Posted on 01/27/2021 7:11:24 PM PST by Vendome
The Mercury News and East Bay Times on California's easing of coronavirus restrictions:
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s decision to lift regional stay-at-home orders across the state makes absolutely no sense.
The governor’s irresponsible action Monday is the latest in a series of blunders that is severely damaging California’s ability to end the COVID-19 crisis.
The drop in the number of coronavirus cases over the weekend is good news, but the overall outlook hardly justifies opening up businesses and activities. That approach has only led to ensuing surges that further cripple the state.
California is far, far away from being out of the woods.
As of Saturday, the state’s overall ICU hospital bed capacity stood at 4.5% availability.
Troubling ICU hospital bed capacity numbers are hardly the only concern.
Newsom reminded Californians during a press conference that COVID-19 “deaths continue to be significant, and this is a sober reminder of how deadly this pandemic remains now more than ever.”
But his action Monday ignores that reality. Newsom should be extending the stay-at-home orders rather than ending them altogether. Instead, he is repeating a strategy that has done next to nothing to bring the COVID crisis to an end.
(Excerpt) Read more at sanluisobispo.com ...
Please avoid the word “roundup”.
I’m developing a twitch.
California Governor Gavin Newsom is set to lift the stay-at-home order across all regions tomorrow based on data that’s not publicly available,
Summit News:
CORONAVIRUSGovernor Newsom to Lift Stay-at-Home Order Less Than a Week After Biden Inauguration
Coincidence?
Published 14 hours ago on 25 January, 2021Paul Joseph Watson
California Governor Gavin Newsom is set to lift the stay-at-home order across all regions tomorrow based on data that’s not publicly available, leading some to accuse him of playing politics.
“Multiple sources tell me Governor Newsom will lift the stay at home order on all regions in California tomorrow,” tweeted journalist Ashley Zavala. “All counties will go back to the tier system, sources say. Most will return to the purple tier— allowing the reopening of outdoor dining, indoor salons.”
She added that the decision to open up was “based off ICU projections for the next four weeks statewide,” but that the data is “not publicly accessible.”
This is apparently based off ICU projections for the next four weeks statewide, sources say.
Those projections are not publicly accessible.
— Ashley Zavala (@ZavalaA) January 25, 2021
Although COVID-19 cases in California have been falling in recent days, on January 21st the state recorded its highest daily death toll ever, registering 740 fatalities.
Given the timing of the decision, coming less than a week after Joe Biden’s inauguration, many respondents argued that Newsom had deliberately delayed opening up so as not to help Donald Trump, who was an opponent of lockdowns throughout the final months of his presidency.
“So obvious that the left used all of this as a ploy to win the election. Miraculously everything is fine 5 days after the inauguration. Don’t want old Joe looking bad do they?” commented one Twitter user.
“Covid is suddenly going away,” remarked another.
“So, everything is now just fine, not because of the numbers (they had their highest death count EVER just 3 days ago), but clearly because of a change in national administration makes making everybody scared and economically destroyed is no longer desired,” added another.
Others said that ICU capacity in many areas was still dangerously low and that Newsom had jumped the gun in making the call.
Back in November, Newsom was slammed for attending a dinner at an upmarket French restaurant while failing to follow his own COVID-19 protocols.
;-)
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