Hope everyone had the best Christmas possible.
Here's the latest bullshit from the county I live in.
BREAKING NEWS FROM THE CARMEL PINE CONE
December 26, 2020, 1:57 p.m.
HOLIDAY CATCH-UP: CASE NUMBERS SWING WILDLY, REGION'S ICUs STILL HAVE EMPTY BEDS
Up-to-date information about the status of Monterey County's coronavirus epidemic has been very hard to come by over the holidays, with the daily case totals reported by the Monterey County health department varying between six cases on Christmas Eve and none on Christmas Day, to 981 today.
Since health officer Dr. Ed Moreno's Wednesday news conference — when he said the current stay-home order wasn't working because the public wasn't complying with it — the health department hasn't offered anything to explain what the latest numbers mean and what the current trends are. We can only hope to hear more from Dr. Moreno or one of his top epidemiologists on Monday. (Hey, Ed. Wonder why people aren't complying? Look in the mirror, motherfucker. You long since lost any credibility. Suck a big one, Eddie. - JS)
County-wide, the data show that 3,036 cases of coronavirus have been reported this week, down from 4,937 the week before. Is this significant, or just another data glitch? We do not know. (That's because Monterey County is run by incompetent fucks! - JS)
Looking at weekly numbers from various parts of the county, we can also tell you that Salinas and the Salinas Valley remain the county's hot spots — and by a wide margin. They had 2,329 of the week's cases, while the Monterey Peninsula had 346, including 135 in Seaside, 77 in Marina, 75 in Monterey, 23 in Carmel area (93923), 17 in Pacific Grove, seven in Carmel Valley, three in Pebble Beach, two in Carmel-by-the-Sea and none in Big Sur. These are totals for the last seven days. (I STILL don't know ANYONE who has had this disease, for real. - JS)
CHOMP, SVMH and Natividad haven't provided any updates since Thursday, but the county health department says there are currently 176 coronavirus-positive patients in Monterey County hospitals, while the California Department of Public Health says the county has 35 patients in ICUs with coronavirus-related illnesses, and that 15 ICU beds are available in Monterey County, while in the Greater Bay Area region, ICU availability stands at 11.3 percent. Six Monterey County residents died this week while infected with the virus, the county reported, bringing the total to 186 and making the county's death rate .0004, or 400 per million.
To see the latest data from the Monterey County health department, click
here. And for the most up-to-date info from the CDPH, click
here. Below, you can also find our latest charts and tables about the status of the epidemic in Monterey County, including cases by zip code.
In the utter bullshit department, got a letter from the Veterans' Administration today telling me the application for a higher disability rating for hearing loss was denied. Hmmm...hearing has gone downhill so much over the years that this year the VA has provided me free hearing aids (very nice, top-shelf), supplies, repairs, audiologist appointments, etc., for life. But according to their tests the hearing hasn't gotten bad enough to warrant a few more bucks a month. Their tests are given in a sound-proof enclosure. I said this was bogus, because I don't live my life in a sound-proof enclosure. Get out into the world of sound and I don't do well without hearing aids. The VA didn't buy this logic. Please...they have no problem handing out money to fakers regularly. Penny-wise and pound-foolish. They can go eat me.
" whilst some more cynical comments said things like "We are so tired and overwhelmed, now watch us dance as dying people struggle to breathe!". In fact, the comments section of this video restored my faith in humanity a bit...
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