County Officials Applaud Governor’s Decision to Keep North Coast Beaches Open

Sheriff Honsal media availability

Screenshot of Sheriff Honsal from the April 16 Media Availability video]

Press release from the County of Humboldt:

Sheriff William Honsal expressed appreciation for Governor Newsom’s decision to keep beaches in Humboldt County open and limit closures to parts of Southern California.

Sheriff Honsal said, “I’m grateful the governor didn’t move forward with a plan that would have unnecessarily and arbitrarily restricted access to our coastline,” adding he supports the need to balance public health and safety with the rights of individuals protected under the state and federal constitutions. “Closing beaches in areas where people weren’t following social distancing is a more appropriate response than a statewide closure,” Honsal said.

A state-mandated beach closure order was being considered by the governor as a response to crowds gathering last weekend on two Southern California beaches. Sheriff Honsal and Humboldt County Health Officer Dr. Teresa Frankovich both reached out to state officials to express their opposition to the proposed order. The governor announced at a noon press conference that the closure order would apply only to areas around Orange County.

Dr. Frankovich said, “This really is the right move for Humboldt County. The Governor himself pointed out our success at practicing social distancing measures locally. We can continue to build on that success without sacrificing access to our beaches.”

Officials emphasized that the county’s existing Shelter-in-Place Order would remain in full effect, and any crowding of parking areas, beach areas or trails would not be tolerated. Sheriff Honsal said, “We will enforce the local order to keep people safe and encourage social distancing, but Humboldt County’s residents shouldn’t pay the price for the irresponsible behavior of people 700 miles away from here.”

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Guest
guest
3 years ago

Great! Go to the beach! It’s safe.

Also end the lockdown of the healthy:

Nearly 0% chance of dying if healthy and under 50 years old.

Shelter the at risk! Free the healthy!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tNC76hcT63Q

Just Sayin'
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Just Sayin'
3 years ago
Reply to  guest

Yeah, so, that’s just not at all true. There’s certainly a risk of dying at any age, and with any level of health pre-infection from this virus. Don’t be simple.

guest
Guest
guest
3 years ago
Reply to  Just Sayin'

Yes, I agree. Nearly “0” is a level of risk.

Sorry > 1% https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.globalresearch.ca/swiss-doctor-covid-19/5707642/amp

“Less than 1% of the deceased were healthy persons, i.e. persons without pre-existing chronic diseases.”

DaPisan
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DaPisan
3 years ago
Reply to  guest

Protest Local/State Tyranny!!! Friday, May 1st, 12:00 noon. Humboldt County Courthouse, 5th street. Bring your own signs/flags. PASS IT ON!

AClark
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AClark
3 years ago

Yay!

Ullr Rover
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Ullr Rover
3 years ago

“The Sheriff is the CLEO, or CHIEF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, of his/her county. As an elected official he/she is the ultimate protector of the people providing a check and balance locally, for any state or federal agency that may infringe the constitutional rights of the people.

“We believe that these honorable men and women are ready and willing to serve to the best of their ability and want to identify those who have strong constitutional values. The sheriff is a citizen first, elected by citizens (the people) and answers ONLY TO THE PEOPLE.

“Vet Your Sheriff is designed to identify those Sheriffs and or Candidates who have strong constitutional stances within their respective roles of law enforcement.”

https://cspoa.org/vet-your-sheriff/

Martin
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Martin
3 years ago

Opening an of our beaches at this time is a real stupid move, and I think it will do nothing but create more virus cases. If you have a dead wish, then party on COVID-19ers’.

b.
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b.
3 years ago
Reply to  Martin

From Vox News (a decidedly pro Covid 19 shut down supporter)
“A team of three medical doctors and biologists from Harvard wrote in the Washington Post that “outdoors, the virus quickly disperses in the air,” so the risk of becoming infected by someone running or walking past you is likely very low.
Chinese researchers studied the air in public outdoor spaces in Wuhan and found “undetectable or very low” levels of virus outside.
Another Chinese study looking at 318 outbreaks featuring three or more Covid-19 cases adding up to 1,245 total confirmed cases across more than 100 cities found just one instance of outdoor transmission.”
https://www.vox.com/2020/4/30/21232696/reopen-parks-coronavirus-covid-19

Even if you want to simply believe it all, please stop panicking. Stress is bad for your health and mine. Here’s another resource provided by a RHBB reader, Saving Your Health, One Mask at a Time by Peter Tipett MD, PhD:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/saving-your-health-one-mask-time-peter-tippett-md-phd/?fbclid=IwAR1Z5dpswlqsAyc-HHI0L2A2zhcbwkNvKpBf8rnf9s3SkdFga8in4HgWSOI

Ullr Rover
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Ullr Rover
3 years ago
Reply to  b.

·Mark Twain — ‘Sometimes I wonder if the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it.’

Readyornot
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Readyornot
3 years ago
Reply to  Ullr Rover

Wonderful! I question this daily…

Buster
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Buster
3 years ago
Reply to  Martin

I don’t recall that our local beaches were ever closed. Supposedly, the parking lots of state park beaches were closed but I don’t believe that it was heavily enforced around here.

Fortunian
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Fortunian
3 years ago
Reply to  Martin

Martin, if you feel that getting everything back to normal is going to kill people and put your health at risk. Shit happens. Stay home and keep breathing into that mask,( which you are breathing your own carbon dioxide). Do you know that by staying inside your home for a long time will weaken your immune system?

Mike
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Mike
3 years ago

Man, Honsal got Newsom to cave as fast as Bernie does.

ROTFLOL
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ROTFLOL
3 years ago
Reply to  Mike

yeah Im sure it was pressure from our sheriff that stopped the governor from closing beaches that he was probably not going to close in the first place.

MeToosexy
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MeToosexy
3 years ago

If Newsom sends the state police, just report a sexual assault on the beach of a young intern by an old white democrat. That will make him recall the enforcement order.

notheone
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notheone
3 years ago

Excellent. Good decision. Thank you.

Mark
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Mark
3 years ago

Remind me….how many people get washed out to sea and die from sneaker waves every year around here?

Buster
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Buster
3 years ago
Reply to  Mark

On average, I would guess 1 or 2.

Pent up demand
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Pent up demand
3 years ago

Sheriff Honsal said, “We will enforce the local order to keep people safe and encourage social distancing, but Humboldt County’s residents shouldn’t pay the price for the irresponsible behavior of people 700 miles away from here.”
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Uhh 🤔solike people just went to the beach ,calling them out as irresponsible is odd -kinda punk actually . They were simply enjoying the freedom you espoused about protecting earlier mr Honsel.

Mike
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Mike
3 years ago
Reply to  Pent up demand

That is an excellent point. Saying he won’t infringe on (some) constitutional rights is a great thing but that by definition states that people down south don’t have the same constitutional rights because they live in a more populated area…. interesting.

Cmon 2020 elections cmon justice
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Cmon 2020 elections cmon justice
3 years ago

Constitutional sheriff, hilarious!!!! What a load of re election bull crap.fallow the constitution on all amendments then sheriff honsel. You’re political song and pony show might work on the retarded lemmings (good portion of the population) but the more intelligent of us see through you act,after all we’ve been watching you and the supervisors the last couple years!!!!!!

Guest
Guest
Guest
3 years ago

Yay! Get out there where appropriate if you can!

Guest
Guest
Guest
3 years ago

Smart people know the difference between a song and a dog. I used to have problems with that stuff, but once I quit drinking I can now go to the zoo and actually name the animals.

Diane
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Diane
3 years ago

The chances of dying from covid go down everyday. As the asymptomatic numbers rise daily, the death rate decreases. Comparable to the first season of the swine flu

Papa Wheelies
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Papa Wheelies
3 years ago
Reply to  Kym Kemp

Can’t see the forest for the trees?

Ullr Rover
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Ullr Rover
3 years ago
Reply to  Kym Kemp

Right now if someone dies who has heart disease and is infected with Covid 19 what is the “cause of death” on the death certificate? How about any other combinations?

Ullr Rover
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Ullr Rover
3 years ago
Reply to  Kym Kemp

What Do ‘Missing Deaths’ Imply About the Impact of COVID-19?
A New York Times analysis has little bearing on the infection fatality rate or the number of life-years typically lost to the disease

https://reason.com/2020/04/21/what-do-missing-deaths-imply-about-the-impact-of-covid-19/

https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4867126/user-clip-overcounting-covid-deaths

Ullr Rover
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Ullr Rover
3 years ago
Reply to  Kym Kemp

The cspan video I linked to is short. Dr. Fauci and another doctor explicitly say that deaths are over counted because they are counting almost every death with a positive covid test as a covid death.

The body overflow is because NY is getting the equivalent of a bad flu season compressed into 2 months rather than 8. And, for whatever reason, NYC is an outlier among cities grappling with this event.

The Reason link I offered puts the NYT analysis, if correct, in perspective against the larger picture.

“As of April 22, 2020, the average daily death toll due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) in the U.S. was nearly 770 since the occurrance of the first case on February 15th. Based on data from 2019, almost eight thousand people die every day in the United States from all causes. During the 2018-2019 (October to April) influenza season, around 161 people died daily on average from influenza. Taking the latest numbers into account, it seems that at this moment almost one out of three deaths in the United States every day have involved COVID-19. ”

Based on the stats provided here: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1109281/covid-19-daily-deaths-compared-to-all-causes/

The average overall daily death toll for all deaths is about 3500 compared to 8000 is 2019.

Willow Creeker
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Willow Creeker
3 years ago
Reply to  Ullr Rover

Ullr rover- you seem to always think you are smarter than all the policy makers out there. Maybe you should run for office? I Think it wise to let the medical professionals make the decisions in a situation like this. They say, we need to keep up the social distance. It is working, that is why we are seeing improvements. Let’s follow the examples of other countries who have faced this in the weeks and months before it was bad here. China didn’t ease up on restrictions until weeks after zero new infections. We are jumping the gun in some states. We need to be smart- listen to the professionals not the wing nut conspiracy theorists. This thing is real. If you don’t know people in major cities where this is really happening, you have no idea.

Papa Wheelies
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Papa Wheelies
3 years ago
Reply to  Willow Creeker

ULLR for Governor.

https://www.wfp.org/news/wfp-chief-warns-hunger-pandemic-covid-19-spreads-statement-un-security-council

130 million will starve because of the shutdown.

Ullr Rover
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Ullr Rover
3 years ago
Reply to  Willow Creeker

I don’t have an agenda. When you’re a hammer, everything looks like a nail.

Over the coming months look at Sweden as a model, not China.

Papa Wheelies
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Papa Wheelies
3 years ago
Reply to  Ullr Rover

https://youtu.be/TiOSTKwtnhA

The sacred gift of anger.

Fortunian
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Fortunian
3 years ago
Reply to  Kym Kemp

They have reported that the numbers are wrong. Every state gets money for every positive case and deaths of the virus. The more deaths the more money. Many doctors have stated that they were told any deaths should be reported as covid-19 deaths. There are more recovered from the virus then deaths. Many of the deaths that were reported the patient had already been diagnosed with a fatal disease. I notice the deaths from cancer, heart attacks, aids, car accidents, altimerze,(I know I spelled it wrong), pneumonia, or strokes have gone way down. Why is this? Humm, seems kinda coincidental.

Rose
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Rose
3 years ago
Reply to  Kym Kemp

Yes