The latest bullshit from the county I live in. No doubt the county's vaccination rate might be the worst in the nation. Monterey County government is useless except to collect and spend our tax dollars. Fuck 'em.
BREAKING NEWS FROM THE CARMEL PINE CONE
February 13, 2021, 3:47 p.m.
IS MONTEREY COUNTY'S VACCINATION RATE WORST IN NATION?
On Thursday the Wall Street Journal, citing data from Feb. 9,
reported that Alabama had the worst vaccination rate in the nation, with just 10,013 doses administered per 100,000 residents. But on the same date,
Monterey County said only about 8,000 doses had been administered here per 100,000 county residents. Nationwide county-by-county vaccination data doesn't seem to be publicly available, but if Monterey County is that far behind Alabama, the county's vaccination rate has to be one of the worst in the country. (Not that I give a flying fuck. STILL not getting vaccinated. They can go bite me crank, matey! - JS)
The State of California, meanwhile, is doing much better.
According to the latest numbers from the Centers for Disease Control, California has administered a total of 5.5 million doses of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, or more than 14,000 per 100,000 population. Nationwide, about 15,000 doses have been administered per 100,000 Americans — or almost double the Monterey County rate — the CDC said.
The county is doing such a poor job getting shots into arms, it's easy to see why it also lags in moving through the eligibility tiers. One month ago today,
Gov. Gavin Newsom said everyone 65 and over was eligible to be vaccinated, but Monterey County has given no indication when it will actually let people in the 65-to-74 group start receiving their shots. And then yesterday,
state health secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly said Californians who are 64 and younger and have severe health conditions would be eligible to get a coronavirus vaccine beginning March 15. Will Monterey County be on board with that? It doesn't seem likely.
NEW INFECTIONS CONTINUE STEADY DECLINE
The latest stats announced this morning by the county health department show 809 new coronavirus cases confirmed among county residents over the last week — a decline of 27 percent from the total one week ago and 77 percent lower than the total for the week ending Jan. 13.
This week's 809 cases include 141 on the Monterey Peninsula: 66 in Seaside, 35 in Marina, 25 in Monterey, six in Pacific Grove, three in Pebble Beach, two each in Carmel Valley and Carmel area (93923), one in Carmel-by-the-Sea and none in Big Sur. A single case was attributed to an unspecified area. The county's 809 new cases also include 586 in Salinas and the Salinas Valley.
If you're looking for an update on Monterey County's status under the state's
Blueprint for a Safer Economy shutdown rules, we can tell you that today's update shows the county has made a lot of progress toward moving from the Purple Tier to the Red Tier, though we still have a long way to go. As of right now, the county's 7-day average of new cases per 100,000 residents is 25.3. One month ago, it was 111.0. It has to get to 7.0 before more sectors of our economy will be allowed to reopen.
The Monterey County Health Department's coronavirus data website is
here, and the latest numbers from the California Department of Public Health are
here.
Please remember that if you're eligible you can try to make an appointment for a vaccination in Monterey County by checking these websites:
mcvaccinate.com, offered by the county health department, and
www.chomp.org/vaccine, which is the site for clinics operated by Community Hospital. You may also be able to schedule a vaccination at
cvs.com. (And monkeys might fly out of my ass. - JS)