Tahoe-area county now in 'highest risk' category due to surging omicron cases

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | January 14, 2022 | Ariana Bindman

[artichokegrower]

California’s least-populous county declared a public health emergency Tuesday morning, as COVID-19 cases, driven by the infectious omicron variant, soared in the area

[artichokegrower]

Alpine County, located in the Sierra Nevada south of South Lake Tahoe, shuttered schools and public facilities Wednesday. The county, which has approximately 1,100 residents, was previously the only county in California that was “low risk.” Now, it is in the “highest risk” category, Public Health Officer Dr. Richard Johnson wrote in the proclamation.

Ok let’s look at the actual California state supplied data for Alpine County :

Confirmed deaths in Alpine County

0 total confirmed deaths 0 new deaths (0% increase) 0 deaths per 100K (7-day average

COVID-19 hospitalized patients in Alpine County

0 COVID-19 hospitalized patients 0 more patients hospitalized from prior day total (0% increase)

ICU beds in Alpine County

0 ICU beds available 0 more ICU beds available from prior day total (0% increase)

No deaths No hospitalizations No ICU patients

OMG it’s a crisis

[gas_dr]

Its a beautiful thing — and a pandemic ender. Of the case that are hospitalized I have — we are finding incidental diagnoses as there are still requirements for testing prior to a procedure — but no one is sick with this and certainly no one is in the ICU from it.

We are done with this in about 4 weeks — the question is will the politicians allow it to be done.

[Jane Long]

OMG....it’s EVERYWHERE!!

😱

[GaltAdonis]

"...OMG it’s a crisis..."

Wow. Zeroes across the board.
The situation is indeed 'dire'.
I suppose. (???)

[HotKat]

Omicron AKA a cold.

[Captain Compassion]

Alpine County is 8 miles from me. Should I make my will? /s

[CodeToad]

Whatever happened to the dreaded Delta variant?? It just went away.

[Captain Compassion]

In the 2+ years of Covid the total death toll for Alpine County is 1. There are currently 5 active cases for the county.

[Socon-Econ]

Surging positive tested with minor or zero symptoms: mask-up, shut-down the schools and churches, and empty the restaurants.

[Jane Long]

You really should post the Oh Noes stick man gif with all of these CommieCon posts :-)

[Inyo-Mono]

No deaths No hospitalizations No ICU patients

There are no hospitals in tiny Alpine County.

[GOP Poet]

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[kiryandil]

das Serge

[momincombatboots]

Thanks for posting. I am pretty sick today. More concerned about the soaring heart rate. But after working in a hosptal in 2020 to early 2021, there is no way i am stepping foot in there.. consciously, anyway.