CA Governor @GavinNewsom is so afraid to be recalled that he will play politics with Black and brown lives? He will lift the #StayAtHome order tomorrow, though the #CovidData doesn't support that.
A thread about exactly how wrong that is. #StaySafe https://www.kron4.com/news/california/gov-newsom-to-lift-stay-at-home-order-monday-source/
A thread about exactly how wrong that is. #StaySafe https://www.kron4.com/news/california/gov-newsom-to-lift-stay-at-home-order-monday-source/
Three days ago #California broke its own record for most #Covid_19 deaths in a single day: 736. https://themercury.com/ap/national/california-sees-record-breaking-covid-19-deaths-a-lagging-indicator-of-winter-surge/article_3ae47877-267b-5478-b3d0-cc2b92cd9fc4.html
In Los Angeles County, 10 people on average test positive for the #coronavirus every minute. Every six minutes, someone dies from #COVID19, according to county public health data. https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/coronavirus/1-person-dies-every-6-minutes-how-l-a-became-the-nations-largest-coronavirus-hot-spot/2507316/
The National Guard has been called in #LosAngeles County to help manage hospital morgues overloaded by #COVID19 deaths. https://ktla.com/news/local-news/refrigerated-trucks-arrive-in-l-a-as-bodies-pile-up-at-hospital-morgues-amid-rising-covid-19-death-toll/
Limits on how many cremations can be done in a day and air quality regulations have been lifted in Los Angeles so they can burn more corpses dead from #COVID19 https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/01/19/958354466/cremation-limits-lifted-in-la-due-to-backlog-as-covid-19-deaths-skyrocket
Though ICU capacity in the #BayArea has recently improved to 23.4% after weeks in the single digits, ICU availability in Central and Southern California remains at 0% due to the surge in #COVID19 cases. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/26/world/central-and-southern-california-icu-capacity.html
Perhaps the most damning news of all: A novel strain/variant of #COVID19 is rapidly spreading in #California that may escape antibodies, making vaccines less effective. https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/01/18/california-coronavirus-variant/
Our communities are losing their coherence. Evictions in #California are projected to double as a direct result of both #COVID19 and the failure to offer adequate #Pandemic relief plans. https://www.latimes.com/homeless-housing/story/2021-01-20/california-eviction-cases-slated-to-double-covid-19
Farmworkers, teachers, grocery store clerks and other essential workers might have to wait until this summer to be #vaccinated against the #coronavirus as California considers giving priority to older residents. I want all our vulnerable people protected. https://ktla.com/news/california/california-considers-prioritizing-age-above-all-for-covid-19-vaccine/
But... California's vaccine rollout is slow as fuck. https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Five-key-reasons-for-California-s-slow-COVID-15871670.php
With more than 400,000 COVID deaths, the long-term complications for survivors, and a health care system that is straining to care for people with other diseases -- #COVID19 is reducing our life expectancy, especially for Black and Latino communities. https://www.princeton.edu/news/2021/01/15/covid-19-reduced-us-life-expectancy-especially-among-black-and-latino-populations