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It is Groundhog Day Every Day in California Under COVID Lockdowns

December 7, 2020 7:32 amDecember 8, 2020 4:23 pm

With Californians being forced back into business closures, school closures, stay-at-home orders in a statewide lockdown again, it feels like Groundhog Day — every day. Groundhog Day is an old Pennsylvania Dutch tradition that says if a groundhog emerges from...

Gov. Newsom Locks Down California, Bans Bars and Salons, Restricts Travel, in Time for Christmas

December 3, 2020 4:54 pmDecember 4, 2020 2:50 pm

“If we don’t act now, more lives will be lost,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday at a press briefing announcing statewide lockdown orders and travel restrictions. “We want to nix mixing. Full stop.” Newsom added. The governor claims “Our...

Is California’s COVID ‘Surge’ Real?

November 29, 2020 10:09 amDecember 2, 2020 9:06 am

Headlines this weekend screamed “Record-high COVID-19 caseload at Sacramento hospitals as coronavirus surge worsens.” That was a Sacramento Bee headline, blaming “people gathering indoors at Thanksgiving and other holiday events,” only one day after Thanksgiving. “Sacramento hospitals reported a record-high...

Dubious Reports of California’s ‘Sudden Surge’ in COVID-19 Patients

November 13, 2020 1:45 pmNovember 13, 2020 1:45 pm

News reports of a sudden surge in California COVID-19 cases overwhelming hospitals appear dubious at best. While Governor Gavin Newsom has ramped up testing thus producing more positive tests, he and the state’s public health officials continue to ignore the...

Gov. Newsom Says No COVID Vax For Masses, Pleads With Californians to Wear Masks

November 9, 2020 2:57 pmNovember 9, 2020 2:57 pm

California Gov. Gavin Newsom performed his noon update on California’s response to the coronavirus, continuing to instill the state’s residents with ongoing fear, while insisting compliance with the mask mandate… um, “guidelines.” The state is still under a significant lockdown...

Bill To Create A State Suicide Prevention Office Passes Senate, Assembly

September 5, 2020 7:31 am

Earlier this week, a bill that would create the Office of Suicide Prevention within the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) and increase suicide prevention measures with in the state unanimously passed both houses in Sacramento, leaving only Governor Gavin...

Coronavirus Deaths Continue to Fall Even as Number of Cases Rise

June 25, 2020 1:42 pmJune 25, 2020 4:14 pm

‘The curve hasn’t just been flattened, it’s been crushed.’ The number of coronavirus deaths per day has continued to fall in June even as the number of cases has increased due to ramped up testing. “Cases” only mean those...