Additional Death, Five New Cases Reported Since Friday
Press release from Humboldt County COVID19 – Joint Information Center:
A tenth Humboldt County resident has died after testing positive for COVID-19.
The individual was in their 80s at the time of death. Humboldt County Health Officer Dr. Teresa Frankovich said, “We extend our condolences to their family and friends for this loss.”
Five new cases have been reported since Friday, bringing to 567 the total number of county residents who have tested positive for the virus.
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That’s 10 fatalities? So 10 deaths is roughly a 2 percent fatality rate, and since the best estimates put the infected rate 10 times higher than the number of people that have tested positive that it is still a .2 percent fatality rate. Which is the same as the experts, that aren’t engaging in hyperbole, have said since the beginning. Meaning that if this virus infected every person in the USA, which it will without a vaccine it’ll kill about 660,000 people, roughly. So we’re a third of the way through it which is on track with what epidemiologists have said since the beginning. Full disclaimer, I did the math in my head and I’m about 6 beers in so there’s a very high likelyhood it’s not right.
The Communist Chinese govt. is responsible for this, all because they want to rule the world. Hey you stupid fuck XI, you cannot run your own life, much less anyone else’s, or the entire world. One of the biggest problems in the world is assholes like this who want to tell everyone else how to live. Hey assholes, leave people alone, and work on making yourself a better person. In China, you cannot be a Christian, Jew, Muslim, Black, or Gay. That is because assholes in their govt won’t allow you to be who you want to be, or worship anyone but XI. Ugly stupid XI. Fuck him and people like him. Do not support this freak, do not buy from China. Buy American, where we are free. Fuck communists, antifa, anarchists, who think the same way the commie Chinese govt does, live as we tell you, or get punished. Hey antifa, stop burning our cities down, stop hurting people, you facist nazi’s.
Try and find anything not made in China of some other country. The right wing conservative corporations sold out the American worker for pure oligarchy profits. The American middle class has taken the brunt of big business. Ninety-nine percent of what you use, wear, watch and eat comes from a foreign country. And all for profits for the Rich. The elite 1% own all the wealth in America. NOT YOU!! And every year it gets worse. The Made in America is no more. And the Mussolini President is doing to America what was done in Italy in 1939. Sold out the country for profits. And like today we are closer to living under economic Fascism mislabeled Democratic free enterprise then we ever have been in our history. And it is getting worse. And they have us right where they want us. Believers in lies, too lazy to even be a part of Gov’t BY the People and expectations of handed everything they think they need to by the people that lie to them and telling the public it’s other people in the Country’s fault. Polarizing the people with pitting the public and fostering racism, conservatives against liberals, multi-military corporations that spend 60% of the Federal tax budget on fighting wars in foreign countries and believing elected officials over people who are experts in their field. It’s everybody else’s fault. [edit]
This should be made into a prayer we can say with the family before dinner and bed.
It needs to memorized like a new pledge of allegiance.
How many beers in do you think this guy was?
Keep it in context.
How many people have died from everything else?
I don’t know. Why don’t you tell us ?
2250000 people, around 500 here in Humboldt, but lets focus on the 10 ,or is it 9 cause one moved out of Humboldt to a rest home, or is it 8 cause that other guy just had an address here, or maybe it was more , maybe 400 from last winter when it was here and nobody said sheet. Day late and a dollar short, FUhs NO CASES, because they had them all last winter! 4 months no cases ,yeah right , half the school sick last winter, just a hunch, but keep denying it because it makes us look like idiots.
We’re talking a virus here, not heart failure or get hit by a train Humboldt a hole.
We are living on a spinning planet in the middleof a vast solar system.
If you want to know more about the virus.
Look in the mirror.
Excuse me, that would be a parasite, if you want the exact definition of a human being.
It’s not. We have low numbers here. Not so the rest of the US. CFR is much higher and going up. But I would be happy to see it only reach 600,000. Thats the low ball on predictions at the moment, and my prediction two months ago. Been wrong alot though.
The NYT said two million would die.
I heard all the grandmas and most of the rest of us are doomed.
Everyone’s been wrong allot. That’s the problem with predicting a unknown variable. The people that have been wrong the most with the most consequences are the government and the media. They should be held to a higher standard than a political PR campaign.
This bug is acting like nothing we’ve ever seen so I take it all in with doubt. The only thing that seems plausible is that at this point the odds are very much in favor of it getting worse. How long, how bad, unknown.
The CFR has fallen to 3% world wide Speculator
Excellent question. Of course, they will not give you that information, because it doesn’t put the fear in the people like the inaccurate information on covid deaths.
Official statistics say 7,452 ppl die, on average, each day in the USA. Easily Googled.
AND…it looks like the 5 newest cases are in SoHum , according to the Dashboard numbers…last Friday, SoHum had 69, now 74. I know I’ve been looser in the last month, cz I felt the numbers were low. But, I see that we need to make big efforts to keep our numbers low right now.
Thank you to everyone of our Humboldt community members who are practicing the safety measures! We can all keep each other safe thru this time. For those who have no fear of contracting this virus, please offer to accept well paying jobs in the healthcare settings, as the case numbers rise& hospitals fill up. Stay safe & sane!
🕯🌳I know I’m still seeing alot more people now in the Fortuna area wearing masks than they where in July.
Jesus H Christ, anybody know what the H stands for??? We’re all dying! None of us are able to live our lives to the fullest under this bullshit tyranny!!! Success is fleeting. Health is fleeting. Happiness is fleeting. Quarantine the sick and shelter the vulnerable. The rest of you get over it and get on with it. Life is short and should be lived to the fullest. FOLKS, WAKE UP, YOU’RE BEING PLAYED.
Oh the tyranny !!
David, people resort to the kind of hysterical hyperbole found in your comment—”…there are more SUICIDES than Covid deaths…”, “…TYRANNY…”, “Everyone dies!”—because they cannot stand feeling like they CAN’T CONTROL day-to-day life and how the country is gradually changing into something different and better than what it was before (because it doesn’t align with your completely outdated vision of American society).
You—not the people who have thankfully heeded the experts about this infectious disease that has now killed 225,000 Americans—are the one who sounds scared and panicked when screaming about the media and the covid “hoax.”
Better? Better how? Wearing masks and not having gatherings? Scaring everyone over everything? Cancel p.c. culture? Better?
No. To a progressive new way of doing things that incorporate those rare ingredients sanity and logic and caring for all. You got to think of better ways, not live in the past cause it was pretty much all a lie on both sides. Time for a third way.
Swine, you never told me if you liked my idea about a movie with pot saving the world. :>)
No. Ganja is a seductive plant. There is another. But not a plant….
Speak the truth. Ganja is addictive, seductive, bad for your health, damages your lungs, makes you lazy, damages your intelligence, gives you munchies which make you fat, edibles damage your liver, too much will actually make you depressed instead of happy. Don’t worry, my fam has grown it for decades, I’m just not afraid to own the truth. Moderation is key otherwise it will completely damage your quality of life and eventually make it much worse. Those that advocate for pot like its some life saving medicine that will save humanity are just plain dumb or lying. Legalization was just a ploy to wrestle the industry from the people. These conservative states like Oklahoma are going to can legalization after they see all the drugs and crime weed brings in, as well as the dab zombies roaming the streets in search of munchies with vacant eyes. This plant is being made into white powders and crystals now. People smoke crystals(dabs) out of glorified meth pipes(dab rigs haha). Quite different from the days when it was “just a plant, man.” All I have to say is, that escalated very quickly.
Its only a matter of time before many of these reasons are used to hand the industry over to the pharmaceutical companies, because, after all, ask yourselves what “medicine” has this country ever allowed to be produced outside of a lab?
“There is another. But not a plant”
OK. You got me. What is it?
Well, for starters, addressing the rank ignorance of that portion of American society that’s resistant to science by making college (at least in public institutions) more affordable (not that college would correct the ignorance of someone who truly believes wearing masks and restrictions on weddings is “tyranny”).
Then there’s the growing recognition that the institutions of policing in this country might be done differently, starting with a rethinking of the wide and unrealistic range of problems what we expect police to solve (without adequately training them for all of it) and how to best hold responsible police who repeatedly fail to uphold their duty to the public. You can believe, at the same time, that a change in policing can benefit both cops and the marginalized communities that often have bad outcomes vis a vis the police and the justice system. Everybody wins.
And pretty soon we’re hopefully going to make it pretty difficult for the most bigoted Americans (starting with Trump) to scapegoat and slander wide swaths of this country (Hispanics and muslims) as rapists and terrorists, when most of them are only guilty of wanting a chance to have a decent job, pay their taxes, practice their religion, and be left alone to watch sports and their kids grow up.
There are other things I could describe, but you get the point: none of these changes should be controversial.
See how I stated and described a little bit about each thing without resorting to stupid, hateful slogans and disinformation? You too, Mr. Swine, can also do this, despite your own deep-seated resentments and petty gripes about PC culture and liberals. You just have to see a little more of the outside world and be a little honest with yourself every now and then.
I also hate Cancel Culture, for the record.
Hope this helps.
Hahahaha. I love how yoibe boxed me in.. You have no idea how outside the box of mainstream b.s. i live..
“are the one who sounds scared and panicked when screaming about the media and the covid “hoax.”
That’s almost always the case. You have people on both sides of the coin who let fear get to them, then you have people who are just trying to cope and understand as best they can in a rational fashion.
With covid one side sees death all around and the other conspiracy. I skip those quick and look for someone trying to understand like I am.
“With covid one side sees death all around…”
No, that isn’t the case. And, in fact, describing the people adhering to researchers and public health professionals and their evidence-based judgments on the virus as “[seeing] death all around” is a ridiculous strawman argument put forth by people (I’m not including you in this group, for the record) who don’t want to admit that their side (their party) has politicized the virus and been exposed as ignorant (and is going to be judged pretty harshly by history).
This is not a case of “both sides” and it never has been.
What do sidee and parties have to do with anythinf? Thats part of the problem
. you cant categorize everyone intonone of your littlw boxes
“What do sidee and parties have to do with anythinf?”
In normal times, you would be more right than wrong. Partisanship is an obstacle to clear thinking.
But this pandemic, and this presidency, are in no way normal. And as countless news and commentary (from virtually all sources) have made clear, political loyalty and partisanship is the primary driver of anti-science viewpoints right now. Whatever party belong to, you are clearly anti-science Mr. Swine. Call it the party of ignorance, I don’t care.
Stop trying to hide behind this lame excuse and try to stay reasonably sober if you are going to comment.
” ‘Hallowed’ be thy name”.
I think “Holy” works, too.
That is what the “H” is for I figure, one or the other.
But, maybe it’s silent.
What on Earth is the “R” for though?
Could it possibly be silent?😂
I personally don’t want an exotic unknown virus in my body, wreaking havoc. Nor do I want to spread this disease to my children, wife or older family members. I’ll continue to be careful and follow guidelines, as will most other sane people.
I don’t care about what the New York Times said or what the death rate currently is, I don’t want to get this thing.
Who do you think owns your biology?
The earth.
She has been trying so hard to get this parasite off her for a very long time.
The more people who die, the better off humanity will be.
Less strain on her system.
The only thing that keeps us alive is our ability to live within natural law.
People need to die, so others may live.
The problem with humans, is they’ve been disconnected from source for a very long time.
We are flipping the finger to Mother Earth by resisting.
We can’t even compost our own dead back to the earth.
We’ve been the source of stripping the salt from the earth.
Change the perspective and you change your mind.
The majority of humans have a very hard time accepting their own mortality.
You have always had exotic viruses in your body. So has eveyone else, the fundemental principles of your and my biology has not changed. You have always been capable of carrying invisible pathogens that hurt your loved ones and you always will.no amount of handwashing or government enforcement will ever change that.
A fuckin men to that. Or a fucking women. Dont wanna offend anyone
You just agreed that handwashing is a useless endeavor.
Congratulations, you are now in agreement with 11 other random nobodies in the world about hygiene.
Yikes.
I’ll pass on the dinner at your place, thanks though.
I don’t like “chocolate” on my servings.
Theres a huge difference between washing your hands before cooking or serving food to avoid the transmission of pathogens vs washing your hands thinking you will live pathogen free. Ya dig?
No one in the health profession has touted that living pathogen free is possible.
So what are you trippin on?
“I personally don’t want an exotic unknown virus in my body” -willow creeker
This is pretty much an imposibilty….
“….
Nor do I want to spread this disease to my children, wife or older family members. I’ll continue to be careful and follow guidelines, as will most other sane people.”
– Willow Creeker
It’s clear with the context of this article, and the following sentence of your quote ( that I just provided) what Willow Creeker was talking about.
And Willow Creeker may very well live without this virus infecting them, or them infecting others, with an air of reasonable precautions, including washing hands.
And that is pretty much a possibility.
Man that sucks, traveling is totally out of the question for you then. Last year I went to a few badass countries in South America and got to travel all over the Amazon. The place has tons of malaria and yellow fever. Its recommended you get a yellow fever vaccine before you go. I was able to acquire the malaria pills(which have lucid dreaming as a side effect, pretty cool) but I couldn’t get a yellow fever vaccine because the US has had a shortage for the past 3 or 4 years. Guess what? I went anyway. 85% of people who catch yellow fever are asymptomatic, but for the 15% that develop symptoms, and 50% of them die within 7-10 days of contracting it. Oh yeah, its a hemorrhaging fever that also causes jaundice from destroying the liver. There is no known cure. This thing blows covid out of the water. Sounds like a risk? Yes, but totally worth it, and those are the risks humans have taken in order to live life since time immemorial. So don’t travel and don’t leave your home then Willow Creeker, because the world is a wild and dangerous place.
It’s hard to control the yellow fever.
Weaponized flu virus…?
Piece of cake.
True epidemiological professionals have known this for over half a century.
Cold up here in Ontario, Canada.
Stay safe down there.
You aren’t Tim toolman Taylor, and you aren’t commenting under only one fake name.
You also don’t live in Ontario:
https://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&client=ms-android-uscellular-us-revc&source=android-browser&q=weather+in+Ontario
Check the weather next time you lie. Try changing your language and points too.
You’re slippin, dog.
Getting old?
The idea you can make that choice is flawed. It isn’t on the menu. Unless you live on an island and can keep everyone out indefinitely, you will be exposed. In fact might already have been exposed. That is why no expert on pandemics ever says “stop the spread.” They say “slow the spread.” And hope that in the time bought at great cost, they can develop a vaccine that works before the act of slowing the spread itself turns fatal.
The dumbest, most idiotic comments brought to you by 4 people in Humboldt.
Thanks.
Trying to out-dumb is an easy but never successful tactic.
Keep trying then.
Because you aren’t out-smarting anyone.
https://kymkemp.com/2020/10/23/one-new-case-reported-today-october-23/#comment-1204310
I love Kym’s forums. So many different points of view for the most part said in a relatively non hostile fashion. Pretty much anyway. Its definitely getting better. A couple of months ago this place was like most other covid forums I’ve seen, nasty if you disagreed. Now peeps are talking it out. Cool.
I have to disagree with people who don’t see bs coming from both sides though. This thing has been politicized by both parties, and I know liberals who could care less about covid except as a way of getting rid of Trump. Once Trump is gone (thank god) most of them will shut-up come Nov 4.
Bottomline is covid doesn’t care. It is an equal opportunity infector, and it’s gonna be around for awhile if not forever. What is needed now is accepting that its real and learning to control it as much as we can without letting it destroy our quality of life.
peace out
Man ‘o man, I almost agreed with you researcher.
But then, you blew it.
After Trump is elected to #46 we’ll be safer. But the money-making machinery will start-up. Imagine the greedy businesses that’ll really gear-up for the profits. Medicare probably won’t attempt to cover the costs, so, we’ll use direct from the Feds, huge payments for covid-19 treatments. It’ll be several trillion dollars.
How many months or years shall we bear the responsibility?
Classic statement.
” When Trump is elected #46″
Sorry Rod, that’s impossible.
He will either always be #45, or if he loses the 2020 election, and runs again and wins in 2024 he would be #47 or higher depending on possible extenuating circumstances.
Trump #46 isn’t going to happen.
Sorry. That’s just silly.
You really think Trump will win. Heaven forbid.
What’s horrible is the election likely won’t result in the biggest landslide loss for a sitting President.
That America has not rebuked Trump wholly and completely is disturbing.
Anti-immigrant rhetoric coupled with Nationalist endeavors, splashed with white supremacy backgrounds is a recipe for disaster: Fascism.
And it could rise again.
I am anti-fascist.
Ohhh this is great for so many reasons. Thanks for the laugh, Doctor Gass.
Pelosi for #46!
Everywhere I go and everyone I see is wearing a mask. Not sure how clean those masks are but people ARE wearing them.
Some seem to wear them for protection and others for fashion.
Two things can be true at the same time….
The virus can be real and the government scare tactics and overreach can be true at the same time.
Meanwhile the nagging about it is aggravating.
My condolences to their family and friends. A very sad loss. People please wear your masks!
This is another way that a coronavirus is not like the flu. Like the common cold there maybe no long lasting immunity from covid, which means herd immunity could never be reached. But thats not a given as the report stresses that no one knows what role antibodies play in regards to being re-infected.
The first url is an article about it and the second the report.
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/207333/coronavirus-antibody-prevalence-falling-england-react/
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/institute-of-global-health-innovation/MEDRXIV-2020-219725v1-Elliott.pdf
Tests on more than 365,000 people in England have shown that the antibody response to the virus that causes COVID-19 wanes over time.
Led by Imperial College London, analysis of finger-prick tests carried out at home between 20 June and 28 September found that the number of people testing positive dropped by 26.5% across the study period
The downward trend was observed in all areas of the country and age groups These findings suggest that there may be a decline in the level of immunity in the population in the months following the first wave of the epidemic.
Professor Helen Ward, one of the lead authors of the report said: “This very large study has shown that the proportion of people with detectable antibodies is falling over time. We don’t yet know whether this will leave these people at risk of reinfection with the virus that causes COVID-19, but it is essential that everyone continues to follow guidance to reduce the risk to themselves and others.”
We dont have a lot of covid in Humboldt because of the mask mandate, sparse population, mild climate, and opportunities for outdoor recreation.
If election results tell us anything, we’re less inclined to fall for the Trump-style misinfo efforts. I don’t think people here were voting for Biden as much as against Trump, but something like 70% of the county agreed.
In places like Kansas and South Dakota where people are more inclined to think like Trash Planet and the other deniers here, they have been hit worse. States that probably went over 70% for Trump. That means they have 2-3x more jackasses per capita running around and mouth-breathing their germs in the name of freedom.
I know some will immediately assume it’s a scam because their youtube prophets didn’t say it and there’s nothing titillating about rows and columns of numbers. But do most people have a moderate amount of trust in the Johns Hopkins data sets?
http://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/
You can say there is nothing political about this pandemic, but you’d be wrong. Anyone who knows the country could easily spot any number of trends.
Right off the bat you can see a relationship with electoral results. If you pull up individual states you start to see a relationship with the weather over time and demographic factors like population density, income.
But no matter how you slice it, the places with no mandates have it the worst per capita.