Two New Positive Tests for COVID-19 on June 22
Press release from Humboldt County COVID19 – Joint Information Center:
Two additional cases of COVID-19 were reported today, bringing to 112 the total number of Humboldt County residents who have tested positive for the virus.
The means of transmission for these new cases is under investigation. Two cases reported previously were determined to be acquired through travel to an area outside of Humboldt County. County Health Officer Dr. Teresa Frankovich pointed out that we are seeing an increase in local community transmission while continuing to see the impact of travel.
“There is an inherent risk in traveling both because many areas are seeing more circulating virus than we are locally and because our behavior may be different when we are traveling. Residents should continue to limit movement in and out of the county as much as possible,” Dr. Frankovich said. “If you must travel, make sure to practice physical distancing in public spaces, avoid public gatherings, wear facial coverings and regularly wash and sanitize your hands. Taking these precautions can reduce, but not eliminate, your overall risk of exposure to COVID-19.”
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Humboldt Health Alert: humboldtgov.org/HumboldtHealthAlert————–New confirmed COVID-19 cases: 2
- Total confirmed cases: 112
- Total recovered cases: 101
- Total deaths: 4
- Total hospitalizations: 13
Transmission information for all known cases
- Contact to a Known Case: 61
- Travel-Acquired: 26
- Community Transmission: 23
- Under Investigation: 2
Number of tests run since last report
- Public Health Laboratory: 73
- OptumServe public testing site: 101
Total tests run to date
- Public Health Laboratory: 4,026
- OptumServe public testing site: 3,997
- Willow Creek public testing site: 42
Public Health Laboratory testing Information
- Supply capacity: Approximately 2,000 tests
- Testing capacity: 70 samples per day
- Turnaround time: 24 to 72 hours
For the most recent information about COVID-19, visit CDC.gov or CDPH.ca.gov. For local information, visit humboldtgov.org, call 707-441-5000 or email [email protected].
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Earlier test results:
- Humboldt County Has Two New Cases Today May 30
- One Additional Positive Test Today June 1 in Humboldt County
- Fourth COVID-Related Death, One New Case Reported Today
- One Additional Case Today, June 3
- No New Positive COVID Tests Today, June 4
- No New Positive Tests on June 5
- No New Positive Tests for COVID-19 on June 6
- One New Positive Test on June 8
- No New Positive COVID Tests Reported Today, June 9
- No New Confirmed COVID-19 Cases on June 10
- Another Day of No New Positive Tests on June 11
- One New Positive Test on June 12
- No New Positive Tests Today June 15
- One New Case of Community Transmission Today, June 16
- Another Case of Community Transmission Found on June 17
- No New Cases in Humboldt County Today
- Two New Cases of COVID-19 in Humboldt County Today, June 19
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So What!!!
Is it really that hard to understand. This is summer. We should be seeing a slow down of cases in the state and country. Instead we are seeing record single day cases in numerous cities and states. We up here in rural rural land have been spared to a large extent, but this virus isn’t going away. And all it takes is one idiot that wants to show the world that they’re superdude to infect hundreds who infect thousands. This isn’t a game. Don’t make it one.
i remember they told us we were all going to get covid but we didnt want to get it all at the same time. so the important thing is fewer deaths and permanent affects
The plan was to “flatten the curve”, not “ make the virus go away” . You must’ve memory holed that important fact.
Those protests did wonders.
A Phukin Men
Let’s focus on the greatest transfer of wealth in history.
It’s a disgusting game for some, affecting everyone else.
We’ve got our heads too far up the corporate mainstream medias ass.
🕯🌳34,300 in 24hrs.🖖🛐
🕯🌳Sorry I meant 3,170.🤯🚑
Cases going up. Deaths going down.
We will all eventually get this equivalent of severe flu, often asymptomatic. Turn off your TV’s and go outside. Get your antibodies and avoid all forms of social engineering.
https://swprs.org/a-swiss-doctor-on-covid-19/
🕯🌳The antibodies,if your lucky to get them,only last two months just about time for cold,flu and the new spike in Covid cases. 🖖
What do you mean “ if you’re lucky to get them” in regards to antibodies ? That would require you to be exposed to the virus in the first place ….
https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-antibodies-only-last-months-weaker-in-asymptomatic-cases-2020-6
Although Business Insider is a questionable authority on anything, even their own artcle said “Some research has suggested that even low antibody counts could still be enough to prevent reinfection.” And “Still, antibodies are not the only way the human body can fight off a virus. It also uses T cells to kill the virus and B cells to rapidly produce new antibodies. Neither of those were measured in the new study. ” Which was a small study in the first place. In other words, it’s all pretty unknown at the moment. A low antibody titer is not a great measure of immunity anyway as there are vaccines that leave an immeasurable tiger but still give protection.
The Spanish Flu epidemic had a number of cases where a person who recovered from the first wave infection did become reinvested in the second wave but the death rate among those people was much lower than that of people who had never been infected. In other words, they caught the disease when it came through again but it was less severe. They did not have total immunity but did gain some protection. This may be the same?
In support of what has been said about anti-bodies not lasting “These experts pointed out that the researchers did not into account the protection offered by immune cells that may fight the coronavirus on their own or produce new antibodies when they detect the virus.
Studies have already shown that the coronavirus triggers a cellular immune response, that is both robust and protective.
“Most people are generally not aware of T cell immunity, and so much of the conversation has focused on antibody levels,” said Columbia University virologist Angela Rasmussen.
Aside from virus-killing T cells, infected people also make so-called memory B cells, which can rapidly ramp up antibody production should they detect the coronavirus again.” note:This doesn’t mean that we can rely totally on T-cell response/protection but that the immune system is far more sophisticated than what is being presented.
Similarly, “Importantly, we detected SARS-CoV-2-reactive CD4+ T cells in ∼40%–60% of unexposed individuals, suggesting cross-reactive T cell recognition between circulating “common cold” coronaviruses and SARS-CoV-2.”
If some prefer to get their info a little less K.I.S.S. than our local medical mandarins are offering… New England Journal of Medecine has this: “We know that wearing a mask outside health care facilities offers little, if any, protection from infection. Public health authorities define a significant exposure to Covid-19 as face-to-face contact within 6 feet with a patient with symptomatic Covid-19 that is sustained for at least a few minutes (and some say more than 10 minutes or even 30 minutes). The chance of catching Covid-19 from a passing interaction in a public space is therefore minimal. In many cases, the desire for widespread masking is a reflexive reaction to anxiety over the pandemic.’
I still wear one when I am supposed to, because like everyone else, we are all guilty of maybe having Covid and needing to protect others. 🙂
There is in fact, good science indicating hypoxia from mask wearing, particularly the good masks worn for hours at a time. As Dr. Frankovich said, loose masks are not as much of a concern.
Hate to use this term but swprs is “fake news”
https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/swiss-policy-research/
Hmmm. I find most media “fact checking” websites engage in censorship and bias, and tend to be a lazy shortcut to research. The “facts” of the article are footnoted at the bottom. Did you read that far or did your bias stop you?
In all of this, it seems legitimately open for debate. Especially as there has been a great deal of disagreement between sources.
Swprs is not a source I would trust either but Worldometers says the same thing.
If the case jumps are due to testing increases ( a distinct possibility) then deaths should continue to go down.
If, however, the case increases are due to more interaction with less social distancing, then soon probably about two weeks to a month after the case increases started, deaths will start to increase.
Dexamethasone though looks like it could reduce deaths by 1/3. So if it could be produced quickly enough, that could hopefully push down the deaths, too. https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/06/corticosteroid-drug-recently-shown-reduce-coronavirus-death-risk-could-run-out-experts
Numbers don’t lie, people are panicked, over 8000 people tested because the majority feared they had COVID-19, but only just over a hundred did. This will be known as the Great Freak Out. And yes I will mask up to try and calm you freaks out, your welcome. Peace out , time to get me a cheeseburger in paradise.
Thank you! If I knew who you are, I’d buy you that cheeseburger.
– one of the freaks
And …
Cool story bro it’s number 1 now adays
https://www.healthleadersmedia.com/covid-19/coronavirus-becomes-number-one-cause-death-day-us-surpassing-heart-disease-and-cancer
Today so far, there have been 3880 deaths…https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ And that is almost surely an undercount. And, of course, the world has been shut down in unprecedented ways.
https://ourworldindata.org/causes-of-death
475k coronavirus deaths would put it above homicides and below malaria at 17th place.
So, if one person were to actually dig into the cardiovascular and cancer, would it be possible that we might find something more important to talk about than this covid bulls hit?
My point exactly.
We are manipulated by the wrong information.
Ullr, you’re right and, in my opinion missing some important information.
The first death from COVID-19 was reported January 11 (could be more that happened earlier) so we’re roughly 6 months into the outbreak but its a rolling outbreak so it didn’t hit other areas until much later. So probably we’re about three months into full deaths. Depending on how you count the beginning you would multiply the current deaths from COVID by two to four. If you multiply by four to get a full year of deaths you would be right above neonatal disease.
Some things to consider:
*COVID is one single virus. Most of those deaths at the top of the chart are from multiple causes lumped together. For instance deaths from brain cancer, skin cancer, liver cancer, etc are all under grouped under one heading—cancers.
*We locked down in an unprecedented way–likely saving millions of lives not only those from COVID itself but from those people whose other illnesses might have killed them as medical systems were overwhelmed.
*Deaths from COVID would have been on top of normal deaths—so all these other deaths would have continued but there would also have been COVID deaths on top of these which of course would have overwhelmed the medical systems as it did in Wuhan, Italy, and New York.
Double the deaths would put right at AIDS/HIV (and less than tuberculosis) which is 14th on the list… add that again and it puts it near diarrhea and diabetes.
The biggest factor is that the median age of death for Covid is greater than a person’s average lifespan… in other words the people that are dying are mostly in end of life care. Yes, I know individually these deaths are tragedies, but good policy can’t be created out of individual events.
Death is not the only effect of SARS-Cov2, and if it was, it still was responsible for the 2nd deadliest month in US history – even with shuttered businesses and socializing minimized.
How can you not see the good decisions made?
Like Cuomo putting covid patients back in nursing homes? Like not locking down nursing homes at the beginning? Like putting “suspected ” covid patients in with positive covid patients? There’s been a few lucky guesses and very few “good” decisions. New data should yield new policy.
Good policy is absolutely based on individual lives. For instance, we mandate car seats so children don’t die as often in vehicle accidents.
Ageism has an uncomfortable relation to racism–some lives are worth less than others because some people value them less.
Many older adults make significant contributions to their community (you for instance might value the contribution of President Trump). To dismiss their lives as of little value is pretty horrifying to me. Especially since at this point, much of the economy is reopening and masks and physical distancing can do a great deal to reduce deaths and allow economic recovery to begin.
No. There’s a mandate on car seats because a lot of children die without them, not one.
I do find it humorous that you still think I like Trump. I never have but the alternative was (and is) much worse.
All life has value and I’m not someone to amortize the life of one person against another, that’s for insurance companies, but we don’t hire politicians to keep everyone alive, we hire politicians to safeguard our freedoms.
I would assume you value the contribution of President Trump as without him there might be a second President Clinton?
A lot of people (almost a half million) have died because of COVID. Did a half million die because they weren’t wearing car seats? We mandated a policy change to save lives.
And politicians aren’t put in office to safeguard our freedoms. They’re put in office to get policies enacted–some of which save lives and some of which protect freedoms (and some bring in money for big corporations but that’s another story.)
You know what assuming does, right?
New information should yield new policies. The politicians are holding hard and fast to policy hastily implemented months ago. The picture is more clear now and the policies should change accordingly.
And yes, the oath of office is to uphold the Constitution. The Constitution is a contract between the State and the People which insures the State doesn’t trample on the inherent rights of the People. Failure to do this is a failure to uphold their oath. Yes, there is a lot of room to interpret and move within those parameters, but the objective remains.
Then, my apologies. Your several positive comments about Trump led me to think otherwise.
Policies are changing to me. I see new businesses opening almost weekly.
You have better things to do, but I’m sure you can’t find a single positive comment from me about Trump. I’ve certainly given credit for good policies he has pushed, but I’ve always thought of him as a bombastic ass… which is better than the wicked witch or the scarecrow.
All businesses should be allowed to open with recommended protocols, not threats, from the State.
Perhaps I was thinking of positive remarks about his policies. I’ve made a mistake or two in my life. Again my apologies.
Nonetheless, I’m hopeful that there is a person or two over 60 who has, in your opinion, made significant contributions to society. Benjamin Franklin invented bifocals, helped draft the Declaration of Independence, and was a delegate to the convention that led to the Constitution–all after age 70. (I’m a bit of a Ben Franklin fan.)
Betty White, who doesn’t love her?
Hey, and here you are on this old person’s website apparently getting something from it.
The point is that by dismissing the deaths of seniors, in my opinion you are failing to recognize the burning of resources every time one dies.
Children do not spend their lives in car seats. People can not spend their lives in quarantine either. It is not a question that isolation keeps infections from spreading. It’s that isolation causes increasing fall out that ends up causing more deaths from other things. Already there are places with famine, economic disruption. There have been riots, vigilantism, xenophobia and the next fall out is likely to be war. Those governments who gauge weakness in others in bids to gain territory or control are already pushing. These too are deaths created by overreaction, not by the virus. And old people are more likely to die from that too.
It’s just not as complex as arguing.
Your fox news graph is incorrect. Turn off tv, block your propaganda news and try reading something written by a journalist.
Sorry. Fox news never my source. Is yours CNN?
All any of this indicates is it depends where you get your info, and who you trust.
Keep towing that corporate line…. Good little human capital
Let me guess you hate the corporate line?
I just listened to a podcast that mentioned the fact that people on both sides of the political spectrum are concerned about corruption in the political dog and pony show.
https://youtu.be/eA9Tpf5Uuxs
Nice tag team attack Jennifer and Justin! Good job totally avoiding facts!
Awwww. Justin and Jennifer. So adorable, so cute.
I am taking a mostly outlier postion and you accuse me of towing corporate line without knowing squat about me. Thats the social media generation for you.. ..
I was a radical before you were born. Dropped out decades ago. I try to listen to all opinions without devolving in to name calling…
Heartbreaking that the left has become so intolerant and incoherent.
P***W*** is correct.
Many people on all sides seeing something fishy about this.
That is not an argument. Just an insult.
Let’s be honest with ourselves, we’re not really arguing or upset about the virus. Disease happens and it isn’t going to stop happening because that’s the nature of nature.
What we’ upset about is the disruption to our daily routines and the psychological hurt from having it jammed in our faces that there isn’t any such thing as “safe”, there is only relative safety.
Some of us are reacting with denial (it’s just a cold), some with anger (you can’t make me wear a mask!), some with fear (I’m not going out in public), and others with logic (the science says……).
I think if we can realize this, we can work on being more tolerant of how others are reacting to this ongoing event and stop demonizing the reactions of others. I know I have to work on that a lot myself.
I do appreciate Kym’s calm, matter-of-fact responses to the comments. It helps.
Funny.. Theres a lot of “science” behind medicine and food that is actually more dangerous to us than not.. So science is bot nesseccarily rhe logically best way to make decisions. But thanks. Jesus keeps me safe. If you know what jesus actually was/is.. Hehe.
Eat the mana.
Somehow citing that others want to kill granny is not exactly “calm, matter-of-fact responses.” Tolerance should not mean patiently explaining how stupid someone else is. It should mean recognising that almost everyone has some truth in their feelings even if it’s not the same priority. What “science says” is not so clear because “science” is in a state of confusion at the moment, changing daily with more unanswered questions than answers, and too people are mighty fond of citing the superiority of their preferred “science” as reported by people whose grasp of it is pretty shaky normally.