Evacuation orders have been issued for communities around the Duhamel Creek in British Columbia. Evacuation alerts have been issued for 100 properties within the Six Mile community around the Duhamel Creek in British Columbia, Canada, as of 7:00 p.
Temperatures have risen over most of the southwestern United States this week, leaving locals sweating as daily record highs are threatened, notably in California's Death Valley, where temperatures might reach 120 degrees.
co-morbidities? people who smoked? who were over the age of 70? do we know anything more? they re mostly older folks, mostly people with co-morbidities, like diabetes as well as morbid obesity. as you go up in age groups, the risk increases. that s why the boosters are so important for 65 plus. and why i m encouraging the fourth shot for people. in older age group today as well. the same pattern that s we ve seen throughout covid. the older you are, the more co-morbidities you have, the more likely you are to die. we ve seen it play out with omicron. unfortunately, with this new variant, the primary series is better than nothing. only 22% of americans have received no shots and those still represent 60% of those. shouldn t we consider fully vaccinated to be the two shots plus the booster at the very
people are trying to figure out how to make these risk calculations as we talk about all the time. there is some pushback againsted new cdc isolation guidelines how long to stay away from people if you actually get covid. dr. fauci says you can still have small gatherings of vaccinated and boosted people together in a home, suggesting about six people is okay, but then he kind of says 40 people isn t. so where do you draw the line? you re right, it s all about risk mitigation. i think that what the guidelines say ten days or five days, the rule should be preventing disease. you want to avoid getting disease. so, you know, six people that you regularly are around that are completely vaccinated that have low risk careers, making good choices, that s probably going to be fine. as that number increases, your risk increases and so you really need to be looking at your own risk factors, your own health, are you fully vaccinated and boosted, what is your job, are you able to work from home,
to save lives, and right now, we are doing everything that we possibly can. as you look at the challenge of vaccinations, the good news is that it s not static. those numbers are going up every day in arkansas. people are getting vaccinated as the omicron continues to spread. that risk increases, the people s understanding of the importance of it. i don t believe that the mandate is the right way to go at this time, particularly the federal mandate that should be struck down, because that s going to give us a greater worker shortage. it s going to increase the resistance for taking the vaccine, which is what we want to be able to do. over time, and i think the cdc this last week did a good job of harmonizing and reducing the burden of the isolation period. i think that makes it easier for us to live with this in a safer fashion over time, as the