State public health officials said Sunday they are watching for the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus and stepping up vaccination and booster efforts.
“California is closely monitoring the new Omicron variant, which has not yet arrived in California or the U.S.,” Dr. Tomas Aragon, director of the California Department of Public Health said Sunday.
Vaccines are the best way to protect against serious illness from the COVID-19 and its variants, he said.
“We are doubling down on our vaccination and booster efforts to ensure that all Californians have access to safe, effective, and free vaccines that can prevent serious illness and death,” Aragon said in a statement.
The new variant, first reported by South Africa to the World Health Organization, has been classified as “a variant of concern.”
President Joe Biden on Friday issued restrictions for travelers who have been in South Africa, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia or Zimbabwe.
Travelers who have been to those countries within the last 14 days must follow Centers for Disease Control recommendations to get tested 3-5 days after arrival, quarantine for seven days even if testing negative, and isolate for 10 days if COVID-19 symptoms develop.
More information is available at www.cdph.ca.gov
Of course they are. They must all be in cahooks with the pharmaceutical companies. Rise up California or move… we did.
I am so glad our Health Officials are at the border testing all crossers.
They need to round up all the crosses Brandon shipped All over the United States. This is more than reckless.
Too late, people like me already exposed the HOAX. All cases are double vaxed and have mild to zero symptoms. Don’t let them pull any shady games about this variant HOAX. It’s all a distraction.
Do tune in to the Epstein/Maxwell trial starting tomorrow. Lots of high people like clinton’s, gates and fauci involved in pedo island. They have everything to lose.
I fear Omicron as much as I fear Maximus Prime. Never trust a transformer or a mutant!
Blah blah another variant blah blah…yes we know a virus mutates and this is just as deadly as the last…blah blah mandates blah blah mask blah blah blah is all I hear at this point. Your words are hollow after hearing them on high blast for 2 years now. Natural immunity and herd immunity is the way to go and always has been…
Ha ha ha…..because they have LOST the narrative.
Actually, Omoronic was scheduled to debut in May 2022 per the leaked World Economic Forum chart.
The only “pandemic” is to those who took the jabs. We tried warning you, but you trust people who would never give you the time of day more than us.
We are forcing them to panic and they are messing up. They know we know that they know we know. Never give up, never give in. They are on defense now because of us. Keep the pressure on patriots. HOLD THE LINE!
Shutdowns, masks, and vaccine mandates will go on for decades unless the majority stands up against it. Foolish to think we could control a corona virus. It’s here to stay. Deal with it.
I agree with you, but I’m keeping an eye on Novavax’s covid vaccine. It could actually work and might be a game-changer. It uses traditional sub-particle technology, like the flu vaccine. The company is applying for EAU here in the states this month. Not that I’d necessarily get it since I don’t personally feel I need it, but it just might change the trajectory of things.
We no longer listen to Fauci, CDC, WHO or any politician about anything Covid related, oh and most doctors as well. Enough is enough already…no more masks, vaccines or boosters.
Everyone knows what’s going to happen next.
Mandatory masks everywhere.
No indoor anything except big box stores.
No let up until after the new drug.
Never comply.
Con’t
More suspicious numbers from all the health departments.
More questionable news reports on the severity.
More tyrannical edicts from everyone elected and people who report to elected tyrants.
More people questioning the ruse.
More division between the gullible and those who question.
More permanent loss of freedoms.
As I’ve said all along,
yall aint seeen nutin yt.
How much longer until people who don’t want the drug are rounded up and locked up “for the good of the already drugged people”.
Remeber the J6’rs, in gulag for almost a year.
The anagram of omicron is moronic.
You are very perceptive. WE ARE BEING PLAYED THE FOOLS and being lied to and controlled by morons and their dirty vaccines and sugar boosters..
This is just more fear porn. SARS-CoV2 is a cold virus. Yes, you can get really sick from it, and a lot of people have died. But since it is a cold virus, it will continue to mutate and it will be endemic. Do we really want to live the rest of our lives in fear and panic?
There is so much fear that the governor of New York, what’s her name, has ordered that elective surgeries be cancelled. Haven’t we been down this road before, and have we learned nothing? Cancelling these surgeries resulted in undiagnosed and undiagnosed cancers, things like no hip or knee replacements, and the further results is more death and suffering. Is Covid the only disease that needs treatment?
776,000 deaths in America are from COVID-19 but nut-jobs still claim it’s a hoax. Even Trump got vaccinated and he recommended people get vaccinated. “Herd immunity” has been proven to be less safe than the vaccination. .Please pay attention to the real facts.
doh
You feel that? That’s the wave of patriots about to crash your whole narrative. It’s a HOAX, you’re a HOAX. You are on an island completely surrounded by patriots. You and your HOAX are failing. We will never comply.
Ghislaine Maxwell.
Nothing you said was correct. Even the death toll is inaccurate counting. Good luck. I hope you stay home.
I watched some of Dr. Fauci’s interview on Face the Nation and I thought he sounded delusional saying “I represent science.” What a nut. He should be lecturing imaginary people on this while pushing a shopping cart through downtown Oakland.
Dang it! Now I’ll have to cancel my annual vacation to Lesotho.
Why? It is literally not even deadly. Why do they care? Its just like the flu. Remember when we had the flu and life went on and if people got sick they ate chicken soup and stayed home?
https://apple.news/A3X8z8ECdQ2-MsX3JuQYgBA
It’s all the racist anti vax Trump supporters in Africa who did this…
South Africa is white people dude..and they rule and run it all! Racist got nuthin to do with it, it’s how it should be there.
Nah…It’s definitely the white supremacists anti-vax January 6th insurrectionist African Trump supporters fault. Definitely.
tacoman
Dude..South Africa is 8% white. Wth are you even talking about and who you talking to?
They rule and run it all! ?? What’s how what should be?? You drunk? I mean, it’s not a bad thing if you are but you sound like you’re spinning. Whites are being murdered in S. Africa right now. It’s ain’t 1990
What would Sweden do ? ? ?
Sweden be like
Keep everything open not mandate masks and “shots”. In about 3-6 months the rest of the world will wake up and think they were right from the beginning. Not sure small businesses will make it if the lockdowns come again. I think I will be pulling the plug if it comes. California is anti-business and anti-freedom. WAKE UP PEOPLE!
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It makes sense because you can’t spell ‘Omicron’ without ‘Moronic.’
Covid is serious, it still kills people. I see patients in the hospital I work in that are fighting for their lives. Any person who works in the hospital can tell you that it’s real and individuals like yourselves saying it’s mild sound pretty dumb. Vaccines do help. They provide some resistance, catching COVID does as well. Please don’t talk about COVID as if it hasn’t killed people in our community. It disgusts me as a medical professional.
Give me a break “Anurse” go peddle your .50 cent army propaganda elsewhere. We all fulled up on crazy over here already. Bet you can’t even name a hospital in this area, let alone work in a hospital at all. I got people all over in hospitals and private practices reporting Covid is a complete hoax from day one. They finally stopped blowing out lungs with ventilators so ain’t nobody dying.
And it disgusts me that someone comes on here representing the medical profession and delivers this ‘scare’ message.
Yes, Covid has killed SOME people, but it is not as deadly as leaders are trying to make it out to be. How many people in the hospital right now in our county?
@ANurse I doubt you are even in the health industry. I work at Kaiser in Walnut Creek & Concord. I see the exact same thing that you claim to & your narrative is 100% false & has been the entire time…
If you truly are a medical professional then you should know that for the vast majority of people, covid is no more then an inconvenience. Yes, some people get sick, but thats a small percentage. My husband and daughter got covid recently. Hubby ended up needing meds, but is fine. Daughter had mild…YES, MILD…symptoms. We were around family and friends (unvaxxed), including my elderly parents who were staying with us at the time, and no one else got it. Its beyond time to focus mitigation efforts on the vulnerable and let the remaining 99% of get on with living freely.
What is hilarious is the image that mainstream news presents of “scientists scrambling” to understand this new virus. Would make for a funny video. This after as you can see in the video Strad posted the SA Minister of Health said it doesn’t seem to be much of a dangerous strain at all. And I think Sam is correct as the media is trying to deflect interest in Epstein/Maxwell trial that begins today using the “new strain” for distraction.
I know 2 people that died from Covid-19, I know 15 that have died from the shot 3 are family members maybe you can forward your information so we can add your name for the lawyers. I’ll take my chances but thanks anyway.
Sam, parent, bdml, Deb Shay. BDML I actually work and float to the ICU weekly. I know all of the ICU MDS and would be happy to have any of them contact anybod you directly. Can anyone here say the same? I unfortunately live it everyday. BDML. Come and meet me in the cafeteria as you say you work in the hospital. To put me down as a medical professional is sad. I have worked the last two years serving this community and seeing the consequences. BDML we don’t have a Concord facility? That just shows me that you are not on the frontlines. Sounds like you may be administrative staff. Shame on all of you for attacking me as a frontline ICU RN. You are placing politics in front of actual science. This is simply a healthcare alert. You guys are all on the defensive instead of taking this alert as a precaution.
Not saying you are not a nurse, just sad to see someone representing the medical field deliver a scare message. Your are not offering a precaution, you are trying to scare the masses.
Why?
Not everyone who works in the ICU delivers the same message you are trying to share here. Many, and I know quite a few, say yes that there are and have been people in the ICU, but that it is a small percentage of those infected. They also have stated over and over that the majority (never say ‘all’ as that is hard to prove) of those patients in ICU have multiple medical issues.
Not playing politics at all. You are too funny! I look at FACTS. Actual statistics. Covid is a bad flu for a tiny fraction of those who get it, nothing more, as the numbers clearly show. Get off your self-made pedestal and educate yourself. “Serving the community?” Please, you are doing your job, same as a cashier at Safeway…who, BTW, doesnt berate people for their personal views.
Poor ANurse had to find out the hard way that the regular Claycord posters are some of the densest in the county. I enjoy coming here to gaze into the depths of absurdity, not for any actual information. Unfortunately Covid-19 isn’t a consistently dangerous disease.so I won’t get to enjoy any Schadenfreude at their untimely demise, they will just likely be emboldened.by their favorite anecdotal tale of their cousin who got covid and had just a bad cold.
@Annoued says ” Unfortunately Covid-19 isn’t a consistently dangerous disease.so I won’t get to enjoy any Schadenfreude at their untimely demise.”
The only dangerous disease in this country is liberalism. It’s also evil.
How soon before Anna Roth and Christopher Farnitano tell us we need another lock down — and we need to work together — and as people lose their businesses and retirement, those two county employees continue to enjoy their $500,000/year compensation packages?
I’ve been saying this for a year now: “IMPEACH,REMOVE,FIRE CHRIS FARNITANO ASAP!!!
Democrats want to control the climate but they can’t even control the corona virus lol.
Whatever your opinions are of the virus, I hope that in the conversation we can talk about proper nutrition, exercise, and having a positive outlook on life despite what we hear and see in the media and or social media. Sometimes a holistic approach to certain diseases and viruses might make a difference in the way we treat them and view them.
That is an excellent approach. First of all, a probiotic food or supplement is necessary for general health. Fermented foods, or one that bypasses the stomach to the intestine is an important basic. This is the first line of defense.
And exercise. Regular, vigorous exercise is so important to build immune health and vitality!
In the 1970s, a young man who wrote books on jogging and popularized the sport as a form of beneficial exercise suddenly dropped dead of a massive heart attack. So much for the cardiac workout. More appropriately called the cardiac wearout.
You are so deluded that people cannot even keep up with your mental gymnastics.
For the record: the two gun stores I went to Saturday were packed……because Everyone knows that society is very volatile right now. If you want to risk flash mobs helping themselves with your children……good luck. Don’t depend on your “We Trust Science” & “BLM” signs to save you, those are about as useful as the vaccine. Ask Gibraltar how that worked.
And to the “Anurse”, What happened to the regular……FLU???
Just how many people who comment here are named “Anon”?
Don’t you guys have any imagination at all, or are you just too lazy to
dream up a handle that nobody else has?
Who is afraid to create an anonymous identity?
How can I tell if the “anon” who posts a brilliant comment is the same anon who posts some idiotic garbage later on? I can’t tell if the person commenting is some bipolar nut or just another dull duck who can’t pick a name.
For example: If Greg and Doh both posted as “anon” how would I know if it is just one or if it’s two dumb as dirt trolls?
By choosing a unique name there is no confusion and I can determine how many commenters are actually that messed up.
Lord knows if those two can pick a name anyone can.
Dr Jelly — I agree with your analogy regarding Anons, but I can’t help but wonder if the whole idea is they don’t want to stand alone. They want all anons to blend in so they can say what they want (with moderation) and not be held accountable like the rest of us. It’s a cowardly way of hiding.
I wonder if the vaccine fanatics would be OK with the government REQUIRING them to keep a gun in their home, on the tiny chance that they might experience a home invasion.
Of course not.
In order to stop this new variant, we have to do the things that already failed against the old variants.
But we have to do it harder this time so that even more people suffer as it fails again.
Very odd that covid barely “mutated” for a year but once vaccines were rolled out, suddenly a whole Greek alphabet of “variants” appeared.
Anyone know where I can get tested to see if I have original covid, Delta, or Omicron.
No?
That’s what I thought.
FDA produced the first 91+ pages of Pfizer’s COVID-19 documents. It reveals that after 2-1/2 months of vaccine use, received 25,957 reports of “Nervous System Disorders.”
Only 54 years 11 months to go for the remaining pages. 😉
Save all your “Booster Passes” you may need them to buy a sandwich one day soon. 🙁