Tennessee alone has more cases per 100,000 people. As of Sunday afternoon, California is 95.7 infected people per 100,000 and Tennessee 119.7, data shows. Medical experts in the Bay Area are begging people to be careful.
Doctors say there are two likely reasons for the high numbers: Coronavirus fatigue and private meetings.
Gavin Newsom’s regional stay-at-home order for Southern California is due to expire Monday, but now that regional intensive care capacity is officially considered zero, he has said the order will almost certainly be extended.
“In fact, we have a pandemic fatigue that has caused people to perhaps not wear masks when they should be. They are starting to try to go out and see friends or have friends. have occurred over the consecutive holiday seasons, ”said Dr. Robert Kim-Farley, a professor at UCLA’s Jonathan and Karin Fielding School of Public Health.
To leave the stay-at-home order, a region must revert to a minimum of 15% ICU capacity. After reaching that figure, projections should predict that the region will remain at that level for at least four more weeks before the order can be lifted.
“We are well aware that there is pandemic fatigue, that people are tired, and I think that people’s ability to shelter and their willingness is certainly not the same as in the spring,” said Dr. Ahmad Kamal of Santa Clara. County in Northern California. Dr. Kamal is the director of health care preparation in the province. He says we should be strong by not traveling and not getting together.
However, those who gather say they are safe.
“As long as I wear a mask, I feel quite comfortable,” Giancarlo Pacheco told our sister station KGO.
“There are five of us, we don’t get together with other family members,” says Adrianne Mendoza who was with her family.
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Most also admitted that they were traveling.
“I’m actually from Los Angeles,” says Pacheco.
“Sacramento,” says Val Koshman.
And many admitted to having meetings, but kept them small.
“We only came in a group of no more than 10 people. It’s our whole family that was close,” said Karla Rivas.
“If you can’t go out, you have to visit people and do something,” says Koshman.
Dr. Kamal says there are fewer than 30 IC beds available in all of Santa Clara County on any given day. He says even family gatherings are dangerous, but believes that by staying at home we can reverse the high number of cases, which would improve the number of ICUs, reduce the pressure on hospitals and lead to reopenings.
“We’ve seen people get together in small groups, even with their cousins, uncles, aunts, or grandparents so often, that it happens and often it happens to people who don’t know they’re sick and know they have symptoms, so we have to really all take shelter and shelter, “says Dr. Kamal.
While California’s COVID-19 rates are the second highest in the country, it’s important to note that coronavirus death rates are 30th here in California. Doctors have previously said that death rates often lag the increases in cases by a few weeks.
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