Gov. Gavin Newsom set a roadmap Tuesday for how California could begin to resume a modified version of daily life during the coronavirus pandemic.
Newsom and California Department of Public Health Director Dr. Sonia Angell declined to give a concrete timeline of when businesses could begin reopening and shelter-in-place orders could be lifted.
However, they both acknowledged that the state is making progress in fighting the virus and that public health protocols like physical distancing and hand washing have helped to bend the state’s curve of new cases even as it continues to trend upward.
Newsom outlined a half-dozen factors state officials will consider to potentially begin relaxing the state’s order to stay at home, including the state’s capacity to expand testing for the virus, the needs of hospital and health care systems, the process of redrawing floor plans in businesses and restaurants and the state’s ability to resume a lockdown if coronavirus cases begin to spike again.
“We got to this point where we did not, at least for the moment, manifest the worst case as it relates to the surge because you all did it together,” Newsom said. “We moved not just quickly but we moved thoughtfully as a state, 40 million strong.”
Newsom and Angell cautioned that the announcement should not be interpreted as an excuse to venture back out into society and relax individual efforts to maintain physical distancing and viral protection.
However, those efforts will not need to be permanent, Newsom said, and state officials could begin the nascent stages of forming a timeline to reopen the state as soon as early May, especially if hospitalization and
intensive care numbers begin to decline.
“This time period that we’re entering is not about going back to where we were before,” Angell said. “It’s about going forward in ways that are healthy for all of us but it won’t look the same.
Newsom also called the prospect of holding large gatherings of people such as sporting events and concerts “negligible at best” until the creation of a vaccine to develop herd immunity against the virus. National
public health officials have warned that a vaccine likely won’t be ready until spring 2021 at the earliest.
“I hope all of us are sobered by the reality of the moment but also left with a little optimism that this is not a permanent state and there is a light at the end of the tunnel,” Newsom said.
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To bad every single one of his six points is blatantly unconstitutional. This is not Soviet Russia and we are not all citizens of a dictatorial Communist state which disregards our rights as granted by the US Constitution and Bill of Rights.
It is absolutely mind-boggling how Californians have allowed state and local bureaucrats to usurp our inalienable rights. We have been duped… Just look at past influenza mortality rates in California and you’ll see that the Wuhan virus doesn’t justify the destruction of the worlds 7th largest economy. Y’all been duped, especially those cities controlled for generations by the racist democrat party establishment
This is unconstitutional! The only way he may be able to do this is if we let him or maybe if he declares Marshall law.
Thanks Will!
Take you “inalienable rights” and ignore the virus. You’ll get to meet God sooner. That will show Newsom.
Let us look up to Mt. Diablo’s great light and be reminded of how our caring, wonderful leader, King Newscum has saved us from ourselves.
He could declare a state-wide crisis, and impose martial law with a 24-hour curfew. He could have the National Guard and all law enforcement personnel enforce his orders. He has broad powers to protect public health and public safety, so you are quite mistaken about the constitutionality of what he’s done. He could come on even stronger and still be within his authority. Besides, only the dumbest and most ignorant amongst us wants to ignore the threat this virus poses. I say listen to the medical people first, then the governors, and lastly, ignore anyone who feels the economy comes before safety.
“Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” – Benjamin Franklin
It’s almost like the commander in theif says he has “total” control over the states. How dare Newsome think about the residents of my state.
Vote BLUE
Right. Gavin’s first act in office was to overturn the will of the voters and suspend the death sentence in California for the duration of his term, a stunning precedent which should have been challenged legally, but the sheep follow. The second earth-shaking thing he did was pass the “No Tax On Tampax” law. Guess who wears the pants in his family? Close on the heels of that was his “Welcome To California Abortion” law which promised abortions to ANYONE who wanted one at the expense of California taxpayers. The man is a train wreck. God forbid he declare Marshall Law. He is an egotistical autocrat.
Not taking a position here either way, but I’m curious how those of you that have Constitutional concerns about Newsom’s policies view the temporary curtailment of certain rights and liberties that our federal government deemed necessary in order to defeat the Axis powers in World War II? Strictly a Constitutional question. Is there anything to be learned from that example?
King Gavin is in Hog Heaven
https://www.tahoedailytribune.com/news/lakeside-inn-and-casino-to-stay-permanently-closed/
How many other small businesses will follow. Why bother trying to stay open when the government can just decide to shut you down again.
I agree. Plus, I bet I can guess when CoVi-19 will spike again. That is how.much faith I have left in the once great Democratic party.
He sure loves the word sobered. Uses it in every speech in between the 70 um and awes.
He knows “sobered” personally and professional, if you get my drift.
Good bye sweet America. It was a good run. Now we enter the age of liberal authoritarian control.
When this mess first started, I was able to listen to his speeches. I can’t do it anymore. The fake voice and fake speech pattern which results in a spot-on impression of Obama is more than I can stand. Doesn’t matter what he says anyway – nothing we can do about it. I’ve learned to avoid things that stress me out. Listening to talking-head politicians (and the news) are about the most stressful things out there – I’ll pass on both.
Not watching the news is wise. It will stress you out. And then people blame the media. The media is just doing their job. I haven’t listened to one word that Newsom or Trump has said. Americans should’ve learned this after 9/11. You can’t bury your head in the sand, but you can read bits and pieces online. It’s all you need for your mental well being. I stopped watching the news a long time ago, and it’s one of the wisest decisions I’ve ever made.
SF oh, You are so correct. He’s modeled his communication style
to Obama. His speech inflections and patterns are contrived to portray exactly the same bs. Sadly, like Obama, he’s able to fool a large swath of the population with his fake sincerity.
I completely agree. It would seem the networks find the worst possible story they can find, add a few false facts, and run with it until they come up with a even worst story, all the while trying to out do each other. I watch about 10 minutes of channel 2 news in the morning, and that’s it.
Larry, speaking of Authoritarian Control . . .
“When somebody is the President of the United States, the authority is total. And that’s the way it’s got to be — it’s total. And the governors know that.”
DJT, April 14th, 2020
Paul Begala: “Stroke of the pen. Law of the Land. Kinda cool. “
“I’ve Got A Pen And I’ve Got A Phone”
@Mike Wagner Yesterday’s News! Trump backed off his assertion that he had total authority to determine when the country would be reopened. He said he was, “authorizing each individual governor of each individual state to implement a reopening and a very powerful reopening plan of their state.”
So why do we have to go through this process every time. Trump says something stupid, media calls him on it, Trump moves off his original position and takes no responsibility for it, and then blames some one else. That’s not leadership.
One can play cherry pick the quote all day if you want. How about from Obama on Oct. 25, 2010, “If Congress has laws on the books that says that people who are here who are not documented have to be deported, then I can exercise some flexibility in terms of where we deploy our resources, to focus on people who are really causing problems as opposed to families who are just trying to work and support themselves.” The difference is that Obama both said and did ignore the law, while Trump is just talking. And also another difference now are the rabid non-journalists who took over much of the media (CNN, MSNBC, …) to spew their hate and venom.
Is he implying online church and school until spring 2021?
Yes he is! And maybe longer!
Mike Wagner, I agree with you. Yes, Trump backed down, don’t know if he throw those lines out because he doesn’t know any better, or is he testing how far he can go. Does not matter his supporters will never admit he does anything wrong. Of course if Obama had done the same you would still, in fact you are still hearing about it.
Gavin’s road map leads to disaster. Of course he is getting ready to run for president.
108RS
Does this mean that it will be mandatory to take the Covid-19 vaccine or we can’t do anything fun like go to concerts or theme parks?
What is a vaccine to develop herd immunity? Sounds like they will force questionable immunization on the masses. I also read Bill Gates will own the patent on it. Over the decades I have started to question capitalizing on cures and general health nessecities.
Youre terribly misinformed.
@Mike Wagner You’re terribly rude.
We do have a choice, all we need to do is collect a bunch of signatures and stand before congress and demand that x and so forth needs to step out of office by the authority of the citizens of America, the government and state officials were elected by us so really it’s our fault there in office, one of the greatest things about America is that we can change the direction of America or try something new, if we don’t like the way things are going, so instead of complaining let’s get together with the masses and get the ball rolling, however if nobody cares I fear that America itself as we speak is slowly turning into a socialist communist country, I am a history major and America is going down the same path Stalin did and although 🇨🇳 China .. sorry meant Gina, has one of the biggest economies I don’t want America adopting communist government standards, mass surveillance is a privacy issue and privacy is considered an obsolete word or idiology in China
Well….it looks like everyone finished the current batch of Kool-aid.
🙁
I wonder if they’ll make some more ????
Sad, Sad, Sad
Mutiny on the Bounty.
I’ll play Fletcher Christian.
Waiting for hospitalizations to decline? From 44 to 0? CCC hospitals are ghost towns. No large gatherings until there is a vaccine? Really? That’s at least a year away. Re-draw floor plans at restaurants? Are you out of your mind? Does anyone outside of government agree with any of this?
I cant figure which is more insane. The crap that comes out of Newsome’s mouth or that 60% of my fellow Californians voted for this charlatan. Playtime is over. Time to stand up and open up!
Six bullets all beginning with “The Ability” are certainly not a plan. If this were a real business, and in a board meeting you presented these as your plan, you would be fired.
I was really hoping for something well thought out that we could embrace.
Newsom did not provide a plan, as understood by anyone who runs a business, makes plans, pays bills, etc…understands a plan. Something might change sometime when some things happen some time in the future is about as helpful as a kick in the head.
I don’t run a restaurant, but suspect that it would take a minimum of 2 weeks to get one up and running for business. The same basic problem exists for other businesses. The problem of supply chains, customer confidence, employee scheduling, cash-flow, etc…depend on actual evidence and an end to the government-mandated shut down.
This is what happens when you live under the single-party rule of Democrats.
PH Susan, As far as I remember Gavin Newsom had a business before he became mayor, a restaurant, winery, perhaps both, I think it was called Plumjack. As for you assertion that Democrats that support him have never owned a business or held a job is absurd. I know several Democrats and liberals that have worked all their lives, saved and investing money and is now quite well off, of hand I know at least 10 in this area. I also know republican’s and Trump supporter that have squandered their money and barely hanging on, although to be fair I also know conservatives who has done well financially. I don’t think being hard working and being smart about money is divided by party lines.
Typical politician. Reads pages of pre-determined material, promises absolutely nothing, and is praised for it by the Liberals.
Physical distancing will likely mean a reduction in resturant staffing and some restaurants could go under due to not being able to generate enough revenue. Fewer tables may not even cover fixed costs.
You’re assuming they’ll run everything through the register.
Wow – so apparently I’m the only one commenting here that isn’t watching Fox News? LOL – you all need to educate yourselves and stop listening to what Sean Hannity is telling you to believe…. frightening how impressionable you all seem to be. King Trump is going down in flames!!
You win!
You are the special one.
RJ, No you are not the only one, but you are one of the few. Read the comments by Mike Wagner, I’m another, but for some reason, often when I try to reply to some of the outrageous comments made by Trump supporters my comments don’t get posted.
Don’t know if Trump is going down in flames, but his number are down. Sean Hannity has no credibility with anyone that wants the truth.
So should we listen to Joe and Mika’s propaganda then ? Tokyo Rose would be proud of their show.
WTH are you even talking about?
They’re complaining that a plan that was used worldwide worked. You can’t educate these people they will complain either way. If California had a million deaths they would be on everyone. They’re miserable.
They’re a minority luckily.
@RJ- there is no true news in the US ! If you watch any news outlet in the US your are being denied the facts and being fed an agenda and it all depends who owns the outlet.
I’m am not a Trump fan but I totally agree with “Fake News” and both sides are beyond guilty of it.
Majority of news outlets are liberal owned and their reporting is all conservative biased. Anything to push a negative slant toward Trump and republicans.
Example- we all watched Pelosi and DeBlasio telling people to ignore Trumps xenophobia views of China and enjoy the Chinese New Year parades and “come to China Town” . Not that China Town is any more dangerous but this was when people were being told to stay home. Funny none of the major lib networks mention it now, only how Trump is screwing up.
As for Fox News I’m not sure what the #$&* is going on there, I’ve watched once or twice and they are just whacky. If your believing what they are putting out there good luck…
As citizens of this country we should be demanding fact based truthful unbiased news otherwise we are all being lied to…
“Those who don’t read the newspaper are uninformed…. those who do read the newspaper are misinformed.” – Mark Twain. Nothing’s changed – it’s all biased, sensationalism whether it’s Fox, CNN, or whatever. RJ – maybe you need to lay-off the CNN & MSNBC for awhile. I like to read several sites each day with various points of view. Often, the Comments Section contains more useful info than the articles.
His poll numbers are collapsing as we speak, so I think you are right RJ.
George Bush saw a spike in his Approval Rating up to 88% after 9/11. Dumb Truck can barely hit 50% on a good day. He’s down in the 40’s now.
Just saw Joe Bidden talking. He had no idea what he was saying!
Joe Biden is warmed over Obama with an advanced case of senile dementia.
40 million people, 12 deaths. Enough said…
If 12 deaths are overwhelming the health care system, the problem is with the health care system, not the virus.
🙂
The Virus has a 2% mortality rate, the elderly and infirm are at the most risk.
California has a population of about 40 million, 2% of 40 million is 800,000.
Anyone claiming that the lockdown is unconstitutional or authoritative needs to read up on how emergency powers work, but its not actually about being right for them. Its about supporting their tribe which plays off of fear and hate.
So when does the lockdown become to much? At what point do you realize that you have lost so much of your freedom, that you have none left?
Your math assumes that all 40 million will contract the disease. With your logic Italy, population of about 60 million, would have an expected death count of about 1.2 million. Italy has been thoroughly ravaged, but is past it’s peak and the infections are slowing down. It has a current death count of 21,650. That’s a current mortality rate of about .036%. If you apply that to California you are looking at approx 14,400 deaths, not 800,000. Still, I don’t want to be one of the 14K & will continue to stay home and follow social distancing guidelines.
Epidemiologists continue to state that whenever this lockdown ends, there will be a spike in the infection rate. Do you honestly suggest we cower-in-place for 2 years before a vaccine becomes available? Liberalism only works until you run out of other people’s money.
BTW-Your 2% death rate does not match actual results. The rate is almost certainly under 1%, but we are only testing people who THINK they might have it. I’m guessing that lawsuits will be filed challenging the no-end-in-sight shutdown, and they will cite the science, both the epidemiology of this virus, and the deaths which can be attributed to this shutdown.
@ Chuckie
And the death rate data is flawed. You are considered a SARS2 victim if you have a heart attack and die. SARS2 has nothing to do with your death, but if you are positive, that is what is listed on your death certificate. Misleading data …
In addition to Harris, Warren, Demings and Yates, journalist reached out to 12 other Democrats who have been speculated about as possible running mates for Biden, asking them for comment on the sexual assault allegations against the presumptive nominee.
News reached reached out to Klobuchar; Whitmer; Baldwin; Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H.; Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H.; New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham; Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev.; Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill.; Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz.; Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y.; Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams through her voter rights organization Fair Fight.
None responded.
Losers all! Remember those names when they are up for re-election.
We have over a million people in contra costa county, with 12 (supposed) virus related deaths. Yet I cannot attend church anymore! We are treated like trained rats. In one store, a family member had to stand within a tape formed square. Guess the taped line wasn’t good enough! But people are starting to wake up, thank God. This is not about a virus. It’s much bigger than that. If you accept everything you are told by officials and media, then so be it. Good luck.
Oh no! People are dying but you can’t attend church for a little bit! What a disaster
CS
Yes, we cannot attend our physical church buildings, and for some of us, that hurts. Church is a gathering of folks who believe and worship the same thing. I for one, have a hard time with online church services because I am challenged to feel the spirit of my fellow believers. So yes, it can be viewed as a disaster.
We are losing our freedom, our liberties, our rights! I paid taxes for services that I am no longer receiving, and I am now being expected to work from home, teach my kids, and stay home. And some folks are saying that this will go on till 2022! I will not receive a stimulus check because I make above the limit.
They are saying we might have to wear masks like Los Angeles, but folks do not have to give up smoking and polluting my air with second hand smoke.
Non-essential shops have already gone bankrupt. Two of my close family friends will lose their business, their livelihoods if we do not open their businesses back up by late May.
So yes, 12 supposed deaths, and I use the word supposed because Newscum is trying to justify his actions. If someone were to die from a heart attack, but tested positive for SARS2, they are listed in the death statistics for SARS2! You could be drunk, kill yourself in a car, but if test positive, you are a SARS2 death statistic. The numbers are all FLAWED.
Way to Go, look at the big brain on RJ you a smart …. you mind if I wash this big kahuna burger down with your drink! Meanwhile The people that actually pay taxes who most likely didn’t vote for Gavin Newsom because we all know a communist when we see one suffer. Kudos to the posters above recognizing the Frankfurt school tactics that Obama and Newsom use. Very nauseating isn’t it to listen to those guys. I mean how can you trust men that don’t have any vigor or a spine? Obama and Gavin remind me of overweight human resources female staffers when they do a PowerPoint holding a big Mac
Should we listen to Don Lemon then ?
biden was smart to pick obama. this will be an interesting election. sick of all the corona b.s. and Gavin Newsom’s horse voice jerky sentences. This whole thing is ridiculous.
Who watches Sean Hannity or Fox News? It’s possible to skip all the political propagandizing and make up your own mind about what is really going on from your own observations and experience. Takes a bit more intelligence, but it can be done by those astute enough.
Gitty Up, And of course if we don’t agree with you, we are not very smart, right?
Your boy Donnie is failing in Epic Fashion.
His Approval Ratings are in the 40’s.
That’s a far cry from George Bush who saw his Approval Rating soar after 9/11 to 88%.
Mike why are you always repeating yourself?
Are you accidently posting the same thing twice? It has to be a mistake because you are obviously the smartest commenter on this platform.
Some are followers, some are not.
So what are we going to do about this? We are watching our rights erode in front of our very eyes. Incredible. Besides the catastrophic damage to businesses and this economy….regular citizens are suffering mentally. Children are struggling without the daily social interactions at school. Suffering for the masses at the expense of saving a few. Enough is enough…we need a good old fashioned protest. Look what’s happening in Michigan, Ohio, North Carolina and even New York. We need to do something, and soon! The “party of compassion” is leading us to complete ruin.
Masked lives matter!
Did anyone get their promised stimulus check today?
NOT ME:(
I’m donating my check to the Trump 2020 campaign and the recall of Gav.
You’ll get yours as soon as the Treasury Dep’t can get Trump’s signature on the checks, no matter how long the delay. His signature is much more important than getting the money to those who need it.
Yes, I got mine and so did a friend of mine.
Yep, I got mine. Pleasantly surprised. Wasn’t going to believe it til I saw it.
Nope.
No check.
Guess I don’t fit into the parameters.
Paid 200k for 2019 taxes.
@Aunt Barbara – I got my check today
To Do List and Gittyup,
I guess our Game Show Host finally got around to reading the U.S. Constitution Monday night about States rights and reversed himself. All in less than 24 hours.
You just cant fix stupid.
But he can sure win a election.
Right. Biden can’t be fixed.
California’s Newsom announces $125M fund to give coronavirus stimulus checks to immigrants in state illegally!
Gavin needs to be Governor of Mexico, not California!
Aunt Barbara- Mexico would consider it an act of was if he became the President of Mexico. Not sure how the Cartels would vote.
Bob, are you telling me that youre gonna be picking lettuce and strawberries down in the Central Valley for $12 an hour, side by side in the hot sun with no protective gear… so that we can have food on our table?
I didn’t think so.
Yeah right Mark.
It is very easy to understand what I said! If I did need a job to feed my family then yes I would.
Mark,
I guess that the difference between you and me. I would do whatever it takes to feed my family, and I have and do, I guess you wouldn’t stoop so low as to pick lettuce!
“You are considered a SARS2 victim if you have a heart attack and die.” is false unless it’s put in context.
SARS2 attacks the lungs. If the organs in your body collapse due to lack of oxygen due to the SARS2 attack and you then die due to one of the other failed organs then you get recorded as a SARS2 caused death. SARS2 almost never, and possibly never, kills someone all by itself. Death from SARS2 is much like drowning. You are trying your best to take in a single refreshing breath and get nothing.
Something to keep in mind is to request “code status DNI” or Do Not Intubate. One of the last gasp measures to keep your body alive is to shove tubes into you and to pump in air or oxygen using a ventilator machine. The death rate is 80% and for the 20% that survive it’ll be a lifetime of painful and very diminished lung capacity. If you request DNI they will give you morphine instead of intubating you. You will be very grateful and your relatives will be happy that your death was peaceful and not a long drawn out drowning.
Prior to intubating they will try oxygen delivered via a nasal cannula. It’s not as invasive as intubating, in SARS2 cases the death rate is 69%, and for the 31% that survive you’ll have a few months to a year of recovery before you feel close to normal. This seems like a reasonable thing to try but keep the 69% in mind. The odds are high that oxygen won’t be enough.
@ WC,
So how is it false? I used the heart attack example because cardiac failure is not generally lung related. It is heart disease, not lung disease.
The New York Post, April 7, 2020 states that all coronavirus deaths are classified as COVID-19 regardless of underlying health conditions. https://nypost.com/2020/04/07/feds-classify-all-coronavirus-patient-deaths-as-covid-19-deaths/
The article continues in the second paragraph that if you are even suspected of having it, you are counted, despite other countries doing the opposite.
The third paragraph shows that if already had kidney failure, and the virus caused you to go to ICU, some countries do not count it as COVID-19, but the US does. Why?
The fourth paragraph ” The intent is …. if someone dies with COVID-19, we are counting that.”
Read the rest of the article to learn more. It does say that the WH feels that this data mining might only have a small impact. But do they really know?
This article is based on Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House Coronavirus response coordinator.
So again, how is it false? Please provide your source of information that states my data is false. Or are you just spouting your personal beliefs?
They are intentionally skewing the numbers to cause fear among the general uninformed public in order to justify their reason for taking our freedom away from us. Course, this last paragraph is just my humble opinion.
@parent – Thank you for the article link. It explains what you wrote.
The death certificate likely will still be accurate, to the best of the ability of whoever fills it out and the amount of time they have to research the death.
However, according to the article you linked to, the federal government summaries of deaths in various parts of the USA will use “COVID-19” regardless of the cause of death reported by whoever filled out the death certificate if there is any chance the patient had COVID-19. I could not tell from Dr. Birx’s comment if she was for or against this practice. She did not explain why it’s done or any benefits.
I’m assuming the federal COVID-19 death reports include a clear disclaimer that it’s a count of the number of people that died that had COVID-19 and that COVID-19 was not always the underlying cause of death.
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