COVID-19 UPDATE From The Contra Costa County Health Department

Good idea, remember. With the death count going up, Covid cases going up, and hospital bed numbers going down, let’s DEFINITELY open up more things than we have now and REALLY kick this into the next gear .. right?
Seems like a good well-thought-out plan. Yup.

from your comment you seem to be a leftie, known for their rude and demeaning behavior, my point however if you care is that those numbers are inflated due to the normal (sadly) death due to cold and flus.

check the cdc website on cold and flu season, and research the fact that gun shot victims, car accidents, stabbings are being reported as covid deaths.

Have a nice day

Oh remember – you’re showing your bias and that makes me smile.

Did you know people who die from flu symptoms AND have cancer are STILL noted as dying of cancer with flu symptoms? Just because someone has Covid and dies from another illness doesn’t negate the Covid medical issue. I know it goes against the narrative you want to push but that’s not how medical reporting works.

On a side note, and a bonus for you, From 2010-2019 (2020+ numbers not finalized until the following year), 322,423 people have died from the flu while 345,737 (for 2020) have died from Covid (meaning – they had Covid symptoms and/or complications when they died). The source of that? The CDC, of course – and data replicated across the WHO and international entities that report national numbers for various countries.

So by your standards, do we “erase” the number of flu deaths because they smoked a carton a day and had bad lungs before getting the flu? Where do we draw that very specific line you’ve created to fit your own demographics? You can try to change the numbers all you want, it doesn’t change the severity of the planet-wide issues.

It’s not a “left” thing – it’s a GLOBAL thing. Nobody in Zimbabwe cares about America’s left, right or centralist ways of thinking – they only care about their own problems. Maybe stop trying to make everything political and instead see things for how they are. I stand by what I previously said here – things are getting worse and your desire to want to open things and make them EVER WORSE than they currently are is staggering and shows how out of touch someone who believes that really is. This is the same thinking that’s creating problems across this country with people actually believing Trump won the election and every news organization, reporter, government official and judge are against them. Insane.

Parent – If I stay home, what about the people in my household that are REQUIRED to go outside of the house for food and to help others in the hospital? There are two doctors and a police officer residing in this house. Surely the correct call here isn’t to tell people “if they want to stay home they should” – people working minimum wage jobs wouldn’t go to work to put themselves at risk (if they were taken care of financially) so people who “know better and want to go out” can get their $7 latte. If the government took care of its people better, more people wouldn’t feel the need to go to their lower-paying jobs where the risk/reward benefit is severely tilted to one side.

Side note – Did you know some lesser well-off countries are giving their population approximately $550 (USD converted) each week to help get through the pandemic? We’re still debating $600 for nine months – which does literally nothing for anybody anywhere in this country.

People need a paycheck to live since the government is failing “the people” .. so they go out, risk exposure to a global virus for minimum wage – sometimes more – just to put food on the table. “Just stay home” isn’t a solution – it’s a way to avoid the actual problem the community, county, state, nation, and world has.

@ Joe
Go out for you $7 latte, sorry you obviously make more money than I do .. or at least like coffee more than I do.

2 Doctors, a police officer and you … sounds like a fun house! My house is not nearly as fun.

Some countries do give their people money to live on, but last time I checked, I lived in America where I could make my own living. I do not have to have the same thing as everyone else .. I can drive a Lexus and you can drive your Yugo. I do not get told by the government what job I can do, or cannot do. If I want to be a doctor I can, and if I want to drive Tractor Trailers, I can. We are allowed to make choices.

If the government cannot pay the money to allow folks to live, they should let people go back to work. Let us work, let the kids in school, let the kids play sports. This lockdown is more than just a financial impact. But maybe cause you live with 2 doctors and a police officer you don’t see that.

Parent – You hit the nail on the head.

“If the government cannot pay the money to allow folks to live…”

Our government CAN – they just choose not to. Any quick glance at the recent legislation will show what money is being used for. Foreign aide, military defense, and of course those $500 one-time-use throwaway pens.

As to your other points, I actually don’t drink coffee (it was an example). Our house is plenty of fun actually! I’ll extend an invite when the country is more manageable. We’d love to have neighbors over for some board games and BBQ!

As for the “choices” comments, yup – everybody has choices to make and when far too many people choose themselves over everybody as a whole, that’s problem – and one met with rules to protect all people, all communities and all life. Sacrifices are made, sure, but those have a chance to be “corrected” down the line. If families are broken apart due to death and mayhem (look at DC right now), then there won’t be much of a “down the line” to look forward to.

It’s all perspective. I’m sorry you don’t agree – but given how the entire planet is [basically] doing the same thing in regards to protective actions for its people against a new medical threat, the “open everything up now” people might be vocal but they’re not the majority. Not by a long shot.

Also, it seems as though two gorillas in the San Diego Zoo tested positive for Covid today due to human interactions. That puts them up with other animals who have tested positive for Covid such as house dogs and cats. Maybe those animals should be allowed to roam free and infect others because it’s “their right” as well?

Hi Parent, here is the problem with the “If it bothers you please stay home” plan. There aren’t COVID-only hospitals. Hospitals have to treat normal patients. So if people like you go out and get COVID and you are one of the people who needs a bed in the ICU, that means we have fewer resources when someone is in an accident or has a heart attack.

Your plan doesn’t just put people who aren’t afraid of COVID at risk, it puts people who stayed at home because they care about not spreading the virus at risk if they need medical attention for any other reason.

It’s cool to care, Parent.