Edhat StaffBy edhat staff
The Santa Barbara County Public Health Department reports 226 new COVID-19 cases and six deaths on Thursday.
Six individuals were 70+ years of age and four had underlying medical conditions. One death was associated with an outbreak at a congregate facility. Three people resided in Santa Maria, two in the Santa Ynez Valley, and one in Santa Barbara.
There have been 285 deaths due to COVID-19 in the county since the start of the pandemic.
There are currently 1,685 active cases in the community. Of those, 193 are hospitalized including 51 in the intensive care unit (ICU).
Santa Barbara County is reporting 12.8% ICU availability.
More data is available at https://publichealthsbc.org/status-reports/
“One death was associated with an outbreak at a congregate facility. ” Why is this still happening???
“Santa Barbara County is reporting 12.8% ICU availability.” Less than 15%, so shouldn’t we be fully locked down???
When I was in college, several decades ago – my microbiology professor told me a story in his office (out of class time). He and a colleague, years before, had been tasked by a government agency to blanket a city (San Fransisco) with a bacteria. The method they settled on was aerosols off planes taking off from the SF airport. I remember him telling me it was a red bacteria, and that was why, for years, there was a deep wound infection problem in SF hospitals after surgeries. You can’t sanitize an entire air filtration system. I know there was a similar type experiment in Chicago off the roof tops of buildings. Not a conspiracy theory. Something a scientist told me.
Always question. Nothing wrong with that. The worst is that you’re just wasting your own time. Now I see why you check the numbers. I’m the same way, and that comes naturally to me as a I’ve always be inquisitive and maybe that’s why science came easy to me.
Attaining the status of Professor doesn’t automatically confer the status of sanity.
Where is Nostrachumash? I don’t know if I got his/her name right, but I am missing them in the conversation. Sending good thoughts.