29 September 2021: A Changing Landscape?
Why did I take a break from blogging and is it because COVID-19 in 2021 looks a lot like COVID-19 in 2020? Perhaps so
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15 Jun 2021: Re-opening Day
To a moderate degree of fanfare, California “reopened” from COVID-19. As aptly summed up by the LA Daily News (link: https://www.dailynews.com/2021/06/14/la-county-joining-california-set-to-largely-reopen-tuesday-june-15-after-more-than-a-year-of-coronavirus-restrictions-heres-what-that-means/): “After a year of scrambling to stay alive, businesses will be allowed to forgo coronavirus-related…
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22 April 2021 Blog Post: Continued Decline in COVID-19 Rates in Los Angeles County
COVID-19 case rates continue to decline in Los Angeles County and now stand at 3.6 new daily cases per 100,000. The last time we had a case rate this low was March 24th, 2020 and our…
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With all the (appropriate) focus on how vaccines can help open schools, business and recreation safely – we shouldn’t forget about testing. Today we will do almost 150 rapid antigen tests in an outdoor setting.
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7 April 2021 Blog: Towards More Aggressive Reopening in Los Angeles County
In near simultaneous statements, Governor Newsom announced plans for a wide reopening of the state (link: https://abc7news.com/newsom-update-green-tier-california-system-orange-rules/10491250/), while Los Angeles County officials revealed that COVID-19 case declines have ‘stalled’, risking such plans (link: https://patch.com/california/los-angeles/las-coronavirus-case-rate-levels-thwarting-more-reopenings). Can both…
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COVID-19 and the San Francisco “Miracle”
Returning to a topic I have covered in previous blog posts - the San Francisco COVID-19 response has generally been laudable. But a strange this is happening in the press such that it is now being…
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COVID-19 Update in Los Angeles County – Cases Increasing 48% since Labor Day: 27 October 2020
The Los Angeles Department of Public Health yesterday tweeted "Effective October 23rd, outside operations for go-carts, batting cages and mini golf at family entertainment centers in LA County may resume. There have also been updates to…
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18 October 2020: Why Testing Matters
In mid-July, Orange County's COVID-19 outlook was bleak. Case rates were peaking and more than 700 people were hospitalized at a time because of coronavirus. The Sheriff declared "non-enforcement" of mask ordinances, the School Board voted…
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15 October 2020 COVID-19 Update: Los Angeles County
An article in yesterday's Los Angeles Times article was entitled "Coronavirus transmission rate grows in L.A. County." This actually is not the case - it is holding steady (not particularly good news either).The Los Angeles County…
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Dysynchrony, Part 2: Los Angeles County COVID-19 Chronicles
It occurred to me that publishing the LA County epidemic curve beginning in March may not be adequately illustrating the disconnect between public health messaging and numeric reality. So I have presented the past 10 weeks…
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