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Judi Lynn

(160,217 posts)
Mon Nov 16, 2020, 06:26 PM Nov 2020

Gavin Newsom weighs a statewide curfew as most of California returns to toughest COVID-19 tier

Source: Fresno Bee


BY ANDREW SHEELER AND DALE KASLER
NOVEMBER 16, 2020 01:45 PM, UPDATED 15 MINUTES AGO

Citing a dramatic rise in COVID-19 cases, California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday announced that most of the state will revert back to the most restrictive tier, even as he considers more stringent measures like curfews.

Forty-one counties are now in the purple tier, with Newsom calling it an “emergency brake” to address the growing number of cases.

Over a seven-day period beginning Nov. 1, the state saw a 51.3% increase in cases, the Democratic governor said.

. . .

As a result of the emergency brake, counties must now revert to stricter tier statuses after one week, rather than two weeks, and counties may now slide back more than one tier at once, Newsom said.


Read more: https://www.fresnobee.com/news/california/article247221634.html?utm_source=pushly&intcid=pushly_715019

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Gavin Newsom weighs a statewide curfew as most of California returns to toughest COVID-19 tier (Original Post) Judi Lynn Nov 2020 OP
Humboldt County, on the North Coast... mike_c Nov 2020 #1
Time to hunker down shanti Nov 2020 #2
tuolumne county went from tetering to red then into purple . AllaN01Bear Nov 2020 #3
We're starting to see the Halloween Party spike. haele Nov 2020 #4
California is the largest state and will always have high case counts... TomCADem Nov 2020 #5

mike_c

(36,214 posts)
1. Humboldt County, on the North Coast...
Mon Nov 16, 2020, 08:26 PM
Nov 2020

...jumped directly from the least restrictive tier to the second most restrictive tier today after reporting 50+ new cases in the last week, a one week record.

AllaN01Bear

(17,372 posts)
3. tuolumne county went from tetering to red then into purple .
Mon Nov 16, 2020, 10:24 PM
Nov 2020

huge case surge last weekend. rumor has it that it was halloween parties and bars .

haele

(12,581 posts)
4. We're starting to see the Halloween Party spike.
Tue Nov 17, 2020, 01:26 AM
Nov 2020

The mask on that Sexy Nurse costume wasn't a N95.

We just went to purple, though we're still pretty low compared to Texas or other red States. Too many people just couldn't conceptualize how their actions affect others, or they simply aren't grown up enough to care -they gave into the hedonistic cynicism of spoiled teenage years and never took the next step.

This country has become so infantalized it's ridiculous. DeToqueville had the American psyche pegged centuries ago. Full of childish energy, unrealistic plans to get rich or power quickly, and a refusal to uphold any sort of social contract, thinking such things just don't apply the individual, just everyone else.

Haele

TomCADem

(17,378 posts)
5. California is the largest state and will always have high case counts...
Tue Nov 17, 2020, 02:56 AM
Nov 2020

....and it also tests aggressively, I just went in for a test and it was pretty fast and easy.

However, if you look at deaths per 100,000, California is among the lowest in the nation even though it was one the earliest hit states.

I can’t think of any Governor who has done a better job on controlling COVID deaths in the country given the population and complexity of California.

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