Santa Barbara County Doesn't Qualify for Orange Tier - Santa Barbara Edhat

Santa Barbara County is not eligible to move into the orange tier due to an uptick in COVID-19 cases, says Public Health.

Even though state officials announced today the metrics are widening yet again due to 4 million of the most at-risk Californians being vaccinated, Santa Barbara County came up short.

During Tuesday's Board of Supervisors meeting, Public Health Director Dr.

Van Do-Reynoso stated the county has a 6.8 adjusted case rate per 100,000 population and it needs a 5.9 or lower for two consecutive weeks to qualify for the less restrictive orange tier.

Last week Santa Barbara County had a 5.3 adjusted case rate. "We will have some work ahead of us," she said. .

The Public Health Department is attributing the slight uptick as a result of reopening and loosening restrictions.

Do-Reynoso said the pandemic is shifting nationally towards younger unvaccinated people who appear to be more mobile and social.

Locally there has been an increase in cases for people in their 20's who are college students or work in offices.

Regionally the increase is seen in Santa Barbara, Goleta, unincorporated areas of Goleta, and unincorporated north county.

On Monday, the Public Health Department announced anyone age 16 or older are now eligible to receive the vaccine at public health vaccination sites due to a large volume of vaccine availability.

Approximately 17.3% of Santa Barbara County is fully vaccinated with 30% receiving at least one dose of the two-dose vaccine.

The Public Health Department administered 8,314 first vaccine doses in Lompoc last week and they plan to administer 9,150 doses in Santa Maria this week and 7,530 doses in Santa Barbara next week.

And those, GeneralTree - you'll like this, anyone who chooses not to take the vaccine will be deemed a 'public health threat' and isolation facilities will be established.

“ A vaccine based on messenger RNA (mRNA) technology, such as Moderna COVID‑19 Vaccine, does not use inactivated virus, attenuated virus, or any other kind of virus.”.

Most people are just sheep that follow trends/fads and don't really care about---or expect---quality anymore?

“ The Moderna COVID‑19 Vaccine has not been approved or licensed by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA),”.

“ Data are not available to assess the effects of Moderna COVID‑19 Vaccine on the breastfed infant or on milk production/excretion.”.

Available data on Moderna COVID‑19 Vaccine administered to pregnant women are insufficient to inform vaccine-associated risks in pregnancy.”.

That’s opposed to the ads running on tv saying the vaccine is safe for pregnant women.

7 for 100,000 people testing positive.

Also, per the Cottage Health article 150,000 of the 347,000 adults have been vaccinated plus the 33,000 Re I eyed people.

183,000 people are now immune.

Pub health has been saying that for years to limit the spread of the flu.

Herd immunity is coming, unless you’re public health listening to big pharma who has a financial interest in you not getting well.

Most deaths are in vitamin deficient people such as overweight, lower socioeconomic, etc...

Who is fighting for this county.

Too bad California and Santa Barbara county has no pro-personal responsibility, pro freedom leaders.

How shameful, the rest of Southern California is easing up, while our county remains with high numbers… Maybe the county supervisors need to worry more about their lack of enforcement of some of the public health orders, allowing overcrowded gyms to remain open, and less “shaming” of people who have gone to any lengths to get vaccines.

The contempt they (esp Das Williams, and the PH director) expressed today for “south county” and “white” people who sought and got vaccines is truly mind boggling!

Our county has lagged behind our neighboring counties in distributing and opening up a wider net; if the pharmacies in Oxnard or SLO or Orcutt “allow” someone to sign up for a vaccine, yay.

"I thought it interesting that Das and others expressed dismay at white people driving up north to get vaccines.

You mean the same Das Williams that sends out eblasts on vaccine locations, including Santa Maria.

The same Das that as a supervisor, has oversight of this same public health department?

The one that had such a struggle getting vaccines, and registrations for people out?

The same department where 211 rang endlessly?

I thought it interesting that Das and others expressed dismay at white people driving up north to get vaccines.

Some people truly are delusional