Calaveras, Mariposa and Tuolumne remain in the Orange Tier of the State’s Blueprint for a safer economy. Amador has now moved to the Yellow Tier. The State released this week’s Blueprint update today with data for the week ending May 8th. Tuolumne County’s Case Rate increased to 3.3, and the Test Positivity Rate is at 1.7 percent. Calaveras is at 4.5 Case Rate with a Test Positivity Rate of 3.2 percent, Mariposa is at a 2.4 Case Rate and a Test Positivity Rate of 1.1 percent while Amador is at a 2.6 Case Rate and .5 percent Test Positivity Rate. Metrics exclude prisons and are calculated per 100,000 population with Tuolumne’s population estimated at 52,351, Calaveras’s population 44,289, Mariposa 17,795 and Amador 38,531.
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On mask shaming
The CDC announced new mask protocols. You can avoid mask wearing if you are vaccinated. The key is vaccinated. However, here in Riverside County, we did not even qualify to go from the Orange Tier to the Yellow Tier.
Recently, I’ve been mask shamed for wearing my mask at an event that was not following the county tier guidelines. “Because Covid is over.”
I had another exchange on social media that one person feels it’s a violation of privacy to ask at such an event if someone is vaccinated. Churches and business groups have different rules for attendance and mask wearing. Organizers paid no attention. Perhaps it was not painful enough to have our local businesses shuttered or limited for the last 15 months. Forget that a mask is a simple way to keep safe.
California reopening tier system will end in mid-June, ending capacity limits and some public masking requirements
Board of Supervisors Chair Bob Nelson says during Tuesday’s meeting that the state of California should align with the new federal masking guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Santa Barbara Public Health Director Van Do-Reynoso, right, said county representatives voted to do so, but were in the minority among California counties. (Screenshot via Santa Barbara County ) By Jade Martinez-Pogue, Noozhawk Staff Writer | @MartinezPogue
May 18, 2021
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new COVID-19-related mask guidance saying fully vaccinated individuals do not need to wear face coverings in most indoor settings, but California, and Santa Barbara County, will not change the current mandates until June 15, Public Health Director Van Do-Reynoso shared at Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting.
May 19, 2021
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Sonoma County will be staying in the Orange Tier on the state’s coronavirus tier list for two more weeks. The county failed to move into the Yellow Tier after yesterday’s weekly tier list update. Local health officials said that while the county’s outlook in the pandemic continues to improve, they still missed the adjusted case rate threshold. To more into the Yellow Tier, a county needs to have an adjusted case rate of two new cases per 100,000 residents. The county’s current rate is barely short of that threshold with two-point-two new daily cases per 100,000.