[teejers1]

Heard on the radio today: 30,000 new cases in California (15% of the total in the country), about half of them in LA county.  ICU capacity in southern California is down to 8%, limited by staffing.  They are trying to get traveling nurses in, which works when you have a local surge, but right now the whole country is trying to increase their staffing so there isn't a pool of travelers available.  It's worse in the central valley; ICU capacity is <5%.

As the subject heading notes, it's bad out there.

BC

So, now is Newsom doing a bad job as governor on the pandemic?

Look, it's all about personal responsibility and being smart - and that often means following the guidelines/rules.  There is obviously some chunk of these spikes attributable to folks saying "eff it," fatigue from sequestering, or what have you.  Another chunk is just going to happen in higher density areas where people don't have luxury to work from home.  

The finger-pointing and blame game is almost as tiring as the virus itself.  And let me be the first to say that I expect a lot of hiccups in vaccine rollout, too, and I don't really care who is to blame for hiccup A vs. hiccup B.  Just get better and get on with it!

[teejers1]

Heard on the radio today: 30,000 new cases in California (15% of the total in the country), about half of them in LA county.  ICU capacity in southern California is down to 8%, limited by staffing.  They are trying to get traveling nurses in, which works when you have a local surge, but right now the whole country is trying to increase their staffing so there isn't a pool of travelers available.  It's worse in the central valley; ICU capacity is <5%.

As the subject heading notes, it's bad out there.

BC

So, now is Newsom doing a bad job as governor on the pandemic?

Look, it's all about personal responsibility and being smart - and that often means following the guidelines/rules.  There is obviously some chunk of these spikes attributable to folks saying "eff it," fatigue from sequestering, or what have you.  Another chunk is just going to happen in higher density areas where people don't have luxury to work from home.  

The finger-pointing and blame game is almost as tiring as the virus itself.  And let me be the first to say that I expect a lot of hiccups in vaccine rollout, too, and I don't really care who is to blame for hiccup A vs. hiccup B.  Just get better and get on with it!