Gov Newsom has announced a new Regional Stay-At-Home Order. Here is the announcement via https://twitter.com/GavinNewsom/status/1334602447885484033
Here is the text:
>Our ICUs are climbing quickly toward their capacity. Our death rate is rising. To slow the surge of #COVID19 and save lives, CA is introducing a Regional Stay-At-Home Order.Regions where ICU capacity fall below 15% will be placed into this Stay-at-Home Order for 3 weeks.
Sectors that will remain open when a region is placed into the Regional Stay-At-Home, include:
- Schools that are already open
- Critical infrastructure
- Retail (20% capacity to reduce exposure)
- Restaurants (take-out and delivery)
Sectors that will be temporarily closed when a region is placed into the Stay-At-Home include:
**- Bars.
- Wineries.
- Personal Services.
- Hair Salons / Barbershops**.
All non-essential travel is now temporarily restricted statewide.
- Stay Active
>No regions have been placed into this Regional Stay-At-Home Order at this time.
Remember: this is temporary. Hope is on the way. Relief is on the way. A vaccine is coming -- with first doses arriving in the next few weeks.
We can get through this -- together.
There is also a Vaccine update via twitter
>VACCINE UPDATE: CA will be receiving 327k doses of the new Pfizer #COVID19 vaccine in mid December. The Drafting Guidelines Workgroup & Community Advisory Committee have now finalized recommendations for who will receive these initial doses. We have prioritized into 3 tiers:
Tier 1:
- Acute care, psychiatric and correctional facility hospitals
- Skilled nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, and similar settings for older or medically vulnerable
- Paramedics, EMTs and others providing emergency medical services
- Dialysis centers
Tier 2:
- Intermediate care facilities
- Home healthcare & supportive services
- Community health workers
- Public health field staff
- Primary Care clinics, including Rural Health Centers, correctional facility clinics and urgent care clinics
Tier 3: Other settings and health care workers, including:
- Specialty clinics
- Laboratory workers
- Dental / oral health clinics
- Pharmacy staff not working in settings at higher tiers
The 327k doses will be distributed through 6 regions in CA. Here are the doses per region:
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Note* Not currently in effect for the Sacramento Region, but is expected to be soon.
For people that are confused:
The Regional Stay Home Order would be in effect for 3 weeks after the trigger and instructs Calfornians to stay at home as much as possible to limit the mixing with other households that can lead to COVID-19 spread. It allows access to (and travel for) critical services and allows outdoor activities to preserve Californians’ physical and mental health. This limited closure will help stop the surge and prevent overwhelming regional ICU capacity.
In any region that triggers a Regional Stay Home Order because it drops below 15% ICU capacity, the following sectors must close:
- Indoor and outdoor playgrounds
- Indoor recreational facilities
- Hair salons and barbershops
- Personal care services
- Museums, zoos, and aquariums
- Movie theaters
- Wineries
- Bars, breweries, and distilleries
- Family entertainment centers
- Cardrooms and satellite wagering
- Limited services
- Live audience sports
- Amusement parks
The following sectors will have additional modifications in addition to 100% masking and physical distancing:
- Outdoor recreational facilities: Allow outdoor operation only without any food, drink or alcohol sales. Additionally, overnight stays at campgrounds will not be permitted.
- Retail: Allow indoor operation at 20% capacity with entrance metering and no eating or drinking in the stores. Additionally, special hours should be instituted for seniors and others with chronic conditions or compromised immune systems.
- Shopping centers: Allow indoor operation at 20% capacity with entrance metering and no eating or drinking in the stores. Additionally, special hours should be instituted for seniors and others with chronic conditions or compromised immune systems.
- Hotels and lodging: Allow to open for critical infrastructure support only.
- Restaurants: Allow only for take-out, pick-up, or delivery.
- Offices: Allow remote only except for critical infrastructure sectors where remote working is not possible.
- Places of worship and political expression: Allow outdoor services only.
- Entertainment production including professional sports: Allow operation without live audiences. Additionally, testing protocol and “bubbles” are highly encouraged.
The following sectors are allowed to remain open when a remote option is not possible with appropriate infectious disease preventative measures includi
... keep reading on reddit ➡Sacramento to go back under the stay at home order?
https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/OPA/Pages/NR21-029.aspx
I don't think we've really seen an improvement in ICU ever since it went downhill in December. Not sure if I was just naive, but I didn't realize how bad things would be + for so long.
This might be dumb to ask but with the stay at home restrictions coming in Monday, what kind of activities are you able to do? For example I usually run in the morning around 8, is it still possible to do so? What about going to the park?
https://covid19.ca.gov/stay-home-except-for-essential-needs/ "The Regional Stay Home Order, announced December 3, will go into effect within 48 hours in regions with less than 15% ICU availability. It prohibits private gatherings of any size, closes sector operations except for critical infrastructure and retail, and requires 100% masking and physical distancing in all others. The order will remain in effect for at least 3 weeks and, after that period, will be lifted when a region’s projected ICU capacity meets or exceeds 15%. This will be assessed on a weekly basis after the initial 3 week period."
Press conference: https://abc7.com/newsom-press-conference-live-today-gavin-stay-at-home-order-covid-19-california-shelter-in-place-update/8443007/
Most of us live in the "Southern California" region.
My 40th bday is gonna be pretty lame. Stay safe everyone.
I made a map because I haven't seen the state or media make a combined map of the Regional Stay-at-Home Order which went into effect in many counties, and colored tiers that are still in effect in other counties. This is what became effective today, Monday December 7.
map of California counties under regional stay-at-home order or colored tiers, from Dec 7 data
sources:
- regions in Regional Stay-at-Home order https://covid19.ca.gov/stay-home-except-for-essential-needs/
- Southern California region
- San Joaquin Valley region
- colored tier status by county https://covid19.ca.gov/safer-economy/
- Bay Area counties which opted-in to Regional Stay-at-Home order without waiting for the entire region to hit the 15% ICU threshold, since the largest county already has: https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/coronavirus/when-will-new-coronavirus-stay-at-home-order-impact-bay-area/2415063/ (in order from larger to smaller population)
- Santa Clara
- Alameda
- Contra Costa
- San Francisco
- Marin
