Contra Costa County COVID-19 data as of Monday Dec.28, 2020:
- Total cases (since March) – 39,029
- Total active confirmed cases – 6,212
- Recovered cases – 32,494
- Deaths – 323
- Nobody under 30 years old has died – 149 deaths in nursing homes
- There are currently 45 active COVID-19 outbreaks in Contra Costa nursing homes
Contra Costa County COVID-19 Hospital Data:
- COVID-19 patients currently hospitalized – 257
- Occupied ICU beds – 142 (63 COVID patients)
- Available ICU beds – 26 (10.8%)
- Available ventilators – 180
PREVIOUS DAY NUMBERS SHOWN BELOW:
Contra Costa County COVID-19 data as of Sunday Dec.27, 2020:
- Total cases (since March) – 38,558
- Total active confirmed cases – 6,028
- Recovered cases – 32,155
- Deaths – 321
- Nobody under 30 years old has died – 149 deaths in nursing homes
- There are currently 45 active COVID-19 outbreaks in Contra Costa nursing homes
Contra Costa County COVID-19 Hospital Data:
- COVID-19 patients currently hospitalized – 242
- Occupied ICU beds – 143 (56 COVID patients)
- Available ICU beds – 30 (13.8%)
- Available ventilators – 180
I have to agree. Will that be worked into the negotiations? If you stay home to teach in distant learning, why would you be able to be vaccinated as any priority?
If people want them back to work they need to be vaccinated. This is the only way to reopen schools safely.
Good point! Agreed!
@ Always Right-
I saw an article on Yahoo.com and the headline said that a Disneyland employee received the COVID vaccine and the hospital admits it has been giving doses to non healthcare worker’s. It is Yahoo so who knows if its true or not.
@Always right,
I agree with your statement! It’s ironic that teachers are now being classified as essential workers, when since the end of March they’ve considered themselves otherwise…
I would agree, except that many parent would like to get their kids back in the classroom. Getting to that step would mean that a larger proportion of teachers would need to be vaccinated and well past the initial stages of the vaccination before they are allowed back in the classroom.
However, that leaves the kids not being vaccinated at the same time, so will they be allowed back without a vaccination?
I completely agree. If you’re not physically in a classroom amd working with students 1:1 then you’re not a priority as a Teacher for the vaccine.
There were 36 positive flu tests reported by the CDC last week.
Last year in the same week there were 7,703 positive flu tests, and no year in the last 5 had fewer than 320 positive tests.
Where’s the media coverage of this statistical anomaly?
Wow. And yet look at organizations like the University of California mandating the flu shot as an absolutely necessary public health requirement. If everybody’s wearing masks and extremely few people are on campus, why did they have to mandate a flu shot? What a waste of health care resources and a giant hand out to the flu shot makers.
Cause we are not testing for the flu … it does not pay the hospital …. we only test for the newest fad, Covid-19
Correct. None of us are taking BART and going to offices with people who have the flu. If we go to a store we are using hand sanitizer often before and after. So yes, the benefit of sheltering in place is a reduction in people catching the flu.
It’s almost like … bear with me on this one here … it’s almost like there’s MORE people taking the flu shot this year as compared to previous years. Data backs that up as well as people being concerned about this other “small thing” floating around at the exact same time.
But there’s probably no connection – even if the CDC, Heathline and the WHO all cite the same reasons on their own respective sites.
But for many people who frequent this site, it’s just easier to ignore any actual facts than it is to spread misinformation and seem “cool” by doing the opposite of what’s best for everybody. *shrug*
Joey
What misinformation is being spread? The question was where is the analysis of the lower flu cases in the media? But you respond with a comment about ‘misinformation’.
I know more people are taking the flu shots, sanitizing etc, but I do not think that is why we are seeing such record low numbers of the flu cases. I would love to see an actual analysis done with actual facts and not keyboard warriors who challenge the questions by saying they are misinformation.
@Parent
You complain about misinformation but you also posted were not testing for the flu, based on what data? 21,000 people were tested for the flu last week.
Both Chuq and Joe Blo posted valid discussion points, the lack of people heading to work plus kids not in school has limited the exposure to the flu.
You’re defending a keyboard warrior named Patriot who claims the media is spreading fear-mongering tactics but also has let it be known that he’s stocked up on guns and ammunition.
Lastly, we have over the counter medicines for the flu, for years we’ve known if we wanted to see loved ones, we could take a Dayquil and head out. That doesn’t work with Covid. In 50 years of living, I think I went once to get tested for the flu and that was because the dayquil wasn’t working and I wanted a Z-pack.
The Disneyland employee knew or is related to someone who worked at the hospital. When the hospital thaws out vials of the vaccine they have to use it within a few hours. Apparently they had some shots left over after vaccinating hospital employees scheduled for shots that day and the Disneyland employee was among those that were available and willing.
I get the sense that the Disneyland employee was there on standby status much like standby when flying. If a seat is available at the close of boarding then you get to fly. In this case extra dosages of the vaccine were available.
I suspect with the media coverage the hospital has changed their policy and will put their own people or other essential workers in the standby queue rather than letting random people game the system.
The entire thing is a money grab by a bunch of old elitists getting in their last score before they are too old.This is all just to sell a vaccine.
All the USA has left is the “fix it” business.
If you stuff breaks,we’ll fix it,if you’re arrested,we’ll give you legal help,if you’re sick,we”ll “treat” you.
It’s all America has,is the” fix it ” business.
What they are doing is throwing a bucket of nails into the roadway of eveyones life so everyone gets a proverbial flat tire,then they come to your rescue.It’s like getting first aid from the person that shot you with a gun.
There are of course those that think “if people would just comply this would have gone away along time ago and orange man very very bad,it’s all his fault” but every barrel has rotten apples in it.The only good thing about schools being closed is the liberal training centers arent doing their job if they are closed and they cant poison anymore kids into thinking like this.
“Marco”: very well stated not to mention that it is a good conclusion re: the overall benefits of providing the vaccine immunization and the financial gains!
Kid’s under 16 ( was 18 ) are not recommended to receive this vaccine as of yet…
When are they going to provide data that is actually useful?
1. Let us know the deaths broke down by age group, and what percentage of deaths had no co-morbidities.
2. What was hospital capacity one year ago compared to now?
3. What percentage of positive cases have mild or no symptoms?
I’m tired of the fear mongering.