Four More Positive Cases–March 28 Results on COVID-19 Testing From the County of Humboldt
Information from the Humboldt County COVID19 – Joint Information Center:
Total positive cases confirmed on March 28: 4
Daily COVID-19 case report for March 28
Total number of positive cases: 18
Total number of active cases: 17
Total number of hospitalizations: 1Total number of people tested by Public Health Laboratory: 305
Total number of people tested by all other sources: 165
(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, California Department of Public Health and commercial labs)After receiving additional supplies, the Public Health Laboratory currently has a capacity of approximately 550 tests and can process about 40 samples a day with an approximate turnaround time of 48 hours.
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Earlier test results:
- March 24 Results on COVID-19 Testing From the County of Humboldt
- March 25: Results on COVID-19 Testing From the County of Humboldt
- March 26: Two More COVID-19 Cases, One Hospitalized
- March 27 By the Numbers: Results on COVID-19 Testing From the County of Humboldt
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Most RT-PCR tests take anywhere from a few hours to a few days to process, but the FDA recently began granting emergency use authorization (EUA) to rapid diagnostic PCR tests that manufacturers say can deliver results in less than an hour. The authorization allows medical devices that have not yet been approved by the agency to be used during public health emergencies. Caccomo says the FDA conducts “rolling reviews” of diagnostic-test-validation data provided by laboratories. “This has enabled authorization of most EUA requests within a few days,” she adds.
On Saturday Cepheid, a Silicon Valley–based molecular diagnostics company, said the FDA had granted it authorization for a COVID-19 test that can deliver results in about 45 minutes. And on Tuesday Mesa Biotech in San Diego announced it had received the go-ahead for a handheld test kit that Hong Cai, the company’s CEO, says can deliver results at bedside in about half an hour. Cai says the tests will begin shipping this week to “several hospitals” and that her company has tens of thousands of units ready to go, adding that Mesa is planning to triple its production capacity.
Rapid point of care testing is really good news! Now everyone hold tight. Keep up the social distancing. Mass ‘surveillance’ testing, testing everyone with a fever or a sniffle, will allow effective containment of the virus. Working together, we can all help save thousands of lives.
New test system available!
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-27/abbott-launches-5-minute-covid-19-test-for-use-almost-anywhere
China and South Korea slowed the spread to a crawl by testing everyone, not just with symptoms. One asymptomatic person can infect as easily as one who has symptoms.
First neither of those countries came close to testing everyone. Places like Bahraine, Slovenia, Switzerland or the UAE did more – almost gasp! Up to 10% of the population. In one case.
What makes places like South Korea and Taiwan interesting is the targeted testing with a goal of doing something based on it. Something the US was not going to be capable of doing anyway. Can you imagine the outcry if the US decided to target one area for extra spending or the presence of military?
Wait for a year when some of the dust has settled before making a pronouncement about testing. And spend some time looking as what stats really mean among 160 different countries. China for example is no longer testing much. Do you really think no one is getting infected suddenly? Or Singapore. Do you think fining someone $10,000 for standing less than 6 feet away from another person would fly in the US?
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/covid-19-singapore-confirms-42-new-cases-total-844-120719809.html
South Korea had already used 100,000 tests by the time, the US had only used 1,000. Their curve is not spiking, but in a downward curve. That is because they are testing everyone vs wait.
That the US botched its testing is true but that is far from the only issue. The US had been less and less involved in infectious disease research and more and more involved in societal and environmental issue for the last two decades. We had a plan and maintaining it drop to do other things. Mostly in 2011.
Although South Korea has done amazingly things -as I said above- it’s because they had a plan already set up to create the tests and act on the results of testing, developed after the SARS outbreak in 2000 something. They also had not outsourced most of their medical equipment manufacturing, have a highly educated, very competitive work force and a pretty united society. Still the South Koreans did not test masses of people at any point. They tested to date about 7600 out of each million of their population.
Where are the cases? Name the towns. Are there some in Garberville?Mkinleyville? Eureka? Humboldt county is big. Other places in the country are calling out the names of neighborhoods. We can’t even know what city it’s in? More info needed.
I absolutely agree. Now is the time when targeted lockdowns can make a huge difference.
Unfortunately the US has decided not to go beyond the county when reporting infections. I think it’s wrong too. There’s nothing wrong with knowing which cities have the most cases. If they live outside a city or town then label it rural Southern Humboldt, Middle Humboldt, Bay Area and Northern Humboldt. But at least give us an idea of the hotspots.
PS just noticed post below with same suggestion. No harm in repeating I guess.
In New York state they say how many have it in the country and the larger cities.
What’s the cause for wanting to know the town?
Assume it’s in your area.
Practice physical distancing, hand washing and avoidance of your face.
Shelter in place for a while.
It’s a worldwide event. Knowing one town seems irrelevant at this point.
The most important thing is that the infected follow quarantine procedures and hospitals follow appropriate protocols.
That’s all that matters & maybe add praying.
I don’t think viruses respond to prayer
That’s true enough about best practices for the individual but, unfortunately, not everyone has been following them. There is value to knowing the highest risk areas, not the least of which is to alert people in those areas that they may have been infected in a situation related to cases being investigated. It could help investigators if people with direct knowledge of movement and contact situations in high risk areas came forward, and help identify people at heightened risk who should be quarantined and maybe tested.
That’s what I’m saying,I don’t need names just the area, so I know to definitely stay away from those areas, like should I shop in northern Humboldt, southern Humboldt, Eastern Humboldt , Western Humboldt, eureka arcata McKinleyville fairhaven Samoa Manila Costco a little more info would be nice
If you’re that concerned, maybe you should shop online.
WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW, Comrade Franken[edit].
That’s not the way to convince anyone working at the County that they could improve their practices.
Act like you have it and don’t want to spread it. Behave as if everyone else has it. Keeping up your guard in certain areas and letting your guard down in others is foolish. It’s everywhere in our county.
A thought that came to mind was that going for the CV19 test itself is a huge risk factor at present. The public is told to only go for a test only if one has symptoms. Then in many cases (and as shown on the TV) they wait in line for the test and so far a vast majority do not have CV19. But some in the line do have CD19 and the others are sick and likely have some sort of respiratory problem. Seems like a great place for the virus to find new hosts. But as things ramp the protocol does get better. Some tests are drive though. Out in the hinterlands of Humboldt if one calls the IHS suspecting CV19, they tell you not to come to the clinic but rather that a nurse will come to your home to administer the test.
Feel for the medical workers.
Humboldt has at least one and I think at least 2 drive through sites. I saw what I think was one in Eureka near St Joe’s and another was reported here.
https://humboldtgov.org/DocumentCenter/View/84903/Mar28_18Cases?bidId=
“Four additional cases of COVID-19 were confirmed today, bringing the total to 18 local cases since the outbreak began. Cases 11 through 18 are currently under investigation.”
Among the remainder:
Case 1: Recovered, after return from China
Case 2: Air travel “from a high risk country” (could be Spain), on March 16 or 18. Self-quarantine before test not reported by County.
Cases 3-10: Five air travelers reported returning from a country “not flagged as high risk” on March 16 or 18. Self-quarantine before test not reported by County, Two contacts of the traveling group.
It is strongly suggested by the time element that there is now a community outbreak resulting from the air returns on March 16 or 18. Can someone confirm or refute the unverified claims that it is centered in the Westhaven area?
Humboldt county is over 4000 square miles. It certainly seems that the health department could release general descriptions of the locations of the few cases they have detected. People in that vicinity could then be stricter about their behavior, and the rest of us would not miss essential errands like supply runs out of fear. These are life and death decisions people have to make, and it is unconscionable that vital information is being deliberately kept from us. I live in Alderpoint. If there are cases here, no more post office trips. If the cases are in Garberville, perhaps I’ll shop in Fortuna for a bit. If the cases are in Willow Creek, I’ll breathe easier when I must get food and medical supplies locally. This is no time for the DHHS to get all technical with us.
Costco is giving me the heebie-jeebies in this situation because it is such a regional shopping destination. Hope they’re doing every possible thing to lower risks.
Costco is disinfecting carts after each use, refrigerated case handles, etc. They have extra employees disinfecting and making sure not too many customers in store at once and making sure shoppers aren’t buying up cart loads of toilet paper. They no longer have straws and cups out but hand them out when you order. They have extra employees to help keep everyone as safe as possible. It seems like the safest place to shop I’ve been to in this area.
Good to hear that they’ve upped their COVID-19 game. Early reports from that front weren’t great.
Costco is also allowing senior citizens to shop earlier for supplies. Seniors only; no one else, at 8 am. They are also regulating how many people are in the store at once. While these actions may not sound like much, when combined with individual actions, it makes it tolerable to shop there, for me anyhow. Wear your mask, and gloves, or disinfect anything you touch by wiping with a disinfectant wipe.
Hang in there everyone. This too will pass, and then we can get back to insulting each other for our perceived stupidity of others for their political beliefs.
Oh boy! I can’t wait burnt handle!!!
I believe I read somewhere today that there are other countries already putting location information out. This county is so far behind it’s pitiful.
The county is big, the population small. Everyone is connected to everyone by two acquaintances. If names and locations were released, even a first name, it wouldn’t take long for someone to figure out who had covid-19, or to at least THINK they’ve figured out who it is. People are very quick to judge and not very nice about it, as demonstrated in this comment section quite frequently. There is a reason names are withheld here instead of New York. There may be 20 Joe Shmoes there, but only 1 here. Also it violates HIPA laws. Those people would be ostracized, shunned, and condemned by the majority of people, including those on this thread.
Heaven forbid someone feels ostracized in the name of public safety in a global pandemic. I always say, feeling first, logic second.
Then maybe everyone who has AIDS should be put on a list so we all know who not to sleep with. The AIDS pandemic has been going on for years and to date, has killed way more people this year than covid-19, and will continue to kill. Ostracizing someone because of an illness is the same as ostracizing someone due to race, religion, or gender. If you do it for one, you have to do it for all, or just don’t do it. Your comment illustrates why names aren’t released.
No body is askingng for names just areas what is the problem trying to be safe?
What possible logic is there in identifying people? Are you planning to Do Something? The emotional illogic is demanding reassurance of safety when 1) there is no safety and 2) so they will either take or not take sensible precautions depending on the location of another person. There is some sort of persistent idea that testing is meaningful to an individual’s safety. At best, it’s a reminder to do the things that need doing anyway. Only government needs locations to do planning if they are able to plan at all.
“If the cases are in Willow Creek, I’ll breathe easier when I must get food and medical supplies locally.” Which is a great reason not to disclose locations. This is not a disease that puts a brand on someone’s forekead saying “I am shedding virus!” There is certainly some one going to the grocery locally who is infected and may not know it. Or does not care about others if they do. There are people or will be shortly doing just that.
Not to mention that protecting the identity of individuals who test positive will keep panicked fools from vigilantism. There are plenty of smaller communities where everyone knows everyone else and can pretty easily figure out who the these individuals are or at least are willing to target someone whether rightly or wrongly.
Sheesh.
I don’t know ED. I Totally understand thinking that might lower the odds of infection.. But let’s face it.. Humboldt, and perhaps the nation has only tested a small fraction of the community! I think that the only safe way to go about things, is to assume it’s everywhere at this point!
Often the mail services are almost forcing people to work sick! I read an article about it the other day! FedEx, USPS, And other mail services are extremely short handed, and pushing employees to the extreme.. Assume your mail may be contaminated. Wear gloves.. but it in a plastic bag, and don’t touch for a week! Maybe I am mistaken.. but supposedly the virus can survive on mail for 24 hours, on paper. But what about the little plastic windows on envelopes? It can survive on plastic for 3 days.. as far as I understand..
I wouldn’t breathe easier assuming the testing information is correct at this point! I read an article how this couple in Virginia had it, while the Governor was declaring the state was free of cases! Her husband contacted it randomly, and the wife had to demand testing for her ILL Husband. They finally tested him, and then let his test expire! But the wife was persistent and got another test from a community with more cases. The test was positive! Luckily the community here is slightly more progressive then those COVID deniers…
But the unfortunate reality of the situation, is the Virus is fairly widespread by now, and the only safe way to go about things in my mind is to assume it’s everywhere regardless, of what the testing data is projecting.. Good luck out there, and stay well!
🕯🌳I still have to go out to take care of certain business and I’m sure there’s others out there that will agree I’d like to know what’s in the area I’m going to? And that’s for safety’s sake. 🖖🕯
And just what would you do differently?
Damn, Humboldt may be progressive with some situations, but seem to be dumned down when it comes to this virus. Still blown away some people decided to travel right when this was ramping up. If in fact some of the cases were due to traveling to Spain and possibly for Spannabis, shame on you. Maybe some of you are just too damn woke for your own good. Your irresponsible and selfish actions has put our community in harm’s way. All about control? Hype? Fake? But hey, who wants to miss a chance to suck on a dab rig all day with the homies?
My understanding is that the traveler group traveled to what was perceived to be a low risk country.
Planes and airports were the high risk factor between all low risk countries.
One cough on one plane infected 20 others by the time 200 people went on to their next connecting flights at the respective airports, etc.
I understand that, but airports are full of people that have traveled to other destinations. Also, think of all the people TSA comes into contact with. A little common sense can go a long way.
Yeah.. Um The ‘Ole USA is now an at risk country! Traveling anywhere in the US is a risk at this point. This is just the beginning it’s only likely to get worse!
Here is how it’s reported in the Colorado County where I have family. It’s very informative.
https://www.larimer.org/health/communicable-disease/coronavirus-covid-19/larimer-county-positive-covid-19-numbers
That’s how we should be doing it. Good to know it can be done.
why? what does it prove to you. if someone in arcata gets it, that doesnt mean they are only going to be in arcata 24-7. i think you would much more like the full doxxing method where the government gives out your cell phone gps location. gooo commies!
Cell phone location data aren’t doxxing, they are a good investigative tool. Given what China managed to do and what’s happening in this country, maybe we could take a lesson from the “commies.”
The lesson now is that you can either do lockdowns of outbreaks early and head off a disaster (China) or do lockdowns in the middle of a disaster (Italy, Spain), or refuse any lockdowns because… U-S-A! U-S-A! and let the outbreak overwhelm the system.
Thx DT. Maybe we can get a county “leader” to actually do something.
Nonsense. Making scared people feel more secure is no reason at all for anything. I bet that poor soul in Timnath has already heard some threats from some idiot neighbor and the next pronouncements will be to stop doing that. Voter pandering crap.
In a small community you might as well name someone by name at that point! With the way they are doing it in Colorado. The problem is.. to just rely on the testing info is a falsehood. Many people will be contagious without symptoms.
Los Angeles County tabulates case numbers by city and neighborhood. We should at least have that done here. We are behind the curve and there’s no excuse for it.
Is the health department even giving First Responders a heads up??? I don’t believe they are.
I know the first case was in Kneeland area.
It sounds like the other cases are in the West Haven area-the people who travelled to Colorado for the convention. There are three cases in Siskiyou, three in Mendo and four in Shasta.
Humboldt seems to have the highest number of cases (18) at the moment.
Would you explain more? What Colorado convention? Also if you have more information on the location, please explain. Lots of older folks and at risk individuals would appreciate knowing the details. Should people be avoiding West Haven & Trinidad if most of the 18 cases are in that neighborhood?
I think that is a mistake; the County reported that the group returned on an international flight from a country “not flagged as high risk” on either March 16 or 18. But those details are irrelevant at this point. They returned infected, didn’t self-quarantine, and started an outbreak.
Nobody should be traveling to Westhaven or Trinidad anyway, unless it is for essential business. And if that area is indeed the location of an outbreak it should be on lockdown enforced by the Trinidad Police Department and the HCSO. Now. Access to 101 by permission, for essential business only.
It is in the Ruth Lake area as well, I know of one case in Ruth Lake.
It has not been disclosed that any cases are in Trinity County. Where did you see this information Think Again? Not being an ass or calling you as spreading rumours, I am, with all respect asking. I live close. You input is important to alot of people.
I don’t see a case for geo-locating identified individuals. You’d have to include everywhere they had been in the previous week or two and everyone they had any sort of contact with. So? assume everyone and everywhere is “dirty” and act accordingly. It seems to me that one is more likely to get infected by assuming they are in a safe situation and not taking the prescribed precautions than the opposite. It looks the county has tested about .3% of the population. We’re flying blind.
when the public health leader was questioned the other day she twice refrained from answering the question, “How many ventilators do we have in Humboldt?” now if she didn’t know and didn’t want to say, “I don’t know,” that is understandable. My question would be “Well, if you won’t say how many we have could you at least tell us why you don’t want to give that information?”
i know, knit-picking a little here but it did bug me…
I heard Northern Humboldt has only 22 ventilators. Stay home folks.
70+ percent of those who go on ventilators for COVID-19 die, and a lot (most?) of the survivors emerge with damaged lungs.
https://texags.com/forums/84/topics/3102444
It’s time to consider what we should, on an individual basis, do if faced with the prospect of going on a ventilator in a crisis situation. Self-triage out might be the best choice for some. We might not have a choice about death, but we always have a choice about how we face it.
It is listed on the John Hopkins COV 19 interactive map.
I don’t think the location of the dot on the Johns Hopkins map is meaningful. It’s only sufficient for locating cases as within the county at a smaller scale, with a resolution of 1 to 20 cases.
99 percent of people who get it will be fine with no symptoms or mild. The more people get it our immunity will build up. Even with corona we have a mild flu year. More people died last year of the flu than this year with corona added. Shut down the whole country. You finna kidding me ??you know how screwed everything and everyone’s going to be if we don’t open our eyes. There’s a lot more to this than the flu. Wake up.
The covidiots try to infect this thread using the same old discredited arguments and made-up statistics, again. 99 percent, huh?
sheep, where are your stats coming from?
I’m starting to lose faith in some of you. What difference does it make where the sick people are? Why are you going out anyway? If you do go out, shouldn’t you be practicing social distancing, had washing, disinfecting things you touch, not picking your nose or touching your mouth? Shouldn’t you be acting like everyone is sick? Christ! Starting to wonder how some of you have made it this far in life.
I have not seen any credible argument for NOT identifying at least the general area where positives are located. I agree with ED. If, for instance, they were all in Redway, I would not go there.
I have to leave my home for work. I think it is important that everyone have all the information they can have regarding the COV-19 virus, and again urge you all to STAY HOME.
That Ruth Lake stat is fake news as of 5 pm today. Does anyone personally know anyone that is sick?
It seems to me that there would be a lot less of people running around if they could order basic items like toilet paper, hand sanitizer, tuna fish and the rest of the items they can’t get from Amazon, Cosco, Walmart, and other stores.
As long as people can’t get the items they believe they need, they will continue to go on a hunt for them, sick or not.
This contributes to the spread of the virus and needs to be addressed as much as tests and masks in my opinion.
How is it in the USA you can’t get TP and other basic items? Whatever the reasons this needs to change. I do remember Ca. making it especially hard for truckers to keep their rigs with as many regulations as they could possibly impose. Too bad cause we need those rigs to keep things moving now.
Do you like bread? Well it comes from wheat and we don’t grow much wheat in Ca. so suddenly the flyover deplorables aren’t so deplorable after all. And so it goes cause the flyovers are fond of our fruits and veggies as well.
One nation working together.