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Gov. Newsom begins his press conference announcing grim averages for COVID-19:
* 7-day average has his 15,121
* 18,591 recorded on Dec. 2
Newsom said Thanksgiving numbers are yet to come in, but echoes Dr. Fauci's warnings that they will represent a "surge on top of a surge."
* 7-day average has his 15,121
* 18,591 recorded on Dec. 2
Newsom said Thanksgiving numbers are yet to come in, but echoes Dr. Fauci's warnings that they will represent a "surge on top of a surge."
"The bottom line is if we don't act now, our hospital system will be overwhelmed. If we don't act now, we'll continue to see the death rate climb, more lives lost," Newsom said.
Newsom just officially announced a modified, regional stay-at-home order based on ICU capacity that you can read about here: https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article247546405.html#storylink=mainstage_card2
California is now split into five regions for this approach:
Bay Area
Greater Sacramento
Northern California
Northern San Joaquin Valley
Southern California
The last four could possibly reach that triggering ICU capacity this week.
Bay Area
Greater Sacramento
Northern California
Northern San Joaquin Valley
Southern California
The last four could possibly reach that triggering ICU capacity this week.
Services that will have to shut down:
- Bars
- Wineries
- Salons
- Personal services
- Bars
- Wineries
- Salons
- Personal services
Sectors that can stay open:
- Schools that "have received a waiver"
- "Critical infrastructure"
- Retail, though only at 20% capacity
- Restaurants, but for take-out/delivery only
- Schools that "have received a waiver"
- "Critical infrastructure"
- Retail, though only at 20% capacity
- Restaurants, but for take-out/delivery only
Among the activities encouraged are: parks, beaches, hikes, bike rides, fishing, yoga/meditation, dog walks, outdoor workout classes, runs, skiing, snowboarding and sledding.
Newsom said, however, that this is the last surge and there's "light at the end of the tunnel."
Newsom said, however, that this is the last surge and there's "light at the end of the tunnel."
The state still has thousands of ventilators available, Newsom said.
"You talk about strife, you talk about stress, you talk about the need to be empathetic, we have asked so much from our health care workers. And we are asking them now for more still," Newsom said. "This is profoundly challenging."
VACCINE UPDATE: "Help is on the way," Newsom said. "Vaccines are about to arrive in the state of California in the next few weeks."
The state has "sub-prioritized" the 327,000 doses that will arrive first into 3 tiers for Plan 1-A:
TIER 1:
- Acute care, psychiatric & correctional facility hospitals
- Nursing & assisted living facilities
- Paramedics, EMTs and other emergency responders
- Dialysis centers
TIER 1:
- Acute care, psychiatric & correctional facility hospitals
- Nursing & assisted living facilities
- Paramedics, EMTs and other emergency responders
- Dialysis centers
TIER 2:
- Intermediate facilities
- Home health/in-home supportive services
- Community health workers
- Public health field staff
- Primary care clinics
- Intermediate facilities
- Home health/in-home supportive services
- Community health workers
- Public health field staff
- Primary care clinics
TIER 3:
- Specialty clinics
- Lab workers
- Dental/oral health clinics
- Pharmacy staff not working in more stringent tiers
You can read more about the plan here: https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article247512730.html
- Specialty clinics
- Lab workers
- Dental/oral health clinics
- Pharmacy staff not working in more stringent tiers
You can read more about the plan here: https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article247512730.html
