sbsheriffUpdate by the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office
January 28, 2022
The Sheriff’s Office Main Jail has identified three additional COVID cases related to the outbreak that began on Wednesday, December 8, 2021. Since our update on Wednesday, January 26, 2022, 3 inmates have recovered. There has been a total of 252 cases in this outbreak that includes 37 active cases, 211 recovered, and 4 released.
All COVID positive inmates are continuously monitored by custody staff and our Wellpath partners. There are no inmates currently hospitalized because of this outbreak. 48 inmates have reported being symptomatic, 203 are asymptomatic, and 1 declined to answer.
Update by the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office
January 26, 2022
The Sheriff’s Office Main Jail has identified 28 additional COVID cases related to the outbreak that began on Wednesday, December 8, 2021. Since our update on Tuesday, January 18, 2022, 17 inmates have recovered. There has been a total of 249 cases in this outbreak that includes 37 active cases, 208 recovered, and 4 released.
All COVID positive inmates are continuously monitored by custody staff and our Wellpath partners. There are no inmates currently hospitalized because of this outbreak. 48 inmates have reported being symptomatic, 200 are asymptomatic, and 1 declined to answer.
Update by the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office
January 18, 2022
The Sheriff’s Office Main Jail has identified 3 additional COVID cases related to the outbreak that began on Wednesday, December 8, 2021. Since our update on Thursday, January 13, 2022, 45 inmates have recovered. There has been a total of 221 cases in this outbreak that includes 26 active cases, 191 recovered, and 4 released.
All COVID positive inmates are continuously monitored by custody staff and our Wellpath partners. There are no inmates currently hospitalized because of this outbreak. 42 inmates have reported being symptomatic, 178 are asymptomatic, and 1 declined to answer.
Update by the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office
January 13, 2022
The Sheriff’s Office Main Jail has identified 10 additional COVID cases related to the outbreak that began on Wednesday, December 8, 2021. Since our update from Monday, 10 inmates have recovered. There has been a total of 218 cases in this outbreak that include 68 active cases, 146 recovered, and 4 released.
All COVID positive inmates are continuously monitored by custody staff and our Wellpath partners. One inmate is currently admitted in an area hospital for advanced care. 39 inmates have reported being symptomatic, 178 are asymptomatic and 1 declined to answer.
As we identify COVID-19 positive inmates, they are moved into an area of the facility that has negative pressure cells. In the case of an outbreak, only those with active symptoms are moved. The remainder are placed together in small groups (cohorts) and isolated from other inmates. We also separate those who were exposed but have not tested positive. Inmates with severe symptoms or who have underlying health conditions are transported to a hospital for evaluation and treatment.
The Sheriff’s Office has worked on a continual basis with our Wellpath and Public Health partners to address this outbreak as well as to establish and constantly re-evaluate plans for health safety within the Main Jail. At the request of Santa Barbara County Public Health, the California Department of Public Health has responded to assist with testing at the Main Jail and has provided a team of medical professionals who will remain in the facility for the duration of this outbreak.
Inmates are tested when they arrive in our custody and are housed separately from the general population during the initial 10 days of their stay. They are tested again before they are moved out of the quarantine area into other areas of the facility. During their stay, inmates are tested whenever they exhibit symptoms and whenever they might have been exposed to someone who has tested positive. The Sheriff’s Office continues to offer all three of the COVID-19 vaccines to all inmates in our care and recently implemented an incentive program where funding from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) is used to award newly vaccinated inmates with $20 added to their commissary fund for full vaccination or $10 for a booster. This program resulted in 148 inmate vaccinations in the span of a two days and was accomplished thanks to the teamwork and partnership of the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department and California Department of Public Health. Additionally, Wellpath has administered over 630 vaccinations at the Main Jail since the beginning of the pandemic.
Update by the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office
January 11, 2022
The Sheriff’s Office Main Jail has identified 26 additional COVID cases related to the outbreak that began on Wednesday, December 8, 2021. Since our press release last week, 54 inmates have recovered. There has been a total of 208 cases in this outbreak that include 68 active cases, 136 recovered, and 4 released.
All COVID positive inmates are continuously monitored by custody staff and our Wellpath partners. One inmate has been transported to an area hospital for advanced care. 38 inmates have reported being symptomatic, 169 are asymptomatic and 1 declined to answer.
As we identify COVID-19 positive inmates, they are moved into an area of the facility that has negative pressure cells. In the case of an outbreak, only those with active symptoms are moved. The remainder are placed together in small groups (cohorts) and isolated from other inmates. We also separate those who were exposed but have not tested positive. Inmates with severe symptoms or who have underlying health conditions are transported to a hospital for evaluation and treatment.
The Sheriff’s Office has worked on a continual basis with our Wellpath and Public Health partners to address this outbreak as well as to establish and constantly re-evaluate plans for health safety within the Main Jail. At the request of Santa Barbara County Public Health, the California Department of Public Health has responded to assist with testing at the Main Jail and has provided a team of medical professionals who will remain in the facility for the duration of this outbreak.
Inmates are tested when they arrive in our custody and are housed separately from the general population during the initial 10 days of their stay. They are tested again before they are moved out of the quarantine area into other areas of the facility. During their stay, inmates are tested whenever they exhibit symptoms and whenever they might have been exposed to someone who has tested positive. The Sheriff’s Office continues to offer all three of the COVID-19 vaccines to all inmates in our care and recently implemented an incentive program where funding from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) is used to award newly vaccinated inmates with $20 added to their commissary fund for full vaccination or $10 for a booster. This program resulted in 148 inmate vaccinations in the span of a two days and was accomplished thanks to the teamwork and partnership of the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department and California Department of Public Health. Additionally, Wellpath has administered over 630 vaccinations at the Main Jail since the beginning of the pandemic.
Update by the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office
January 6, 2022
The Sheriff’s Office Main Jail has identified 13 additional COVID cases related to the outbreak that began on Wednesday, December 8, 2021. Since our press release yesterday, there have been no additional inmates who have recovered or been release. There has been a total of 182 cases in this outbreak that include 96 active cases, 82 recovered, and 4 released.
All COVID positive inmates are continuously monitored by custody staff and our Wellpath partners. None of the COVID positive inmates in this outbreak have required hospitalization, 30 inmates have reported being symptomatic, 151 are asymptomatic and 1 declined to answer.
As we identify COVID-19 positive inmates, they are moved into an area of the facility that has negative pressure cells. In the case of an outbreak, only those with active symptoms are moved. The remainder are placed together in small groups (cohorts) and isolated from other inmates. We also separate those who were exposed but have not tested positive. Inmates with severe symptoms or who have underlying health conditions are transported to a hospital for evaluation and treatment, although none of the inmates in this outbreak have necessitated hospital transport.
The Sheriff’s Office has worked on a continual basis with our Wellpath and Public Health partners to address this outbreak as well as to establish and constantly re-evaluate plans for health safety within the Main Jail. At the request of Santa Barbara County Public Health, the California Department of Public Health has responded to assist with testing at the Main Jail and has provided a team of medical professionals who will remain in the facility for the duration of this outbreak.
Inmates are tested when they arrive in our custody and are housed separately from the general population during the initial 10 days of their stay. They are tested again before they are moved out of the quarantine area into other areas of the facility. During their stay, inmates are tested whenever they exhibit symptoms and whenever they might have been exposed to someone who has tested positive. The Sheriff’s Office continues to offer all three of the COVID-19 vaccines to all inmates in our care and recently implemented an incentive program where funding from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) is used to award newly vaccinated inmates with $20 added to their commissary fund for full vaccination or $10 for a booster. This program resulted in 148 inmate vaccinations in the span of a two days and was accomplished thanks to the teamwork and partnership of the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department and California Department of Public Health. Additionally, Wellpath has administered over 630 vaccinations at the Main Jail since the beginning of the pandemic.
Update by the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office
January 4, 2022
The Sheriff’s Office Main Jail has identified 50 additional COVID cases related to the outbreak that began on Wednesday, December 8, 2021. Since our last press release, 54 of the COVID positive inmates have recovered and there are 83 active cases remaining. There has been a total of 169 cases in this outbreak that include 83 active cases, 82 recovered, and 4 released.
All COVID positive inmates are continuously monitored by custody staff and our Wellpath partners. None of the COVID positive inmates in this outbreak have required hospitalization, 30 inmates have reported being symptomatic, 138 are asymptomatic and 1 declined to answer.
As we identify COVID-19 positive inmates, they are moved into an area of the facility that has negative pressure cells. In the case of an outbreak, only those with active symptoms are moved. The remainder are placed together in small groups (cohorts) and isolated from other inmates. We also separate those who were exposed but have not tested positive. Inmates with severe symptoms or who have underlying health conditions are transported to a hospital for evaluation and treatment, although none of the inmates in this outbreak have necessitated hospital transport.
The Sheriff’s Office has worked on a continual basis with our Wellpath and Public Health partners to address this outbreak as well as to establish and constantly re-evaluate plans for health safety within the Main Jail. At the request of Santa Barbara County Public Health, the California Department of Public Health has responded to assist with testing at the Main Jail and has provided a team of medical professionals who will remain in the facility for the duration of this outbreak.
Inmates are tested when they arrive in our custody and are housed separately from the general population during the initial 10 days of their stay. They are tested again before they are moved out of the quarantine area into other areas of the facility. During their stay, inmates are tested whenever they exhibit symptoms and whenever they might have been exposed to someone who has tested positive. The Sheriff’s Office continues to offer all three of the COVID-19 vaccines to all inmates in our care and recently implemented an incentive program where funding from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) is used to award newly vaccinated inmates with $20 added to their commissary fund for full vaccination or $10 for a booster. This program resulted in 148 inmate vaccinations in the span of a two days and was accomplished thanks to the teamwork and partnership of the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department and California Department of Public Health. Additionally, Wellpath has administered over 630 vaccinations at the Main Jail since the beginning of the pandemic.
Update by the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office
December 28, 2021
Custody staff at the Main Jail have continued with follow-up testing for the outbreak that began Thursday, December 9, 2021.
Since our last press release on Thursday, December 23, 2021, we have identified an additional 38 COVID positive inmates, 28 inmates have recovered, and 4 inmates have been released from custody. This brings the total number of COVID positive inmates in this outbreak to 119 with 87 active cases.
All COVID positive inmates are continuously monitored by custody staff and our Wellpath partners. Only 22 of the inmates are symptomatic and none of them have required hospitalization. Of the remaining 97 inmates, 96 are asymptomatic, and 1 refused to disclose if they were experiencing COVID symptoms. We will continue to provide updated information on the status of this outbreak as it becomes available.
Update by the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office
December 23, 2021
Custody staff at the Main Jail have continued with follow-up testing for the outbreak that began Thursday, December 9, 2021. Since our last press release on Tuesday, December 21, 2021, we have identified an additional 22 COVID positive inmates, and 5 inmates have recovered.
This brings the total number of COVID positive inmates in this outbreak to 81 with 76 active cases.
All COVID positive inmates are continuously monitored by custody staff and our Wellpath partners. None of the COVID positive inmates in this outbreak have required hospitalization and 72 of them are asymptomatic. We will continue to provide updated information on the status of this outbreak as it becomes available.
Update by the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office
December 21, 2021
Custody staff at the Main Jail have continued with follow-up testing for the outbreak that began Thursday, December 9, 2021. Since our last press release on Friday, December 17, 2021, we have identified an additional 35 COVID positive inmates, and 5 inmates have recovered.
This brings the total number of COVID positive inmates in this outbreak to 59 with 54 active cases.
All COVID positive inmates are continuously monitored by custody staff and our Wellpath partners. None of the COVID positive inmates in this outbreak have required hospitalization and 50 of them are asymptomatic. We will continue to provide update information on the status of this outbreak as it becomes available.
Update by the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office
December 17, 2021
The Sheriff’s Office has identified four additional COVID positive inmates associated with the outbreak that began Thursday, December 9, 2021 in the Main Jail. This brings the total number of COVID positive inmates in this outbreak to 24.
All COVID positive inmates are continuously monitored by custody staff and our Wellpath partners. None of the COVID positive inmates in this outbreak have required hospitalization. We will continue to provide update information on the status of this outbreak as it becomes available.
Update by the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office
December 14, 2021
Custody staff at the Main Jail have continued with follow-up testing for the outbreak that began Thursday, December 9, 2021. As a result of this ongoing testing, three additional inmates have been found to be COVID positive. This brings the total number of COVID positive inmates in this outbreak to 20.
All COVID positive inmates are continuously monitored by custody staff and our Wellpath partners. None of the COVID positive inmates in this outbreak have required hospitalization. We will continue to provide update information on the status of this outbreak as it becomes available.
Update by the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office
December 13, 2021
Follow-up testing for the outbreak that began last week has detected 12 additional COVID positive inmates. This outbreak was originally reported as beginning on Wednesday, December 8, 2021, but it was actually in the early morning hours of Thursday, December 9, 2021. This brings the total number of COVID positive inmates in this outbreak to 17. The COVID positive inmates are being constantly monitored by custody staff and our Wellpath partners. None of the COVID positive inmates in this outbreak have required hospitalization.
Source: Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office
December 9, 2021
Sheriff’s Office Custody staff have identified a COVID outbreak in the Main Jail.
On Wednesday, December 8, 2021, Custody staff identified a COVID positive inmate in the Male Basement Dormitory. This area of the jail is a dormitory type housing area with bunks where 51 inmates, including the COVID positive inmate, were being housed.
The initial COVID positive inmate has been re-housed and inmates who were exposed to him are currently being tracked and tested. Four additional COVID positive inmates have been identified from that housing area. Prior to testing positive, the initially detected inmate in this outbreak was recently transported to an in-person court appearance, where he had contact with other inmates from various parts of the facility during those court appearances.
Custody staff are working with our Wellpath healthcare partners in efforts to test much of the inmate population, as well as monitoring and caring for the five COVID positive inmates that have been identified. We are also coordinating with the Santa Barbara Court and the Public Defender’s Office to adjust court appearances to minimize the spread of the virus through the movement of inmates.
All staff, both professional and sworn, who work in positions that have direct inmate contact are regularly tested and are required to wear an N95 mask while working. The Sheriff’s Office will provide regular updates on the status of this outbreak.
Chip, allowing those that swore to “protect and serve” to not get vaxed or wear masks is a disaster and is frankly unconstitutional for those incarcerated. If the deputies don’t want to uphold what they swore an oath to, they should be removed from the postion. Just like any other job. No way around that fact.
As long as they are Offering the inmates the shot…what’s the problem?
It’s the pool of unvaccinated people worldwide that are now driving the pandemic, stretching it out, breeding variants, and requiring more boosters and nonpharmaceutical interventions.
I’m glad Edhat deleted that comment about how many of those currently known to be infected with the omicron variant were vaccinated vs. unvaccinated. Drawing any kinds of conclusions for the US population at this stage is extremely premature, irresponsible, and effectively disinformation. Why? There are only 43 known cases at the moment – a super tiny sample size.
5:12 – Just maybe it’s the fact that the unvaccinated keepers are both more likely to get infected and then more likely to spread infection than those who are vaccinated, posing an increased threat to even people who are vaccinated.
We’re all glad. It was typical from our voice of disinformation.
Everyone who deals with this population in any way while they are restrained must be required to vax, offier to bus driver to kitchen. Most are guilty of something most likely, but they are being held in a communal situation and have no choice about it. Increased risk of contracting a potential fatal disease or becoming very sick with a disease that may affected them for a lifetime is wrong.
I believe all inmates should ALSO be mandated to be vaccinated.
Can you imagine having to spend a night (or more) in jail and getting Covid-19?! What a horror. Not everyone in the jail stays there. They are formally presumed innocent.
Appalling that deputies would not be vaccinated.
To me, it would be like my caregiver or doctor not being vaccinated. Someone I have to see. I just hope I’d be able to avoid contact with anyone not vaccinated.
Yeah, so you’ll say inmates should’ve avoided it. Life doesn’t work like that. The incarcerated, who are legally presumed innocent, should not have to take on this additional risk.
Do you leave your home? If so, you are engaging dealing with people unvaccinated and under vaccinated at every turn.
And that pool will remain forever… so let’s go ahead and learn to live with covid, mmm’kay!!!
Except it’s not a disaster… it’s a personal choice. Make yours and move along… stop being obsessed with what someone else does in this regard… as it truly doesn’t matter. We’re not reaching herd immunity… so all your accomplishing with your line of thinking is making life slightly more uncomfortable and annoying for everyone.
It’s already hard to find people to work in the jail. If they decided to fire a substantial portion of the staff for refusing to get the vaccine it would be a disaster. In addition, firing staff for refusing to get vaccinated could have legal repercussions. Lawsuits related to vaccine mandates are flying, and the courts seem to be steadily chipping away at the mandates. In addition, the senate just passed a bipartisan measure to eliminate Biden’s vaccine mandates at the federal level. Support for mandates is waning on both sides of the aisle. Finally, Fauci said the definition of fully vaccinated will be updated to include a booster shot, it’s just a matter of when that happens not if. Only about 25% of those who are considered fully vaccinated would retain that status if this change was made today. If you put all that together, trying to implement a vax requirement would cause severe staffing shortages, massive legal expenses and possibly an unfavorable court ruling, and when it was all said and done the definition of “fully vaccinated” would change to render a substantial portion of the staff “unvaccinated” once again. Back to square one.
Also, as I repeatedly noted in response to comments from that other anti-vax disinformationist, CSF, the commenter commits a base rate fallacy. As the % of the population that is vaccinated goes up, the % of cases among the vaccinated goes up … if 100% of the population were vaccinated, then 100% of the cases would be vaccinated people. So you can’t draw conclusions from the v:uv ratio alone — not if you’re honest (which of course these people aren’t). You certainly can’t conclude “vaccine bad”, yet they do just that, over and over again. On the contrary, that there has only been 1 Omicron hospitalization may well be in part due to the high vaccination rate (but there certainly could be other factors, like Omicron possibly being less deadly).
As per the Wall Street journal today, VOR is looking more and more right…
https://apple.news/AGXB3XFZLQ_uLSYDP0s2dpA
The WSJ, that paragon of medical and climate information.
I’ve always suspected that Dukemunson and VOR are one and the same.
“I don’t agree with it so it’s misinformation and the source is unreliable”
Duke is a large volume of comments with no content. VOR is a volume of comments with false content. Not much of a difference as far as useful content, but a detectable difference.
Reverse those two clauses, and you’ll have a truthful comment.
Not much point in providing sources anymore Duke. If it’s contrary to the narrative the sheep won’t read it and will discredit the organization that published it, and the people who wrote it, no matter their qualifications far exceed those here.
Sources discredit themselves when the publish drivel to serve a false narrative. Those without any critical thinking skills happily swallow the drivel that confirms their bias, and feel some strange urge to foist it on others, despite the fact that it is potentially harmful. That’s exactly what the usual band of COVIDIOTS here does.
A clear reason why police and anyone dealing intimately with the public should be required to be vaccinated.
Refute it then…and give me a reason why we’re going to keep kids masked in school for 2022. The science doesn’t back that…lazy/easy one size fits all rule does though…
What does vaccinated even mean at this point? Sure Fauci just said that he thinks two doses should still be considered “vaccinated”…how long till that changes? All things considered, vaccinated at this point probably means you have been boostered within 2-3 months…
@432 lol that was good!! i agree too…about both of them and their posts.
FACT CHECK. Fauci did NOT say COVID Vaccines Are ‘Making People Worse’
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fauci-covid-vaccine-worse/
Please don’t be part of the infodemic.
That mis quoted BS. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fauci-covid-vaccine-worse/
If you’re going to REQUIRE sheriffs and all other jail employees to be vaccinated, then you must require all incoming prisoners to be vaccinated as well. I think a lot of commenters are assuming the county employees are the ones GIVING the inmates COVID. I sincerely doubt that’s the case. Think about it. All comer criminals put together in a relatively confined environment. How many of them are completely vaccinated and COVID-free when they show up?
“The result shows that vaccinated individuals who received two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine had 33% protection against infection, relative to the unvaccinated, in the first weeks of South Africa’s Omicron-driven fourth wave. This represents a significant drop from the 80% protection against infection afforded during the earlier period, probably on the basis of lower antibody susceptibility, following the extensive spike protein mutations in the Omicron variant.”
The mRNA vaccines were great to get something out quickly, but with a constantly evolving virus better vaccines that target more portions of the virus will be needed to control covid going foward.
A lot of excuses Chip. Many jurisdictions in L.A. such as fire and sheriff and schools are firing folks who refuse to vax. What about…legal challenges? What about .. future vax requirements ? What about … changes in rules? What about sheriff’s staff, deputized to serve the people, doing their duty and getting vaccinated in order to protect those who have no place to hide (and are resumed innocent until proven guilty) from a deadly virus? Enough excuses Chip, none hold water.
3:49 for how long, no one knows…. a 4th booster, 5th? every six months?
Ah, it’s a problem with critical thinking about risk assessment. Got it. Better hope you enjoy omicron more!
Then tell me, with the NFL, NBA , NHL nearly fully vaxxed and are some of the healthiest people in the world, with Cornell having strict covid requirements, masks and fully vaccinated, and they are all still dealing with significant covid outbreaks, what makes you think the pandemic will be over if everyone just wore masks and got vaccinated? Didn’t work for professional sports, didn’t work for Cornell.
VOICE at 6:30 – how much worse do you think it would be if we did nothing? It’s absolutely mind boggling that this concept hasn’t sunk in with your or your kind yet. Masks and vax aren’t 100% effective, no one has ever said that. The vax is indisputably effective at decreasing the number of infections and reducing the severity of symptoms and deaths. Same with renewable energy and everything else you demand perfection before implementation from. We DO NOT HAVE TIME to wait for a full on cure. We have to fight with what we have, even if it’s not perfect.
FACT: unvaxxed and unmasked people are dying at a higher rate than masked and vaxed people. This is cold hard FACT. It means ONE THING: The masks and vax are helping.
Where do I say do nothing? Where did I say vaccines don’t help? Why do you always go to the extremes? You keep thinking I’m anti vax, yet I’m vaccinated myself, I’m just very anti vax mandate, especially when we now know, without a doubt, that even in fully vaccinated populations there will still be outbreaks. You and others need to let go of zero covid. Everyone should make their own decision and not be forced, you’ll even end up vaccinating more people that way. Good night.
Did you even read the link you posted? None of these vaccines have faced omicron under any study or trial yet.
VOICE – got you. Your entire comment bemoans and complains about the fact that despite masks and vax, there are still outbreaks (and no, not significant either). I asked IF we did nothing, not that you said we should do nothing. Read a little more attentively.
So, once again since you failed the first time, what do you suggest? Don’t “Good night” me. You haven’t earned it yet.
VOICE – “You and others need to let go of zero covid.” I’m about to put my head through the wall I’m banging it against with you here……. I never said we are going to cure covid with the mandates and restrictions, only THAT. IT. HELPS. BETTER. THAN. DOING. NOTHING. Good lord, I’m really worried about you.
Only if you ignore both what that article actually says and what VOD says.
“Vaccine opponents stooped to new lows in December 2021, to almost violently misrepresent remarks Fauci made nearly two years earlier.”
“how much worse do you think it would be if we did nothing?” I recently saw an estimate that there would have been more than 1 million additional deaths in the U.S. without the vaccine. A common response from people like VOD and DM is “why do you care what others do if you’re vaccinated and wear a mask?” … how to say you’re a sociopath without saying you’re a sociopath.
These types of assumptions based off of a tiny amount of data, prove that modern day “Conservatives” are simply stupid. Its amazing how many of our fellow citizens have no clue and yet are so willing to put their lives on the line because of a talk show host or a politician or a hunch… If there is a good example of stupidity in action, it is this…
What are we to make of the fact that VO-BS and ConSB made virtually identical comments?
Shasta asked a question. A question is not an assumption. Yet your calling Shasta a “good example of stupidity in action”. Yes.. yes.. of course.
Faux news alert.
CONSERVATIVE – nice try. Incognito?
“There is no evidence this “outbreak” could have been avoided through vaccination.” – prove it. You can’t.
No surprise their comments are essentially identical. They are part of the butt snorkeling group that parrots right-wing social media almost exclusively – anti vax, anti health mandates, anti compassion, anti gun control, anti education, anti government. Basically, they’re anti-civilization.
As I hear it, most of those who refuse to vaccinate confuse getting vaccinated with giving up personal freedom and sometimes comingle it with gun rights. On the latter, owning historical dueling pistols, engraved black powder beauties to utilitarian shotguns, competition handguns, rifles, hunting bows and so forth are vastly different than owning assault weapons. Both bring up the question of whether personal freedom covers the right to inflict serious bodily harm or death on others at random.
Talk about frontline and essential workers!!! All staff that enter those doors and work behind those walls have a thankless job and should be commended for showing up to work everyday and keeping the community safe while working 12 hour shifts, not knowing if they’re going to take this virus home to their loved ones! Bravo to them all!!!!
I doubt it’s the staff. As they have been made to test on a regular basis for two years now. They should be getting thanked instead of being blamed.
Yeah it’s very odd to watch, the anti-vax drive has been so politicized and expanded to unrelated issues that their reasoning to avoid getting vaxxed is no longer coherent. I didn’t want to dignify it by calling it a “movement,” because that would imply it’s organized and moving somewhere besides illness or an early death. Seems to be essential-oil-and-crystals hippies more likely to believe in astrology than modern science. Along with about 40% of conservatives who oppose any form of government action because “muh freedom” unless it involves invading, destabilizing or incarcerating people who don’t look like them. Or spying on citizens’ calls, texts and emails w/o warrants to “protect” us from terrorism. Not to be a Grinch but after last Christmas, the national death toll was higher than 9/11 for about a month and a half afterwards. The virus doesn’t care if it’s a holiday, Uncle Skeeter is making some good points on FB, or your chakras are aligned.
At least they state this about the outbreak:
“None of the COVID positive inmates in this outbreak have required hospitalization and 50 of them are asymptomatic.”
It sounds more like an outbreak of test results rather than a disease. Maybe the tests are flawed or the potency of the virus is waning.
Keepitreal: 132 deputies have REFUSED to get vaccinated. What about that is heroic? NOTHING. These people are stubborn and refusing to protect and serve, refusing to do their job. Positions of assumed power come with responsibility, and they are FAILING us all. This outbreak could have and would have been prevented if people would just pull their heads out of their a**es and do the right thing. I’m disgusted with the 132 deputies who are bashing science and common decency.
Maybe people who know nothing of virology shouldn’t speculate.
wait…so the deputies that we pay salaries to, refuse to get a shot and protect the inmates from infection, but they have no problem forcing tests on inmates? kinda….confusing and one sided. am i missing something ?
I’m up here in Mount Shasta for the week. Everyone is done with Covid up here. They weren’t wearing masks indoors in October when I was here last, and they aren’t wearing them now. Concerned people still wear them. Some businesses stopped putting up the masks required for entry signs. It’s great to go without a mask indoors with no one glaring at me. It’s time to end this state of fear and go back to normal living.
Despite being a sparsely populated county, Siskiyou County has had 177 deaths per 100,000, versus Santa Barbara County’s 127 per 100,000. That makes Siskiyou’s deaths 28% greater than SB County’s. (Numbers are from “all time” stats from the New York Times covid data.) Sure, go back to “normal living.” Unless you are dead from covid.
Instant gratification and a lack of conscientiousness have become something to brag about? Again?
Sociopaths, like honey badger, don’t care.
Shasta – while I love sb I also had the pleasure of leaving a SB for a few spots in California this Christmas break that aren’t “mask nuts” like (at least some) parts of SB.
We have sunk deep into Stockholm Syndrome when not wearing a mask indoors is considered bragging. Beg from Sacramento and perhaps they’ll give you some freedom back to be normal again.
If the sociopaths in our society would make the effort to obey the public health directives, we could be back to normal much sooner. I guess they just enjoy bitching about masks too much, and bragging about their misbehavior.
Sociopaths? Take care of your own biz and mind it.
Keep it up, freedumbers. 534 cases today.
Gee, I’ve never had the “freedom” to endanger the people around me. How would you go about asking for that?
Beside making guesstimates, we could also look at Sweden’s numbers.
1:19 – Yes! And especially compare Sweden’s numbers with the rest of Scandinavia. Sweden screwed up royally!
You won’t see egotistical libertarians doing anything like this:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-59833262
Siskiyou County cases have been rising, as you can easily see in the data here:
https://news.google.com/covid19/map?hl=en-US&mid=%2Fm%2F0l339&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen&state=1
538 more cases today. FREEDUMB!
504pm – What would you have us do ? Shutting schools down was a train wreck and paying people not to work had helped lead to hyper inflation… so what would you suggest? It’s here to stay… it’s wild that some people still don’t see that.
The trending data for Siskiyou county compared to the rest of the state and Santa Barbara is excellent per the state tracking website:
https://covid19.ca.gov/state-dashboard/#location-siskiyou
95% of people here do not wear masks indoors. Pretty much all Covid metrics have been declining here since September and are approaching 0. Santa Barbara and the state average are worse off in comparison. No one is concerned about Covid here. Things may change, but it looks like Covid is done here.
Everyone makes choices and has to live with ramifications of their choices.
LA Times Op-Ed from a guy living in Finland during the pandemic says they ask him, don’t we (Americans) feel an obligation to do things (get vaccinated) to help others?
The answer for many seems to be- no.
Maybe someone who knows nothing of virology shouldn’t speculate.
These jails are the type of environment where infections thrive like an unsanitary trauma center. They look clean but a lot of the surfaces are contaminated.
1:21-Since Sweden sets the bar for royal screwups, lets see how we did.
Sweden: 13% of the population has been infected with covid. Of those infected 1.1% died.
Santa Barbara County: 12% of the population has been infected with covid. Of those infected, 1.1% died.
Oh no, looks like we screwed up royally just like Sweden. Or did we screw up more royally considering all the prevention we did?
Average age of the population in Siskiyou county is 10 years older than Santa Barbara AND the CA average. Siskiyou is the third oldest county in CA. The median age is 28.7% higher in Siskiyou than SB. So the higher numbers are related to age, not compliance.
The inmates infect each other on purpose. We’ve already seen the videos of them sharing water cups and gargling hot water to raise their temperature in order to obtain special medical benefits. This is NOTHING new.
Siskiyou county started out really well way back in 2020, probably due to the relatively sparse population. But they caught up, and then some. Siskiyou’s all-time covid death rate is higher than Santa Barbara’s.
Covid is on fire again right now. Neo-Fascists still calling hoax and parading anti-vax nonsense.
Hyper inflation? How much is a gallon of milk right now? You’re no economist. Neo-cons like to toss that word around – so I’d really suggest you research a little more about what hyper inflation actually is.
1900 daily absences in SB unified and 250 staff members out. But, you do you.
Did you notice a lot of kids missing in school this week?
gT – by US standards… This is HYPER HYPER inflation!! Yeah we aren’t zimbabwe, but the head in sand refusal to see reality is ridiculous. Look at the cost of pretty much everything… you are no economist and obviously somewhat detached from reality!!!
Definitely hype involved.
Covid is on fire and unfortunately vaccination has been a disappointment regarding preventing spread. Given the poor performance of the vaccines, we will never reach herd immunity even if we were able to vaccinate the whole population.
Before someone gets the wrong idea, I am vaxxed and boosted. The vaccine will prevent severe disease, it just won’t stop the spread.
Checking my natural gas bill, prices are up 27% since the same time last year. I can’t imagine how expensive it must be to heat a home in the mid-west.
Sad when one’s primary function is to post here to count their down votes.
Moderna is only 95% against original variant, BB’s includes Delta.
“gT – by US standards… This is HYPER HYPER inflation” Duke – just because you “feel” something doesn’t mean it is true. This economic cycle is similar to inflation in that it involves an increase in the cost of living. However, unlike inflation, hyperinflation takes place rapidly and is out of control. Many economists define hyperinflation as the increase in prices by 1,000% per year.
Bharat Biotech, which makes the vaccine, has since published data suggesting 78% efficacy.
I’ll stick with Moderna with its 95% efficacy, thank you very much.
I’m no epidemiologist, nor am I credentialed, but I did work in infection control at a local hospital.
This seems to be a decent protocol:
“Inmates are tested when they arrive in our custody and are housed separately from the general population during the initial 10 days of their stay. They are tested again before they are moved out of the quarantine area into other areas of the facility. ”
How are so many inmates getting Covid?
Bumblebee: the vaccine prevents the worst of illness and helps prevent transmission. No one ever said it would prevent transmission. I do not consider the vaccine to be performing poorly.
1:19, “only 95%”?
What is your point, would you please explain?
James B, the virus is airborne. Wiping stuff down was discredited years ago. I hope you, and all, are using the best masks you can purchase, N and KN 95.
If only the Sheriff department staff weren’t refusing vaccination and testing ….
And you’ll notice, if you read it, that not all restrictions are being lifted, and that there is considerable concern from the NHS.
Here is another piece from the BBC. The uk government studies the effect of mask rules by comparing schools that required masks to schools that did not. The result was they found no statistically significant difference in covid outcomes.
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-59895934
Here’s one that applies to information sources and misuse of data:
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-60036861
If Chip had read that article, he would have seen that the results were “not conclusive”, which does not support his conclusion.
Anyone who thinks that msaks don’t help is living in a fantasy world.
1:51 and 1:54, the data from the study did not support a conclusion that the 123 schools that required masks reduced covid cases in a statistically significant way compared to schools that did not require masks. However, the article also notes that 70% of people feel safer with masks. The data may not show that masks reduce covid cases, but I will concede that it definitely shows masks make people feel safer…
It’s always just been a security blanket Chip.
No, the results were inconclusive, meaning they could not, from the data, tell whether masks reduced infections or whether the unmasked were infected more. That just means it was a poorly designed study, not that masks don’t help.
Shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone that there are many cases being found solely through testing, as in the case of inmates. How many of them are going to get seriously, if at all ill? Very few if any, just like the population in general, especially healthy adults and youth.
Yeah, just let those others die. What an attitude for someone who has claimed to be a physician!
6:16 I’m glad you’re paying attention, sort of. If you’re outraged because of inmates suffering and dying from Covid, why don’t you take a hard look at it. If you do, you’ll find that inmates aren’t getting seriously I’ll or dying at any greater rate than the general population. What’s your beef?
If you had put any thought into it at all, you would realize that in the general population, you are free to avoid potential contagion in a way that inmates aren’t, especially given the attitudes in the sheriff’s department.
6:11
Police sometimes make mistakes. And even if they didn’t, thinking that a potentially minor antisocial act should be punished with even a slight chance of a death sentence means you’ve just indicted yourself.
Inmates, as all of us, have had ample opportunity to get vaccinated. And they aren’t dying in their cells of Covid, so get over it.
Glad you’re not my physician!
So many threads that I don’t know where to post, so I’ll further clog up the popular one.
An interesting discussion:
“The Florida controversy underscores a bizarre phenomenon: That while largely baseless vaccine hesitancy has hindered the U.S. pandemic response, Americans are tripping over themselves to take therapeutics that are experimental, expensive, and ineffective — precisely the characteristics that anti-vaccine advocates falsely ascribe to Covid immunizations, which are proven, free, and effective.
Gupta ascribed the phenomenon to a fundamental flaw in Americans’ view of health care: That most people see doctors’ role as treating illnesses, not preventing them.”
https://www.statnews.com/2022/01/27/some-americans-are-hesitant-about-covid-vaccines-but-theyre-all-in-on-unproven-treatments/
So by the latest update. 75% didn’t even know they had it and no hospitalizations.
more social media fun re: covid. lol!
1/ Welp, I spent last night continuing my research into the #blizzard2022 #hoax.
Thankfully, @Twitter and Facebook have helpful algorithms that pointed me in the direction of *real* experts who helped me round out my thinking.
2/ I studied poignant, analytical memes from leading thinkers in finance, technology, and art sales. To my surprise, their insights actually CONFIRMED all of my pre-conceived notions about this storm. Thanks for the research help @twitter!
3/ All of this research has led me to conclude that the hype around #blizzard2022 is being driven by the weather-industrial complex. In short, it is all #propaganda. I am concerned for our republic.
It goes on. A fun read.
https://twitter.com/nirav_mainecdc/status/1487455146208600066
The author:
Nirav D. Shah @nirav_mainecdc Director, Maine CDC (@MEPublicHealth). President, Assn. State/Terr Health Officials (@ASTHO). Opinions are my own. I may call out Tweets that are not factual.
I left out the good parts, where he really gets going. For those who don’t and/or won’t read the thread (you don’t have to sign up, I’m not on twitter, I just scan it):
4/ First of all, @CDCgov says blizzards are no big deal so long as you’re financially stable, don’t have to leave your house for work, have food, can afford heating and internet, and don’t have to worry about power outages. Those apply to me. So why should I care about others?
5/ This morning, my neighbors said I needed to put salt on our shared sidewalk to keep THEM safe! But putting salt down is inconvenient. Why should I be inconvenienced to help others in my community? Can’t people who are vulnerable to slips and falls just stay inside?
6/ Get this: my town implemented a “parking ban” too. They say it’s to help them keep roads cleared. But it really amounts to the government telling me, a taxpayer, what I can and can’t do with my own private property. Didn’t we fight a war against England to prevent this?
7/ This is a blatant violation of the Takings Clause of the 5th Amendment to the
@usconstitution. It also violates the Declaration of Independence. A lawyer I chatted with last night on Facebook says this could go all the way to @SCOTUS
8/ And these so-called meteorologists have no clue what they’re talking about. Earlier this week, the forecast was for 10-20 inches. Then it changed to 8-12 inches. And now they’re hyping it up as a “blizzard”! I challenge @KeithCarson to debate me publicly on this.
9/ I also find it deeply suspicious that their “models” change all the time. I thought this was “science”, which does not change (see, e.g., gravity). Who pressured them to change the models? My hunch: follow the $$$ and we’ll find out.
There’s more. As I said, a good read.
https://twitter.com/nirav_mainecdc/status/1487455146208600066
The Sheriff Departments lack of concern for public safety is not something that should be swept under the rug, no matter how tiresome it gets to hear about it. Maybe, if enough people realize how disgusting it is, and raise their voices, we’ll get some change in their behavior.
Can’t we just retire this thread? Honestly, this is a broken record at this point. Between irresponsible inmates who have the right to NOT be vaccinated and Sherrif employees who flat out refuse to be vaccinated or tested (what world do we live in where this even makes sense??!!) it’s the same story over and over… old news that none of us can do anything about. The whole situation over there is a stain on our community.