Six New Cases Today July 3: Frankovich Points to Visits and the Cannabis Industry
Press release from Humboldt County COVID-19 – Joint Information Center:
Six additional cases of COVID-19 were reported today, bringing to 144 the total number of Humboldt County residents who have tested positive for the virus. The number of hospitalizations and deaths in the county remains unchanged.
Humboldt County Health Officer Dr. Teresa Frankovich said it is important to note that roughly one quarter of the county’s total cases have been reported in the past two weeks alone. “This has been driven largely by residents gathering and visiting between households both locally and while traveling, as well as by illness occurring in the cannabis industry workforce,” Frankovich said. “In order to avoid having Humboldt County become yet one more COVID-19 hotspot in this state, prevention is key. It is still within our power to change the course of this pandemic.”
Dr. Frankovich added that this Fourth of July holiday weekend is a chance for the community to get it right, control the spread of illness so that our healthcare system does not get overwhelmed. “During a pandemic, people die not only from the disease itself but from the inability to get the care they need for COVID-19 or any other serious illness or injury,” she said. “Please do your part to make sure that your family members, friends and neighbors have access to the care they need, when they need it.”
Full lab results will not be updated on the humboldtgov.org homepage or the Humboldt County COVID-19 data dashboard until Monday, July 6. The Call Center will reopen Monday at 8 a.m. The Joint Information Center staff wishes everyone a safe and happy Fourth of July.
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Earlier Test Results:
- No Additional Cases Today, June 30
- Three New Cases Today, July 1
- Two New Positive Tests in Humboldt County on July 2
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Our healthcare systrm up here as never been overwhelmed. STop the fear mongering
You feel that reporting the numbers of those ill is fearmongering? Is reporting a homicide fearmongering? Is reporting a robbery fearmongering? Is reporting a rise in rabies in an area fearmongering?
I think they are calling the health officer’s cautionary warning to continue taking measures to prevent spread fear mongering. Either that or just reporting data? I am not sure.
It’s better to be prepared and take precaution than to follow suit with Texas and Arizona and their hospital situation unfolding imho. Taking precautions for the safety of ourselves and our community doesn’t equate being scared or living in fear but I’ve learned some people use that claim to try and shame people for believing and listening to public health professionals.
Nobody likes this crap but the news is news and to be informed is better than sticking your head in the sand and refusing to accept what’s happening.
“ Nobody likes this crap …”
Do I know you? How do you know what crap I like and don’t like? 😂
Great comment. Thank you! The snowflakes are the ones who’d rather pretend it’s not happening. It sucks…ut it’s real. I have a knee-jerk reaction against obeying any government orders (like many here in Humboldt lol). I don’t like wearing a mask. But when going into a store I wear one- out of respect for other community members. If we could replace conspiracy theories and fear with basic respect for others…we could have paradise. Anyways I’m expecting many stupider ones to die off- just need to dodge them!
Thank you being informed and educated it important! Knowledge is power.
We’re all in this together and I think it’s important that we try to share useful information with each other and not ignore what’s going on like you said.
I just wish we were all in this together. Unfortunately we are only on the same boat- some have access to the life boats and some don’t. Some can swim and some can’t.
Some are giving orders without respecting the reality of those receiving them. There’s a major difference that is reflected in rhetoric between them.
They believe the virus is a hoax, in that the number of deaths are dramatically inflated (caused by a finical incentive for hospitals to report covid-19 deaths). The motivation for this “hoax” is to defame tRump and harm his chances of reelection.
Although the claim that the number of deaths is inflated has been widely, and thoroughly debunked, those who adhere to this belief are not swayed by expertise, do not trust any non-biased source of data, and are largely faith-based individuals (making them far less swayed by reasoning or empirical evidence) as well as being less concerned with death since in their view, death is only the beginning of eternal life.
For these reasons, they feel that reporting any deaths caused by SARS-CoV-2 as fear mongering.
I love you people that think you know why everyone thinks the way they do. I am not “faith based” but you are clearly infkuenced too much by whatever media you watch
Not overtly but it would sure temper fears if there were stories that included details about how public health is planning for the inevitable result that there will be more cases and how the medical services are planning on dealing with it. There’s a serious shortage of planning information or compensating and a super abundance of orders in the news from most government agencies yet I suspect most Do Have such plans.
Do the local hospitals have backup plans for expansion? Are there isolation wards for all infected people? Has public health plans for helping people follow orders? If someone is sick, what services does public health provide? Have they increased their hiring to include more tracking or facilitate stock piles of supplies? So far my personal experience is that medical providers are pretty unstable with just coping with directives even without a surge of patients. All the news has been lectures to the public and little information about planning otherwise. Certainly little organizing of civilians to be called up at need. The various government agencies seem to be as oblivious to reality as anyone else as they either don’t have contingency plans or at least are not making them public.
Your comment really doesn’t deserve a reply but here it goes….there are 100 beds at Redwood Acres all this was in the news 2 months ago. St Joseph’s did have a whole floor prepared for an high number of cases. They have cut that to 6 rooms isolated from the rest, and I’m sure that could change if we get a surge! There are things in place but like any healthcare system in this country it can be overwhelmed very quickly.
NeeSee- Thanks for commenting! I appreciate your information! I did not know and neither did anyone else around me. You see- the comment you responded to actually did have some relevance. Perhaps there is a disconnect between the health care professionals and the general public? I would appreciate more media reports of the preparations for the surge that is apparently heading our way and I think those reports might help people to see the reality. the daily number count is useful but…I think people in general suffer from ADD. Now we are seeing individual stories of regret in the media but those too are swept aside as rare and won’t happen-to-me tales. Something to shake people and help them see more clearly…that’s what we need. It’s a huge psych-ops experiment where the naysayers and conspiracy nuts have the upper hand right now. More science lessons in the media? Stories about The Spanish Flu and the Black Plague? I am in favor of finding out what will click w/ peoples’ understanding of this real situation.
Keep up the good work. Thanks for all you do for the community. Thanks again
I got a little cranky there didn’t I? Thanks, John. I appreciate your kind words.
Kym, every time you comment I vomit. You are so Libtarded its not even funny. Why don’t you go jump off a bridge or something useful like that.
You just break my heart that you would say that to her. Kim is a true American, giving us all a source to express our first amendment right.
Thank you Kim for all you do.
Wow…stop reading.
Scott you are just mean. Kym does an awesome job. Try being nice, unless that’s painful for you!
You first Scopp.
Is reporting that smoking Pot is bad for you fearmongering, because any kind of smoking is harmful but here it seems only Cigarette smoking is called out. The thought that Humboldt promotes smoking is crazy.
No you are wrong. My sister in law works at the ICU in Santa Rosa and has recently had patients transferred to her unit from one of our Humboldt hospitals. It’s all filled up at the Inn. They needed more room up here. Please stop spewing CRAP. People are dying.
I don’t believe your comment is true. Based on the statistics provided by the county, of 138 confirmed cases, 123 are recovered and 4 are dead. That leaves a maximum of 11 that could be currently hospitalized. I suspect the current number hospitalized is fewer than 11, but the provided statistics don’t give that information clearly.
These were non covid patients they transferred to Santa Rosa. The ICUs fill up sometimes and they have to look outside the county for an empty bed.
Your a liar.
If you want info on current hospitalizations Calmatters reports it. Idk why the county doesn’t when it’s on Calmatters but if you want info on that I would just check their website too.
https://calmatters.org/health/coronavirus/2020/04/california-coronavirus-covid-patient-hospitalization-data-icu/
As of 7/8 there is one reported COVID 19 hospitalization in Humboldt according to the state.
If someone told you to wear your seatbelt, would that be fear mongering? To you it apparently would.
You rock Kym. Keep on doing a great job.
🕯🌳I’ll second that. 👍🏽👍🏽🇺🇸
There was a small off- the-cuff comment yesterday in the interview with the Deputy Humboldt County Health officer on Loco. He stated, for every case we know about there are likely several more in the community we don’t know about. I wish they would emphasize that point. These numbers are just trends, they are inaccurate, and incomplete. Based on current testing timelines, they are also likely a week behind the reality on the ground. They are useful for data trends and understanding which direction the pandemic is heading in locally with a snapshot in time.They are indicators, that is all.
What the sheriff is referring to is new guidelines that say that for every positive, theyou can assume up to 15 more people are /will/would test positive.
But then why are the majority of people who have been tested negative?
People go in and get the (negative) tests to reassure themselves and the people they work with that they are not contagious.
Non-symptomatic and “mild” cases don’t go in for testing unless they need to for work. As in, “Why bother? I’m not sick.”
And folks who live in denial (mask-less ones, included) won’t go in because it’s a hoax, a waste of time and money.
Then there are folks like me who pretty much live in isolation anyway, do masks and all the paranoid protocol (I disinfect packages I get in the mail, even) and have lived years with constant chronic symptoms that could be, but likely aren’t, COVID. (fatigue, low fever, dry cough…) I’ll get a negative and be considered a hypochondriac again (again again again) because I’m concerned about my health… Given the source for most of my chronic discomfort is straight from the AMA’s lack of oversight in the past, I really don’t want to hear from yet another agent of that association that I’m imagining things or looking for attention (easier to say that than find out what’s wrong, eh?) when I go in. It’s more likely I’ll just get sick and die in my own bed unless I’m unconscious when they haul me in for care.
I hope you stay safe and your health improves. Covid 19 first emerged in 2019, so you can’t have had it for years. When I hear about people with chronic symptoms, Lyme Disease comes to mind, and unfortunately, the tests for that are not reliable.
Your lack of comprehension is awesome. The person never said they thought they had covid, merely that they had experienced covid like symptoms for years and thus were extra cautious.
direct quote [I] ” have lived years with constant chronic symptoms that could be, but likely aren’t, COVID.” . Check your own comprehension.
How many more deaths ? None?
Thanks again Kym 🙂
Think about it
Therefore it doesn’t exist! Thanks for clearing that up. It’s all a hoax. No one is dying. No one is getting blood clots or damaged lungs. I’m so relieved.
It’s not a hoax , Shasta county finally had their first case that was under 20 years old.
Reboot your sarcasm detector.
Thank you Ms. Kym for everything you do for the community. I’ve lived in Humboldt County for 44 years and love and enjoy your reporting. Keep it up…….Good Job!
Thank you.
I thank you too Kym. I know I can be a pain in the ass but I really appreciate being kept informed and you do it best.
I don’t find you a pain in the ass at all. I enjoy your comments
Thank you, Kym. I appreciate you and your site. Your ability to let the nasty roll off your back and remain non-confrontational (compared to my reaction) impresses me everyday.
I can get cranky. I try not to but I obviously need to work a little harder…
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IFR numbers are starting to come out, .29 -.9 % , not near the 5-6% the media has been assuming for the last 6 months. As usual selling that news, I remember once when there were only a few chances to watch the news on cable. Around 5 and 6pm, now we got 20 channels around the clock, apparently news got ratings.
IFR? Instrument Flight Rules? International Federation of Robotics? Institute of Food Research? Serious claims deserve serious links…I’d like to believe you
Its pretty complex, google coronavirus and IFR simultaneously. No conspiracy theories, no reasons to lie, just hard numbers. Have a good weekend, peace out .
🕯🌳And all they tell you is there still looking for the right RNA(Ribonucleic acid, present in all genes to create the anti body’s. Peace out.🖖🇺🇸
Infection Fatality Rate (IFR). Thank you. I went with IFR and found many others instead. Sometimes acronyms are worth spelling out for us less-savvy readers. I do enjoy checking out the numbers, how they change, etc You have a good weekend also!
This is a couple of weeks old, but it is a good source (Nature is, I think highly respected and not considered biased) that explains the statistics and discusses difficulties with accurate determination. It’s also relatively short and easy to understand (a plus in my eyes).
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01738-2
They must not have been very sick if they didn’t end up in the hospital.
All of our holidays are being cancelled and historical statues pulled down. How much more marxist can you get? Don’t care what the excuse may be, people are dying, people die all the time. Can’t anybody see whats going on?
Holidays are not cancelled. Relax and give the fear mongering a rest. Maybe skip the Fox News and take a walk in nature.
I quit Watching all news Especially fox last Sunday when my grandma in AZ died from COVID. She caught it in her memory care facility where she resided. She only lasted four days after testing positive. I miss her dearly. I also have a completely different outlook on everything now. I wear a mask every where I go in public. Is it out of fear?? No. Is it from peer pressure?? No, it is out of respect and love for my fellow men and women even if we have different beliefs politically. If wearing a mask saves more grandmas, then I’m all in.
Love you Grandma 💕
Sorry to hear about your grandmother.
I, too, am sorry for your loss.
May your Grandma rest in peace, freedom, & JOY for eternity.💗
May you & your family find comfort, & healing, strength, & the support that you need in this time of sorrow, grief, & transition.❤
God bless your Grandma, & you, & your family, & hold you close in the Shelter of His loving arms.💕
What do “cancelled holidays” & statues being pulled down have to do with Marxism?
You uneducated tRumpers amuse me–just throwing around terms that you clearly don’t understand.
Socialism, communism, & Marxism are actual philosophies & economic systems. They have clear definitions.
You people just declaring anything you don’t like “Marxist”, or “socialist” is hilarious.
And about as ignorant as anyone can get.
And the fact that you prioritize “holidays” (which aren’t cancelled, genius) & statues over HUMAN LIFE says all that needs to be said [edit]
Covid is everywhere…. lions aand tigers and bears…. lets not build more hospitals and actually prepare; Instead; lets muzzle everybody, fine any business that does not follow our socialist way, lets spread fear and panic, lets brainwash the people into believing a piece of cloth over their mouth and nose is healthy, and lets not do anything else to prepare for the virus. Good Job Idiots… Bahhhh Bahhhhh Bahhhhhh
Good little CNN brainwashed sheeple…. try some Fox news for a change of pace
Again, another Fox “news” devotee equating what she doesn’t like with “socialism”.
None of what you mentioned has anything to do with socialism.
How do you expect anyone to take you seriously when you just make stuff up?
Just calling anything you don’t like “socialism” is ridiculous.
As is your flippant dismissal of a deadly pandemic.
Fox and cnn are both trash. Screw the main stream media. Fox followers are just as brainwashed as cnn followers. It’s a two party system that is fuggin stupid as hell. Libs and conservs. People need to start thinking for themselves and their families. That’s all that matters.
Amen!