The entirety of the greater Bay Area region moved into the state’s coronavirus pandemic stay-at-home order Wednesday as the region’s capacity for intensive care unit patients fell below 15 percent (currently 12.9% in the Bay Area region, 13% in Contra Costa County).
Health officers in Alameda, Contra Costa, Santa Clara, San Francisco and Marin counties and the city of Berkeley implemented the order earlier this month prior to the region hitting the 15 percent ICU capacity threshold for the order set by the state.
The 11-county Bay Area is now the fourth of five regions as outlined by the state to fall under the order, joining Southern California, the San Joaquin Valley and the Greater Sacramento Area.
The state order takes effect in the Bay Area, including Contra Costa, at 11:59 p.m. Thursday. At that time, Contra Costa will lift its local order because it will become redundant.
Once triggered, the state’s regional stay-at-home order lasts a minimum of three weeks.
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Our county is now showing 10% less of total ICU beds today as compared to Monday. 185 bed to only 167 beds. Where did those beds go? If hospitals can handle the ‘surge’, why are they not? Why are the hospitals not staffing the beds – don’t say because they are overworked. Cause, on Monday there were 133 people in ICU, today 135. 2 more ICU patients does not put them over the magic number.
This only applies to people living in Rossmoor and being covid gung ho
IT’S CALLED: THE FLU
I realize it’s hard for the Hypochondriacs to grasp when they get a runny nose and MILD fever.
Stop running to the ER for a cold.
It’s against the law to yell “Fire” in a crowded theater but it’s perfectly Okay for the Media to spread fear and paranoia.
If you are comfy with the risks, maybe you death cultists could start volunteering at hospitals.
Chuq, some of us sincerely believe there are fates worse than death or illness.
I’m curious if the hospitals in Contra Costa County, and the bay area, will hold elective surgeries. It is bizarre that you can get a tummy tuck but not go to a pizza place to eat outdoors
So, let me get this straight…this State order supersedes the County order that had previously superseded the State order because the County Supervisors decided so? Who’s on first…?
Yep! Keep the people in a confused panic.
I guess doing the order early didn’t work… only meteorologists and health officers could be this wrong and keep their jobs. SIP orders decimated businesses and we still ended up in the same place. Great Job Dr. F you must be proud of your incompetence.
After avian flu of 2006, a forward looking Governor Schwarzenegger set up mobile hospitals program along with stockpiling of 50 million N95 masks, 2,400 portable ventilators along with 21,000 additional patient beds in ready to set up kit form in a warehouse up in Sacramento.
Fast forward to years of moonbeam and DEMs when they did away with those three 200-bed mobile hospitals complete with their ICUs . . . . all gone.
Today if they would pass out enough N95 masks CV-19 could be greatly reduced in a matter of weeks.
IF cloth masks worked there shouldn’t be spikes in number of cases and death rate should be coming down.
“… coronavirus is about 0.12 microns in diameter and N95 (masks) protect down to 0.1 microns, with 95% efficiency, …”
TRY to find filtering ability in microns of cloth masks.
The lack of focus on mask quality since the early days of this BS shows that it is perhaps more about control of people than effectively controlling the disease.
yes a dirty old rag over ones face seems to be fine for people working at stores all day stocking shelves.The entire mask thing is nothing but control of the weak minded that are dumb enough to say that Trump would have been elected if he had tried harder when in fact he tried to close the borders from the beginning and the complainers call him a racist.Wake up Hanne,you are saying exactly what youve been trained to say”if only he had tried harder’ wait till you see whats coming from that thing you say you may or may not have voted for.You have no comtributed to the demise of your 2nd country,because you never stop talking about that great place you once lived but wont dare live there now….
typo-Now contributed to the demise of your 2nd country.
Hows that salary equality with you?The left are all or nothing as far as their wacky ideas to get other peoples money
You must like it?Everyone should make what they make at Macy’s….the country would collapse.
You are not middle of the road by about 10 feet
The numbers posted here show 24%. What is going on?
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The issue is not with how many ICU beds are available.
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The issue is staffing levels to oversee ICUs.
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Trump’s fault, right? Ha!
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Since all politics is local, why isn’t Gov. Newsom mandating special work requirements for ICU nurses and doctors?
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Could it be he doesn’t wanna piss off the unions?
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The general public is too stupid to question those in leadership roles.
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It ia interesting to me that I was out yesterday driving to get a christmas tree and I noticed that there were so many cars on the freeway and almost regular traffic on the city streets in Concord. I wonder if people have actually had enough of these sanctions.. it doesn’t seem that anyone is really “respecting the mandates”. I went to home depot to get a christmas tree. That was not Essential”. So I am just wondering where all this is really going. Just seems a little wierd. Too much control maybe. I think South Dakota has done a good job.
The Politicians are reacting to what the people do and the results.
Many people don’t wear masks, don’t practice any safety items – so the virus blows up, ICU’s are overrun – so the politicians put stricter rules in place.
If people took this seriously and did what would help – the politicians would be happy to relax these rules.
They are responding to how you act
Your actions will determine what happens next
Rob, I can count on less than one hand the number of times I’ve seen someone not wearing a mask where directed to do so since April 22, 2020. You’re as full of crap as the so-called experts.
I will not wear a mask outdoors, as there has been ZERO evidence presented that transmission of the virus occurs outdoors with social distancing. If that bothers you, stay away from me. I’m easy to spot – I’m the one not wearing a mask outdoors.
Since when is theee a need to wear a mask when you’re alone – walking or in a car????
@Rob So, in other words, “comply or else?”