Contra Costa County’s COVID-19 numbers are almost back to where they were last fall, before the omicron variant struck in late November, county heath director Anna Roth told the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday.
Which doesn’t mean it can’t happen again, Roth said.
“We continue to see a decrease in rates across the board as we expect to reach pre-omicron surge, that is the most recent surge, levels very soon,” Roth told the board. “The average number of cases per day over this past week is 246 — that’s a 39.4 percent, nearly 40 percent, reduction from last week. The number of people hospitalized is 96, which is down 30 percent from a week ago.”
Roth said the numbers are a “very strong indicator that we are on the other side of the current wave.” But she also issued a warning.
Roth said, while omicron seems to be ending, the community needs to shift focus to what comes next.
“Even though things are looking up right now, there is no reason to believe that we’ve seen the end of the pandemic or the most severe phase of the pandemic,” Roth said. “We’ve all seen how rapidly new variants can appear, sparking a new wave of infections, hospitalizations, deaths, and even new challenges to our current thinking and us having to make adaptations.”
“As a community we need to be flexible, adaptable and prepared for the future — and future waves of Covid,” Roth said. “This could mean more temporary safety measures in the future. We really need to think about what we need to do to reduce transmission or to live with COVID within our communities.”
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That precious narrative can’t give it up can you? That’s ok we quit listening to your lies along time ago…we will need to learn to live with it & people making the choice what is best for them not just following tyranny & mandates. Go pound sand Roth!
Useless information from useless sources.
I can’t believe a word they say.
Gates says there’s another pandemic coming.
He should know, he plans them.
These horrible people are killing us on purpose.
And laughing all the way to the bank.
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All of us who decided to Wait it out on this Experimental procedure have already Figured out how to deal with the C boogieman. Even the Queen is using the “horse paste”.
Quit grandstanding and fear mongering, the hospitals are Filled with the triple jabbed.
She said the numbers are really low… you don’t believe her?
IOW, be prepared for a repeat of the lockdowns and more small business, lives and retirements destroyed.
I don’t think people will “go gentle into that good night” next time.
I think it won’t just be Antifa and BLM who burn, rave and rage next time.
So let me translate
The numbers are better, but you still need to be AFRAID of the big bad health director and the power that they wield. We, the big bad heatlh directors, still want our power and will lock you down again when we feel like it. You must stay AFRAID!
yeah, my response cannot be written on this public forum.
Lots of valuable information here. For example- Did you know that 39.4% is nearly 40%?
Mask isn’t going back on. And no one is big enough to make me put one on so pleaseeeee try, I’m begging you.
If you are at a restaurant that requires masks and refuse to leave, they will call the cops and the cops will tell you to mask up or leave. What will you do? You can leave or you can risk arrest. Because you damn well know police are agents of the state and will do what they are told to protect their dental plan.
Yada….yada, yada, yada….yada, yada….yada………… Where’s James Kirker when you need him?
James Kirker …. Haaaa nytemuvr you win the internet today 🏆
Some of you need to understand what happened to Hong Kong. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3167327/omicron-has-brought-hong-kong-its-knees-how-did
Should we also believe that the virus came from a Wuhan wet market and not a lab? Should we also believe that China, had only 4000ish deaths? The city which is supposedly originated is home to 11m people, yet the entire country only lost 4K lives. Should we believe the CCP when they say it was released by American soldiers?
China has lost all credibility, though I would be hard pressed to find much prior. Since when did anyone, left or right, look to China as a trustworthy source of anything?
This article you posted is from state run media, because all media is in China is state run. I’m not saying it can’t be true. But it’s like I’ve told my kids. When you lie, don’t be upset when people don’t believe you even if you’re telling the truth.
Putting that aside, let’s say the article is 100% accurate; what would you have people do? Do you believe that lockdowns worked? Do you believe that masking works? Do you believe in mandates that force you to get a shot? Do you believe small businesses should wither and die while the big businesses becomes many billions more
Valuable? Bezos made an extra 76b while small businesses were forced to close for good. I don’t fault the rich getting richer. I fault the phonies of certain parties for pretending to care for the little guy, pretending they want corporations pay their fair share, while at the same time enriching them beyond belief.
There’s so much more, Fred. It’s not your fault that you have been duped, but I’m sorry, you have been duped.
Before you think that I’m some hoax believer or science denier, I’m
Well aware the virus is very real. I just don’t blindly accept what “they” tell me. Even the cdc has come out with info that many of us have been accusing them of withholding for months if not year(s). It’s time for you and anyone like you to wake up and not allow what just happened in Canada, to happen here.
We need to move forward, get the damn treatments approved and ready! All your doing is warning people we may go back, BS.
Everyone is going crazy. Let’s try to talk about something positive. I’m tired of opening this page and getting lies that are destroying peoples lives.
Translated – “We will reimpose all of the mask and vaxx proof requirements right before the midterm elections in November to ensure 100% mail in voting as we reattempt to scare the population into submission over a virus with a 99.74% survival rate.”
Count on it.
Meanwhile, while some of you are strutting around in self-adulating “tough guy” mode:
Yesterday the bells at the National Cathedral tolled in mourning because 500,000 of our United States friends, family members, and residents have now died of COVID.
@Antler you should ask China for reparations and accountability. I’m not responsible for them leaking a bio weapon. No other discussion is will happen until you admit where the bio weapon came from. Once you acknowledge that simple fact, I will acknowledge that you now exist in reality and a real discussion can be had.
Just because someone walks around breathing fresh air and living their life without mainstream media-driven fear doesn’t mean they don’t care about people who have died. All deaths are sad, but please tell me — are those 500,000 deaths WITH or FROM COVID? The data is so unreliable now, there’s no way of telling.
And Fauci used some of our tax money to pay for the virus.
Um, NO, ~95% died WITH the China Virus and an average 4.0 comorbidities, to include afflictions such as drowning and suicides.
Only ~5% died OF Wu Flu.
Yeah, that’s me. No mask the whole time, not scared of my shadow and taking nice full breaths of fresh oxygen every time. Shaking my head at all ya’ll. COVID HOAX has been officially debunked.
Meanwhile in red states they’ve been free of this bull since pretty much May 2020…
By the way, cases are going to increase again because people have an incentive to test positive for covid: 40 paid sick hours the state signed into law last week.
Soon as it goes into effect this week the cases start increasing. Do you not see they are doing this on purpose?
“Even though things are looking up right now, there is no reason to believe that we’ve seen the end of the pandemic or the most severe phase of the pandemic,”
This speaks volumes. It is never going to end.
Okey dokey Anna Roth, please lead me to the line for the next booster. They are free, right?
Unbelievable – where are the ‘misinformation’ police on this one?
“there is no reason to believe that we’ve seen the end of the pandemic or the most severe phase of the pandemic”
No reason, really? 80% of the population vaccinated, most already had Covid, and there’s “no reason” to think we are through the most severe phase? That’s straight up lying.
AND the CDC is withholding information about unnecessary boosters and dangerous side effects all in an effort to restore solvency to drug companies.
Wow the comments… no wonder this will never end.
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