The Surge Gets Closer

Mendocino County Numbers for 11-09-20Total cases: 1242New cases: 11Pending Tests: 1260+Hospitalization: 10 (1 ICU)6.5 per 100,000 per day3.75% positivity rateDeaths: 22Testing:Mendocino Coast Clinics: testing weekly through November 15 call 964-1251  for an appt. Anderson Valley Health Center: testing weekly through November 15, Thursday 9am-10:30, Anderson Valley HS Parking LotOptumserv: Ukiah at the fairgrounds 7am to 7pm, Sunday to Thursdays. No appt. Needed. FreeCalls: What does it mean to quarantine? You should be walled off from the rest of society for 14 days.The new vaccine needing to be kept at below 80 degrees celsius limits the distribution of this virus.If we had started masking and social distancing in February what would our death count be now? California actually started pretty early compared to other states, and it is suspected that this decision saved 100,000 lives in the state. It's very hard to predict accurate numbers for the entire country.What is the availability and turn around for testing in the county? Optumserve is still up and running in Ukiah. Health centers in the county will soon lose their allotment of tests that are normally sent to UCSF.Is it true that 1 in 32 people have either had COVID-19 or are currently infected? Yes.