Additional COVID-19 Death and 96 New Cases in Santa Barbara County

June 29, 2020, 6:40 am 19.7k Views 64 Comments

Source: Santa Barbara County Public Health Department

Santa Barbara County Public Health Department (PHD) is reporting the twenty-ninth death of a resident who tested positive for COVID-19. The individual resided in the City of Santa Maria and was over 70 years of age. As of today, there are 2,896 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Santa Barbara County, 993 cases are at the Federal Prison in Lompoc, 1,903 are community cases, and 2,292 have fully recovered. PHD is reporting 34 new cases for Saturday, June 27, 54 new cases for Sunday June 28, and 96 new cases for Monday June 29, respectively.

“As we share this information with you, we know there are people across our community who have suffered tremendous loss. We offer our condolences to those mourning the passing of a loved one. Physical distancing and wearing face coverings to slow the spread of this virus and prevent future deaths are so important and are actions all of us can take every day. Each one of us has the power to protect those around us. I hope we all understand how powerful that can be.” said Van Do-Reynoso, Santa Barbara County Public Health Director.

Although most cases of COVID-19 exhibit mild or moderate symptoms, PHD recommends additional measures to prevent exposure among vulnerable people, including the elderly and those with underlying health conditions (such as diabetes, cancer, immunodeficiency, asthma, COPD and others). PHD recommends that residents:

  • Stay home when possible.
  • Remain six feet away from others and wear a facial covering when engaging in tasks away from home.
  • Wash your hands with soap and water regularly.
  • Avoid touching your eyes, nose, or mouth.
  • Stay home when you are sick. Do not go to work or other places.

 

All local employers and business owners are urged to adhere closely to sector health and safety guidelines. Ensuring a safe environment for both employees and customers is critical to slowing the spread of COVID-19 and assuring that businesses remain safely open during this time. 

For general questions about COVID-19 and precautions currently recommended by Santa Barbara County Public Health, residents may call the Santa Barbara County Call Center at (833)-688-5551.

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  1. Beaches and restaurants will close soon. Thanks to the Facebook epidemiologist for not wearing masks and having social gatherings. Is the in house 4chan statistician going to comment next? Wear a mask, social distance. SB was doing good, now we will be shut down again. Getting to the point that we are screwed. Haven’t even made it out of the first wave.

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  2. Not surprising at all. The post protest surge from the 1st week of June continues. San Diego County is reporting almost 4x the cases now than the 1st week June. Despite the surge in several counties, no comparable change in deaths. I think lots of younger people are getting the virus and recovering since we are now starting week #4 since the protests. The surge is taking hold of Ventura County: they have 4-5X the daily new cases since early June. Here’s the CA dashboard: ***. https://public.tableau.com/views/COVID-19CasesDashboard_15931020425010/Cases?%3Aembed=y&%3AshowVizHome=no&%3Amobile=true

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  4. SHASTA – nope. On the contrary, science and research are showing the the BLM protests had little to do with the spread, rather the increase coming from indoor, unmasked activity. Here, take a look for yourself —— https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/black-lives-matter-protests-haven-t-led-covid-19-spikes-n1232045 —— https://www.popsci.com/story/health/black-lives-matter-protests-covid-19-transmission/ ——- https://www.kqed.org/science/1966378/no-coronavirus-spike-from-black-lives-matter-protests-experts-say ——- https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/24/us/coronavirus-cases-protests-black-lives-matter-trnd/index.html ——— https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/24/us/coronavirus-cases-protests-black-lives-matter-trnd/index.html ——– ___________ You’ve made the same, unfounded assertion as others, but, like all the others, you fail to cite any sources at all (reliable or not) to support the claim that the BLM protests caused the spike. Do you have any? Please share!

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  5. I’m pleased and happy to repeat the news that we have, in fact, caught and killed a large predator that supposedly injured some bathers. But, as you see, it’s a beautiful day, the beaches are open and people are having a wonderful time. Amity, as you know, means “friendship”.

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  7. General Tree, why ask anyone for their stats? There are conflicting, contradictory stats on EVERYTHING–especially everything to do with COVID. Best to look up your own stats. I have found stats to say the darndest things lately!

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  8. Beme 1. Because I have freedom of speech to ask and 2. Said poster continues to make the same claim without a source. 3. Educated people ask questions 4. I know he doesn’t have valid sources. Does that answer your question or should I make a finger painting for you?

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  9. BENE – not asking for stats, asking for support for the claim that the BLM protests caused this spike. Google the question and everything that comes up shows they did not. Then again, maybe as someone mentioned, Google is somehow biased and not showing non-liberal media…. yeah, the WHOLE world is crazy, not you! Hahah!

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  10. This is the State of California cases by county dashboard website https://public.tableau.com/views/COVID-19CasesDashboard_15931020425010/Cases?%3Aembed=y&%3AshowVizHome=no&%3Amobile=true *** One the left side you can select each county. Several counties prior to the week of the protests were flat or had slightly rising case counts. Then starting the week of the protests they had a significant change of slope. Some like a hockey stick. San Diego county is an example of that. Look at them yourself. Some counties are now dropping from their peaks. Don’t rely upon some big corporate or public media outlet to tell you that the protests were benign virus free events. These are the counties which showed post protest Week surges: Riverside, SanDiego, Orange, San Bernardino, Alameda, Fresno, Santa Clara, Contra Costa, Sacramento, Ventura, Stanislaus, Marin, Merced, San Luis Obispo. The daily death chart is posted below the daily positive case chart, and it hasn’t budged.

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  12. The death chart increases at the 14 day point after day point of reported infections. You forgot to correlate infections to the reopening. No reputable source has correlated the protests to the spike. Although I could believe some came from the protests, just as you should be open that some of it came due to reopening.

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  14. Many counties did not have shoulder to shoulder shouting protests in their major cities, and they do not show surges starting the the 1st week of June. They also do not show surges that you could pin down on the opening of the state. The reopening did not raise all case rates equally in all counties. Look at the case counts yourself on the CA Covid 19 dashboard. You don’t need Fox, CNN, NBC, or NPR to look at those numbers.

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  21. No single news article summarizes the extent of the protests in California, but this Wikipedia link chronicles the attendance of the protests in the entire state. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Floyd_protests_in_California *** in some instances they give exact numbers, and in others estimates. If you assume “dozens” = 50, “hundreds” = 500, and “thousands” to be 5000, then I get a ballpark estimate of 120,000 to 130,000 people participating in protests around the first week of June. The rough breakdown would 60K in Northern California, and 70K for Southern California. That’s a lot of people in close proximity to each other while not taking all the prpoer precautions to keep the virus to themselves. To say the protests are not a factor in case surge since the 1st week of June is naive. Since the wiki entry summarizes protest counts by county it would be possible correlate them to the CA Covid County numbers.

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  24. If you’re tired of assumptions and speculation:
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    https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/505142-health-officials-link-surge-in-coronavirus-cases-in-pittsburgh-area-to
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    https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/medical-advances/504043-black-lives-matter-protests-have-not-led-to
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    https://www.nber.org/papers/w27408.pdf

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  25. The county’s dashboard and status reports are nice but they don’t have any info on where/how people are likely getting the infection. Did the people go to bars, and if so what bars? Did they attend a protest, go to the gym, go to church, etc.? If for example they discover 25% of the new infections went to a certain establishment or engaged in a certain activity, shouldn’t this information be released to the public?

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  27. Monday, 7/29/20. From The New York Times: A “Nightmare Symptom” revealed. ——-“Many severely ill patients have developed a terrifying condition that causes nightmarish visions and can have long-lasting consequences. Known as hospital delirium, the phenomenon, which was observed mostly in older people before the pandemic, has struck Covid-19 patients of all ages.
    Reports suggest that about two-thirds to three-quarters of virus patients who end up in intensive-care units, even for relatively short stays, have experienced the condition. Their hospitalization often provides the perfect combination of elements: long stints on ventilators, heavy sedatives, poor sleep, minimal social interaction.
    Delirium takes two forms — hyperactive, which leads to paranoid hallucinations and agitation, and hypoactive, which causes internalized visions and confusion. Some people experience both.
    Recovered virus patients have described thinking they were being abducted or burned alive. Even after their visions go away, the condition can slow the healing process and increase the risk of depression or post-traumatic stress. Older patients can also develop dementia sooner than they otherwise would have, and even die earlier.”

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  31. Bene – not proving a negative, they are concluding, through tracing, that the the majority of new cases were from sources other than the protests. I never said the protests didn’t contribute, only that they were not the sole, or even the majority, cause of this new spike.

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  32. 420722 – How many local 70 year olds did you see out protesting without masks on? My parents were out there, distanced and masked, like most of them. How to explain our local surge in cases? We had Memorial Day, re-opening restaurants, bars, etc (where people were in close proximity with no masks). Keep believing in your magic assumptions though. Yeah, if there was a spike in the same county, it could only have been the protests…. that’s like saying I saw a clown light a fire in the woods, therefore clowns are the leading the cause of forest fires. Use your noggin a bit!

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  33. Distanced? At a protest? Come on man we all saw the videos. Nobody was distanced. But it’s cool I’ll play your game and blame the bars. Now we have also to blame uncle bob for showing up 2 hours late to the bbq with no mask. Dictator Newsom said so. Wonder what he will blame next week after the holiday?

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  35. Bene – Except for the fact that the contact tracing and timing data show that the spike was primarily from the reopening, and not the BLM protests. You’re missing the fact that the COVIDIOTS are arguing that it was primarily from the protests, and it wasn’t.

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  36. Your other posts seemed to deny protest related virus spread. This current post of yours I largely agree with, in that you concede protests contribute to virus spread. And, I agree we have no way of knowing that they would be the sole cause, in fact could not be the SOLE cause as we also opened up and have tourism etc. However, I don’t share your confidence in contact tracing. Pretty sure lots of protesters and others aren’t cooperating with that.

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  38. DW-Actually I do. I don’t hate Newsom because he’s a democrat. I hate that ANY elected officials think they can have this much power and authority. I am not a republican. Nice try though. You guys are boring me I’m off to a party.

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  39. Macpzl, I agree you can’t trace a spike solely to the protests, as there are all kinds of other gatherings and tourism etc. that likely contribute. But you can’t “prove” this either way through contact tracing. Lots of folks aren’t gonna fess up or want to get involved. So you can’t prove the spike wasn’t from protests, and you can’t prove that it was either. But logic should indicate that the spikes are comprised of multiple things, including all kinds of large gatherings and tourism. BTW, contact tracing is most useful in tracing spread from related groups of people, co-workers, etc. , not from tracing large randomly assembled groups, whose members would be unlikely to want to “finger” their event as a place they blame for contracting it.

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  40. Bene – Again, you’re missing the point or you’re not reading my comments. I never said these studies prove protests didn’t contribute to the spike, of course they did. I’ve been saying only that they weren’t the sole or majority cause, as many here have claimed. Try reading a little closer.

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  41. 420722 – you’re so gleeful and proud of you irresponsible activities and flagrant disregard for others. I bet you would be so boastful using your real name. If you enjoy this way of life, make it known to all so we can avoid you and your place employment like….. well, like the plague.

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  43. Bene – Please read the links I’ve posted above in this thread, and you’ll see how the conclusions were reached by epidemiologists that the BLM protests were not major contributors to the spikes. That way, you won’t be relying on your assumptions and gut feelings to give you the answer you want.

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  44. To all commenters stating that death rates have not increased to date, remember that death rates are a lagging indicator and therefore we will need to look 2-3 weeks out to assess the death rate occurring as a result of the current increase in positive tests.

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  45. “Both for practical reasons and for mathematically verifiable moral reasons, authority and responsibility must be equal – else a balancing takes place as surely as current flows between points of unequal potential. To permit irresponsible authority is to sow disaster; to hold a man responsible for anything he does not control is to behave with blind idiocy. The unlimited democracies were unstable because their citizens were not responsible for the fashion in which they exerted their sovereign authority… other than through the tragic logic of history… No attempt was made to determine whether a voter was socially responsible to the extent of his literally unlimited authority. If he voted the impossible, the disastrous possible happened instead – and responsibility was then forced on him willy-nilly and destroyed both him and his foundationless temple.” -Robert Heinlein, Starship Troopers

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  47. What about the anti maskers Shazta? They protested too – and a lot in the southern states. Does the wikipedia article refer to a peer reviewed paper, or a piece run in a respected journal that shows the Covid transmission from these events? Does the wiki article show the contact tracer data? The answer is NO – so your arguments are fruitless.

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  49. SHASTA – you’re still not getting it are you? Just because a county had protests and also had a spike in cases, doesn’t mean the protests caused the spike. It’s simple logic and causation. The only studies I’ve found regarding the source of the spread conclude that the BLM protests were NOT the main source of the spikes. Read even one of the many articles I’ve posted. Try the Popular Science one, it’s not as “liberal” as the other sources.

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  51. That’s intellectually dishonest. Any large gathering…be it church…the beach or the protests were causes of the spike. You can argue the degree, but regarding the protests…thousands of people in tight proximity screaming with scarves or masks that everyone agrees are just “mildly helpful” is obviously a cause. Not THE cause…but without question a cause.

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  53. Macpuzl, I don’t ever read other people’s links. If strongly interested in a topic I do my own research. I used to be a television reporter, and since I quit the business about a decade ago, journalism continues to become even more reflective of personal bias, and also politically driven. Many scientific publications reflect a similar trend. To get what I think is the real story, I never read just one or two stories written by one writer, but will read/watch material from many disparate sources. Logic and common sense are also useful tools. It can be humorous to watch the “war of the links,” where people furiously post something that backs up their ideas and someone else then posts another link that disputes it. This could go on and on. If you want to paraphrase a cogent point, that would be great.

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  55. Oh, it’s hearsay to read multiple articles on a topic–i.e. diligent research? Your reply just makes no sense. If you think posting some link to a story you found on Google that backs up your ideas is the gold standard, I’ll take a pass.

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  57. Well, looking at numerous articles with no epidemiological data to form a “common sense” opinion and post it to the world without any supporting citations doesn’t exactly foster much confidence unless you don’t want to think. If you are embarrassed by not having any real data, that’s fine. Everyone’s entitled to an opinion, but facts determine what’s real.

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  58. Lots of people have a herd mentality, and form their opinions based on those around them, rather than on facts and data. There is a vocal group of commenters here who repeatedly post falsehoods and outright dangerous advice. Countering them with the facts is important.

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  59. That is assuming your links are “the facts.” Anyone can Google. The commenters you disagree with can post links too. Links don’t give you instant credibility. The people you want to educate won’t know who to believe based on the fact there are links–as both you and your “opponent” can both post links. If the “herd” as you put it are just followers, how will they know if your link or those “false commenters’ links” are the best? There are “experts” who completely disagree about matters pertaining to Coronavirus, for example you can find links supporting or opposing shut down and mask use. I personally will never waste my time reading through the links of someone I don’t know. It is time consuming and pointless when I can find better “links” myself if I want to verify information. It is helpful if posters know enough about what they have read to simply state a cogent point . Have a great weekend.

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  61. If you reread my post, it can be seen that I didn’t say I thought any particular stance or expert was credible, I merely pointed out that there are PURPORTED “expert” opinions of all kinds to be found on the internet and the people who you were complaining about might not be able to tell which were the “better experts.” BTW, there were a number of “better experts” who said masks are not of much use. Remember, that at first it was the consensus that masks were not useful? That got widely reversed, but even now “experts’ and studies vary widely as to the extent that masks are useful, and several vocal pulmonologists say masks are dangerous for some patients. Lots of conflicting information, misinformation on the web by those who have “Dr.” as a title. You are again making assertions and accusations that cannot be verified. Isn’t this the behavior you have criticized in others?

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  62. Again, there is no source with any credibility that currently holds that masks are anything but helpful. And if you understood how science works, you would understand why sometimes advice changes as more data comes in. I realize you’re trying to sneak in FUD about masks by stealth, but it’s still arrant BS.

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