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Federal assistance, in the guise of a 39-member medical team from the Department Of Defense, has started to provide assistance in San Joaquin county. The team includes 2 doctors, 2 physician assistants, 7 respiratory therapists, 24 registered nurses, and support staff. They will be assisting at Adventist Health Lodi Memorial Hospital, and at Dameron Hospital In Stockton.
Some organizers with the California Nurses Association say they feel that the reaction to the December 16th nurses’ protest was positive enough that they plan to do another tomorrow, instead of waiting until next month as originally planned. From 3:30 to 4:30 tomorrow afternoon, a caravan of nurses and community members plan to drive their individual vehicles around the perimeter of Watsonville Community Hospital. They want 2 things.... 1. Confirmation or verification that the ratios will not be waived.....and 2. They want a concrete staffing improvement plan.
A new outbreak of cases of Covid-19 has been reported at a skilled nursing facility in Santa Cruz county. That after nearly 4 dozen residents of Watsonville Nursing Center tested positive for the virus. 11 employees there have also tested positive. They are continuing to monitor all residents and they are moving those who have tested positive to an appropriate room based on test results and exposure.
A law that had been scheduled to go into effect January first has been delayed. That after opponents to the ban on flavored tobacco have gathered enough signatures to put the new law to a statewide vote. The law won’t be enforced while county clerks work to determine if there are at least 623 thousand valid signatures. The ban would not make it a crime for people to have flavored tobacco...however, it would make it a crime for retailers to sell flavored tobacco. Violators would face a 250 dollar fine.
As anticipated, the state is extending the current stay-at-home order for the Southern California and San Joaquin Valley regions. At this time, in both of those Regions, I.C.U. capacity has been at 0% for several days....and based on data it does not look as though their I.C.U. beds will exceed the 15 percent needed to move to a better tier within the next several weeks.