Some will be used in the ongoing clone program because they are running out of famous celebrities and musicians to clone, some being on their 20th go-around.
Run, hide, your next…
Martial law is when the military is in charge. This is not happening in Europe yet that’s bs.
Unless you know people who are currently serving and have been informed about what they are “preparing” for.
Most people don’t know anything until it shows up in the news feed, or have a perspective on the historical record.
Let’s go with the Japanese Internment after the 1940s Census.
Some people recognize precedent when they see it, others simply are waiting for instructions.
HO – one of my coworkers reported that an entire Carribean cruise was emptied out along with her cousin who reported that he wasn’t even asked how he was feeling when he got off the boat, let alone be tested or at least have his temperature taken. He was even grilling the staff as he got off. It kind of freaked him out.
We’re just not taking it seriously enough. Or weren’t.
Wanting to know where local cases originated is taking it seriously. Making it your mission, Eric Kirk, to peg down everybody who asks for more serious information is condescending. It is serious, therefore it’s better to say nothing than to criticize those who want to know more.
It was in Miami.
https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5e6eec94c5b6bd8156fa2e51
People are still going on cruises? Are you kidding?
As far as I’m concerned, YOUR county is now high risk.
How does that feel?
I have a family friend who flew home from South Korea 3+ weeks ago and contacted Public Health when they returned asking them what they should do and they were told they didn’t need to do anything. They chose to quarantine for two weeks to keep their family safe anyways.
Erik ! Your very droll comments are brightening my day. Some of us bothered to look into this early on and got the picture loud and clear. I am strictly “Don’t Tread on Me” and an outlier. I understand the fearless rebel stance .. but some of the commentors just sound like babies who dont want to be told what to do even for there own good and certainly not for the good of community.
In the meantime its been hard to get a laugh so I appreciate your cryptic input. Long live beautiful Sohum and NoMo. And special blessings upon the humble kingdom near the lower county line.
You are in charge of the road block committee
I’ve talked to a couple of people that have returned from outside the USA and asked specifically what information or guidlines the airline provided. Both said Nada on specific instructions etc. IMHO anyone returning from travel should be proactive in staying home – from travel as long ago as a month or 2 weeks at least.
Nope they aren’t. I know someone that just got back from Mexico with sinus problems after the plane ride from SF and is/was running all over Eureka
Yep they videotaped a person who was supposed to be self quarantined st their grandkids school play in midwest.
There are very few people who will actually self quarantine for real. They are the people who make it so more extreme measures are taken. If we all took personal responsibility we wouldn’t need martial law or the like.
Uh if you havent noticed our federal govt completely dropped the ball. You cant blame an individual, theremodt likely was no test for them. Or they werent showing symptoms so they passed the med screening.
I hope youre not under the impression that people coming in from high risk areas but are asymptomatic are getting tested.
How do you know they weren’t self quarantined and developed symptoms? Or if theyre even super sick.
Did you all read the posts of people with symptoms who tried to get tested here and were turned down time after time??? Rumor has it there was a mini riot at the mad river hospital ER with so many people showing up to get tested only to find there were only a few tests.
Our fed govt didn’t buy the tests the rest of the worlds using, the ones our govt got were faulty and the next incomplete meaning didnt have all the necessary parts.
That lag time&its allowance of the virus to spread as well not testing all hospital patients with pneumonia symptoms in the country, as many worldwide health experts suggested to the US. This was when Trump was tweeting that virus was democratic hoax.
A congressman had to travel to Haiti last week and posted that every single person getting off the plane was tested. In Haiti.
Lets remember we’re all in this together and the lack of testing is the real issue not the individual who tests positive.
If you need to vent do it appropriately, call the white house.
I am not ever counting on the Federal Governement to make the best decisions for me. Look how they divvie up all the tax dollars they collect for use. I certainly don’t trust the current satnding government to do the right thing just because people are getting sick and dying when they are OK using well over 50% of our collective money for the military that meddles in other countries before they take care of our own.
Do not wait for the governmnet to tell you what to do!
🇺🇸The virus has an 15 day incubation period. Plus the person could be a person in someone else’s chain. Meaning that for every one that they find they have to except they’ve already infected at least 10 other people by incidental contact. So they don’t have to be the one that left the country. The shelter in place was about a mouth to late.🕯🌳CDC and WHO both agree that you can pass the infection on within three days of catching it yourself even before you show symptoms. 🖖
*its a 2-21 day incubation period when you include the outliers.
Part of me thinks that anyone who can be proven to infect another through knowingly engaging in risky behavior (like traveling to Italy on vacation recently), should be held liable for all the medical expenses of everyone who gets sick because of their choices. Maybe that would make some folks think twice about their choices.
How about what flight they were on!!?? So everyone that was on the plane into acv with them get no notice? The cloak and dagger mentality on all of this is putting lives at jeopardy. Why is it so hard to get tested? If I was on the flight that this person was on or the flight out of acv after they landed it sure would be nice to know. Specific dates and times and flight numbers would not put their identity at Jeopardy, it would just protect and inform those who were in proximity. What if I sat next to them on the plane into acv and then my job is considered essential like a checker at grocery store… then I’m talking to 1000s of people during my incubation period. This is a sad situation.
It’s hard to get tested because of a shortage of test kits, swabs, and reagents.
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/public-global-health/488752-coronavirus-testing-faces-new-challenge-as-key
Because Humboldt has done zero to no early testing, and we still dont have the quantity of kits to do it effectively, just assume the number of infected is 20 to a 100x’s more than than reported.
For the math challenged : That’s an actual 40 to 200people that are currently carrying/spreading covid19 in Humboldt.
You are simply making things up and presenting them as facts.
No actually theres this whole field of study called statistics.
Based on evidence from other countries who have actually provided citizens enough tests, we can gauge the impact here.
The state said on one of their last releases that they expect 53% of Californians to get it. The statistics on mortality from virus vary based on age and previous underlying conditions. Mortality is very high on those over 80 but a 21 year old did die.
Statistics is the study and analysis of actual data. If the data are speculative, so are the results of its analysis.
From Sac Bee. ..
Sacramento’s top health official said Thursday that testing for the coronavirus in the region is so far behind where it should be that the actual number of people infected with the virus here could be 20 to 100 times higher than what’s been reported.
The federal government has been “woefully inadequate” in delivering test materials like swabs and reagents, county health director Peter Beilenson said, forcing public health officials and healthcare providers to ration tests to the most vulnerable cases.
There is a big difference between “could be” and “is”.
The denial is strong in this one.
Don’t they teach those in your profession the difference between facts and speculation?
This.
Yes. It’s here.
I love how you always know everything. Youre like donald trump.. Even he says “i dont know” from time to time. Youre a whole nother case of whack
Thank God we have a leader like Trump. Bernie and Biden said theybwould never close borders 3 weeks ago. Trump is the man. Even left [edit] gov. Gavin gave him props on the handling of this pandemic. So Go educate yourself and quit listening to the little clips the fake news puts out. Trump is a true leader.
@Hello HAHHAHHAHHAHHAHAH you are very funny. He’s just perfect, isn’t he? He does it all perfectly. I hear he is a very stable genius as well. HAHHAHHAHHAHHAH!
Anyone with any common sense who isn’t freaking out and becoming irrational knows this virus is everywhere. Calm the fuck down everyone. Stay home. It doesn’t matter where the person went to, who they are,etc. it won’t change anything. Some of you nuts would probably try to track them down and do bodily harm. That’s how pathetically crazy you all sound. Become knowledgeable, and I don’t mean Fox News. Stay home. Stay home.
Imagine a world where wide spread contamination, was the goal?
Then you begin to understand what has transpired.
It’s not the easiest way to think about opportunity and responsibility, but as an exercise in behavior modification.
“Times. They are a Changing”
There are more cases. Testing numbers are not positive patients numbers. There were 4000 newly tested cases in the US today, and when those tests finally do hit, the numbers are going to be astronomical. I haven’t been out for days, but was forced to today. The traffic was normal. Most nonessential businesses were open on Broadway at least, and all of Rio Del was hopping and open, including the essential dollar store (ridiculous). Expect this area hit exceptionally hard.
The dollar store sells groceries and pet food.
Rio Dell is awsome, the bar was open and everyone was stoked to be making money during this fake pandemic.
The virus is nothing more than the flu, everyone is over reacting, you all are in love with fear, i could care less about this virus, this is all cover for something else happening. Research: qanon
If you are wrong, people die. If I am wrong, I look stupid and am out a few bucks. This community will remember how many people you killed. I was laughed at in Redway yesterday for wearing gloves in the grocery store. You sure can tell the people who never had any science in school.
It’s a lot more than the flu. Many cases result in severe pneumonia. The mortality rate is multiple times higher than the flu. If you end up in an icu on a ventilator, don’t say you weren’t warned.
The flu doesn’t create lesions in the lungs. But hey when you get sick please dont waste a test on your fake illness and avoid treatment at all costs– you dont need it for the flu right?
Keep it up. This is the reason they’ll start enforcing and mandating even more. Thank God.
“everyone was stoked to be making money during this fake pandemic.”
Is Rio Dell where the toilet paper black market is?
🇺🇸A member of the Vice President’s staff has tested positive for the virus. 🇺🇸
We hardly have healthcare in Humboldt, as it is.
It’s here, people. Go read up, before you start killing your friends.
Cases are doubling every four days in this state.
Stay put, please.
No need to try to prove you’re invincible or immune, or will not pass without symptoms (for probably longer than 2 weeks).
I’m tired of getting flack for telling people to be careful — that our government didn’t do it in January or December when it should have so here we are now. They basically let this happen.
Do you really want to wait until you suddenly feel like you have malaria for 10 days just to see if you survive? Or infect your family? Because that’s possibly what it could be like for you, thank you.
It’s here. It’s everywhere. People have been traveling here from Seattle for the last 6 weeks when people started getting it up there. And many people have traveled here from San Francisco in the last few months.
It is because we do not have tests that we do not have an accurate number.
It’s here. Be forewarned.
The information I would really like is what age group the person is in. I know we can’t have a ton of details about the person because the public is dumb and will be horrible to said person, but I’d like to know the appx age. I feel like a lot of young people are not taking it seriously, so if it is a young person, maybe that would be a reality check.
I saw where a man went into a Fortuna restaurant and after eating informed the waitress he had been out of the country and had been sick since returning. I would have gone to jail that day!
Be nice to know how long ago this person has been back from their vacation
Yep. Suprised at the amount of shops that were open in Garbervile/Redway. Yes I was out. Once a week Post Office run.
I was in northern humboldt today, and there were fucking tons of absolutely non-essential businesses still operating. People are not taking this seriously at all. It’s probably going to take the sheriff going around and threatening businesses and their customers before this stops.
Non essential verbal communication DEFINED.
no one needs to hear about your opinions anymore, because they aren’t going to do jack sheet for anyone.
You and everyone you know is non essential in the big picture.
You want proof?
Try calling anyone outside your small circle of friends and see what happens about anything?
Non essential.
Why do I get the feeling that you’re one of the people going around trying to infect the rest of the community?
Again, another non essential assumption, based on lots of free time and misplaced awareness.
“The sky is falling”, for so many people here.
The governor should shut down all non essential fear /hate mongering as well.
Maybe we need to describe this happening as a “Plainclothes Zombie Apocalypse”. Then some of the morons who post here would take it seriously. It won’t be long until we see the torch carrying villagers chasing Corona patients.
NORA State the obvious of course there are more cases (EVERYWHERE) that’s why we are all asked to shelter in place. It’s called the Dollar General not the Dollar Tree. The Dollar General an Dollar Tree were opened in Fortuna. It’s funny you say you were forced out today. Everyone has tough choices to make and you are validating yours and criticizing others. I am sure just like yourself they felt they needed to go out also. There are major stores opened all over this state to help people through this uncertain time. Just because it’s in Rio Dell you feel the need to hate. It’s amazing you didn’t notice the bar open or bother to inquire on senior services that Dollar General is offering to the community in their town and surrounding areas. If you must be so critical of others needs to be out running around perhaps set an example and STAY HOME !!!! It’s a time to build up our communities not run them into the ground. You have no proof that Rio Dell will have any cases or a larger number than any other place in our state. Put your energy into your business instead of creating fear and problems where there may not be any.
Your ignorance is astounding. I’ll come to your funeral.
So are you staying at home? If your not I’ll be at yours I never said I was out in public. I have made the choice to stay in but that there are things happening to help the elderly and folks with comprised immune systems. If everyone would do the same and stay home we could defeat this thing. So my ignorant self will do just that. Good luck to you.
I would absolutely like to say to our Humboldt County community. I’m wishing you all the best health and happiness as possible. Also, I would like to give credit to my (kinda cousin) who was the first person confirmed here in Humboldt County, after coming back from a high risk country. What he did was the best thing anybody can do in this situation, was remove himself to a very isolated camp site, way far away and secluded from anyone, just Incase he were to get sick. He wanted to protect his family, friends and his community that he loves so very much!!!! We and the community are so very proud of him!!! He DID get sick while he secluded himself and didn’t come back until he was better. It was a mild case and he is so lucky to be with us today!!!! We all as a family and community should praise him as he did everything right. Prime example of vigilance and respect to all.
Any persons coming from any travesl should be following this practice before rejoining family and community!!!! How important this is and what a positive thing he did for all of us. Blessings to you all and please, dear community, take this as serious at it really is!!! STAY HOME!!! If you must pick a crew to hunker down with, to no be alone and keep you from straying, do so wisely and stay committed to each other and all of us!!! Love to you all!!!
Thank you
Thank you and thank you very much to your cousin!
My heart goes out to this person and their family it must feel so scary . Also a friend who works at the local clinic told meThey are only testing people who recently came back from high risk countries or were exposed by someone who came from a high risk country.
https://www.businessinsider.com/video-tour-coronavirus-icu-ward-bergamo-italy-worst-apocalyptic-2020-3
Italy today, one hospital.
People were given very short notice of these lock downs.
Give people a break, many that were wiping their butts at work now need toilet paper at home, of which after weeks of waiting is still not available. They will keep looking until they get some.
Toilet paper is made in the USA we’re not waiting for China or Russia to send it, so where is it?
Same goes for organic milk & bread, really bread! Which is also in short supply.
This is a lesson in how disorganized our manufacturing companies have become and how lawmakers have been focused on how to tax, fine, fee & penalize us instead of making sure our country can function in a crisis.
It’s not affecting me I have TP and I can live without milk and bake bread but it does affect many.
Thank you to friends that call and check to see if my family is ok. This is also a time to be grateful as well as learn lessons.
Instead of complaining find a way to pay something forward even if it’s just a cheerful phone call to someone.
Whether you’re infected, not infected, a carrier whatever, Americans should be supportive of each other in any way they can, while protecting their and other peoples health.
People make better decisions when they know they are loved and cared about. When people make good decisions that’s good for you!
Thank you for your sanity & kindness,if only the rest of us were able to follow suit.
1000000people is a fraction of a percent of the people on earth.
All numbers can be represented as fractions.
Like so: 1,000,000/1,000,000
And without factual data and variables due to a lack of testing we really can’t confirm anything. Of course thanks to the giant orange dildo we have neither.
America will be running blind through this. Were fucked beyond fucked.
You can get solid stats from other countries like Germany, Spain, Italy and China.
What’s so tough about self-isolating?
seriously? or are you talking about people that are sick
A massive majority of people in your communities already have it and will spread it to the vulnerable.
Just wait two weeks, all of your lives will be affected and known cases will sky rocket.
Humboldt is isolated, and spread of the virus there has been delayed, but just wait.
Once it gets into small towns it will infect almost 50 percent of the population.
I find the level of ignorance and fear mongering disinformation in these comments really disheartening.Thanks once again Kym for trying to bring us the truth in the midst of another shitstorm of bullshit.Your service to this community is invaluable.Morons,it’s here.Practice social distancing,or die & make the world a better place.
News Flash, look up “crimson contagion”.
Just stay away and mind your own business.
People need to check their intellectual PHD’a at the door.
I can totally see Jesus getting crucified all over again.
It has probably been here a long time, as we live along a major transportation corridor.
https://www.facebook.com/lisa.m.boehm/videos/1613070628833927/
I thought Honsal’s presence was a little heavy handed. He looked like the military. From what I have read washing your hands is your best prevention.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LKVUarhtvE
Half of the population of the state of CA will be infected within 8 weeks. 20 million people. That’s from the governors office, not a conspiracy theorist. We are along a major corridor between the two most infected populations on the west coast. Lets do some simple math here….Testing was inadequate or not available unless you are so bad you had to be admitted to a hospital until very recently. The idea that that there is only 1 case here is either willful false information or a c.y.a procedure by the local health authorities. If you’ve seen people on the street, in medical, friends, colleagues, and they all present similar symtoms….it doesn’t take much to connect the dots. Most people have mild symptoms and the symtoms and severity vary widely from person to person. Protect yourselves and your families as if this is very much within our community! There will be a lot of history written and soul searching about the response to this crisis when this is all said and done.
Does an infected individual stay a transmitter for the virus even after recovery and or death. I think that could provide us with a good idea as to how far it could go as well.
Not when recovered. Yes when freshly dead.
I was in Freight Harbor tools the other day and there was a large heavy set man in his 40s or 50s that had a really bad cough. He looked sicker than 14 lbs of hog sh*t. You can tell a person is really sick when they get the certain look their eyes. I think this virus is all over Humboldt. People have it and are going out into the public. They don’t give a rip.
Ew ….couphing on everything..
Globalization is the problem. Not only did it sell out the base of our financial economy, it also sold out the base of our REAL economy. Now we can’t even produce gloves and masks. Let’s hope war doesn’t brake out, cuzz we don’t process steel anymore either. We were screwed by free trade long ago. Of course American labor couldn’t compete with communist labor…now we are dependent. I long for the days of America independence….the good old days of Victory gardens and Rosey the rivetor…before NAFTA and free trade ruined the USA. Now we’re in a war against a virus, and we don’t have the levers, or the machines, or the materials, to produce the tools to win. Fu#* GLOBALIZATION.
We also have to consider that spring is here so some people coughing have allergies. It will be hard to tell if someone is positive or just allergic to the soap fragrances in the soap isle.
Meanwhile the perfect storm brews.
I agree with you who cares…
Allergies typically cause sneezing.
Over here in Trinity, had a fella in his 60s that occasionally works for me call up with a 103o fever, muscle aches, coughing and a bit of heavy breathing. Asked him if he’d called the doctor to be checked and tested. Nope, because he didn’t want to be quarantined and possibly relocated. Asked if he’d then been self-isolating, he said yep… After going to CVS, getting something at Burger King, and getting gas. Yikes. He’s now fine and driving around, but one wonders how many people paid and will pay for those decisions. Don’t believe the “zero” confirmed, tested county accounts out there, folks. There are plenty of people who won’t be tested and won’t self-isolate, either out of inconvenience, fear, ignorance, lack of caring, or lack of tests. Don’t drink the Kool-Aid… At least not until you sanitize the lip of the glass and spike it with Everclear.
Forget about the testing and The Who has it or who doesn’t arguments. The Number of cases being reported doesn’t say anything, with more testing the number will go up. Look at the number of deaths in the US from the virus. That is the statistic that isn’t affected by testing or the unknown number of untested cases. For the 3rd largest country (by population) in the world is pretty freaking low. That’s the most important statistic. We have a very populous country with relatively small number of deaths.
So far.
We are weeks behind European countries on the unfolding of this thing. Taking it lightly or dismissing it is not smart. Better to do too much than too little.
Forget about testing? Hmm-it does give us more information, such as how many are walking around infected but asymptomatic. That will affect the spread.
At this point in time im feeling it would be beneficial to everyone to use our real names on this post, not hide behind fences and sling mud…But then again maybe this page is just a steam release valve for hot heads and trolls. Maybe its helpful to release gas…..in that case…. sling on…………Stay home. stay strong, love your family , pet the dog. Exercise. Listen closely to your favorite music, work in the garden, call a friend………And as Big Bird said……”BREATH…. IN AND OUT.”..
We’ve been isolated for 12 days now in my town with not a single confirmed case of covid_19. Stay home and be safe guys at least for the next month I hope! Good luck everyone