The following well-drafted letter has been sent to Governor Gavin Newsom from the Mammoth Lakes Lodging Association, Mammoth Lakes Restaurant Association, and Chamber of Commerce respectfully appealing for the state to allow the regional stay at home order to expire as soon as possible amid concerns that local businesses can no longer sustain further financial losses by allowing local businesses to reopen and continue to conduct their businesses safely under the restrictions in the Purple (Widespread) Tier.
Furthermore, they ask that Mono County be removed from the Southern California region citing the vast difference in populations in Los Angeles County, and that Mono County be placed in a region appropriate to its demographics, e.g., a region consisting of the following counties: Inyo, Mono and Alpine.
@Rhoagydc This is a rediculous and dangerous statement, contrary to science. The National Institutes of Health found that: “. . . high temperature and high humidity significantly reduce the transmission of COVID-19. . .” https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7447231/ In another study: “Cold and dry conditions were potentiating factors on the spread of the… Read more »
I know someone who almost died due to the stay-at-home order. Sometimes we look at our own lives, which may involve spouses, children, roommates, work connections, and think “what’s the big deal”. But for many people the result is isolation, loneliness, depression, and suicidal thoughts. Some people would rather die… Read more »
Rhoagydc — Ridiculous statement, exactly the opposite of fact. The National Institutes of Health found that: “. . . high temperature and high humidity significantly reduce the transmission of COVID-19. . .” https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7447231/ In another study: “Cold and dry conditions were potentiating factors on the spread of the virus.” https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7500589/… Read more »
One anecdotal story from my so.cal family: we are super careful, do not party or meet up or eat out or even take out, wear masks everywhere including outdoors, and have been for months. Reserved a walking distance to the lifts, ground level condo, which was cancelled on us. With… Read more »
Thanks for being soo responsible, how about stop your unnecessary travel and also the stay at home order also applies to you! You are so disconnected from reality. People like you give Californian’s a bad name. Local’s on the eastside wish you just stayed at home, we do not want… Read more »
loneranger2 That post you made,something most ALL of us think and feel,and have felt this whole past Spring and Summer,but for some reason,for most, were “afraid” to say it. Not only because of the COVID issues coming here from down south,but,as you say,the bad attitudes,over run by tourists and their… Read more »
loneranger2 – Well, that’s quite the reply. I understand that there are people who flaunt the rules in extremity, and I completely disagree with that behavior. I also believe that the state’s hard-line stance is creating a huge population of people who ignore all rules, based upon first hand observation.… Read more »
You still don’t get it, stay in your local region. You are not exempt from the stay at home order and choosing to drive 5 hours or more is not responsible or appropriate during this time. Go play locally! Everyone needs to be responsible and for every “responsible” person like… Read more »
As a business owner in Mono County, I am sorry to see you go. So many people in Inyo/Mono, see the Rona as black and white. I was just down in Orange County, and was able to enjoy restaurants and even a bar. It felt so normal. My life is… Read more »
People like you, “full and important” lives, are making sure that 3000+ people per day have NO life to live.
Typical “hair on fire” response….
Why does you choice have to be on either extreme? why does have to be either holding up inside all the time or going out and doing things like normal? If you still support bars and restaurants by taking it to-go. You can even do that with alcohol now. The… Read more »
Really, stay at home means stay at home! Most folks don’t appreciate how few ICU beds Mammoth hospital has. No matter how careful you may be, you can still have a heart attack, a motor vehicle accident, or sports injury that could leave you needing one of those beds. Under… Read more »
Hi Lydia – that is a very good point you have made, and not something one immediately thinks of. I thought I read a few days ago that there are no covid patients at Mammoth hospital, is that incorrect? Based on this concern, it sounds like the residents of Mammoth… Read more »
Mono is shipping their cases to the hospital in Bishop
Where in the world did you get that idea!!
Greetings SD Mtn lover, as of today my sources tell me Mammoth Hosp indeed has no COVID patients and one ICU bed is available. Down the hill, Bishop I believe has seven COVID patients, two in ICU. You are right that there are many people skiing, both locals and non… Read more »
Totally not angry at you. Please come back some day. There is a “silent majority” that feels they can’t say things, because we want all the grandmas dead – that isn’t true. It is so sad….
Lydia you are ill-informed. Mammoth hospital has not had anywhere close to 5 beds used at any time throughout the pandemic. Mammoth Hospital transports people to Reno and occasionally to other facilities in Central CA and rarely Southern CA. Mammoth Hospital has a surge capacity of up to 80 if… Read more »
As is typical in discussing this virus, the “facts” are not cut and dried…nor are the actual numbers and reports “fully matured.” Authorities have said that they feel that the numbers of Covid deaths is likely undercounted. An article in USA Today was quoted in a widely shared post on… Read more »
Some of our selfish fellow Americans don’t care about others. They go to Xmas parties, bars and hair cutting places, get covid and spread it carelessly. I’ve seen it. I know some of these people. They go out in public when they are knowingly sick. They don’t give a damn.… Read more »
Did Mammoth Mountain pay someone to write that letter? My own family stills calls this a hoax. We’ve already lost one family member and a 40 year old dear friend and great father. I watched him grow up. Eight of my family members have contacted it. It ain’t no joke.… Read more »
Mammoth is uniquely positioned to be economic crystal of recovery for the entire west coast. Mammoth is the only community that possesses 3 qualities that viruses hate, HIGH ALTITUDE, EXTREMELY LOW HUMIDITY, and PERSISTENT HIGH WINDS. Even the the common influenza virus type A rarely occurs there because it simply… Read more »
Get out of here with all your science!
That’s not science – that’s a pseudo-technical marketing statement that is contradicted by the empirical data (of the ~8000 TOML residents over 500 have tested positive- a per capita infection rate that is among the highest in CA). Scientific results would include a test of that statement demonstrating lower transmission… Read more »
Js is surely being facetious. One can hope rhoagydc is being satiric. Don’t know what to make of ML Restauarant, Lodging and Chamber letter. Can’t think of anything kind…
I don’t know about #1 and #3 but every resource I’v found says low humidity is not good. As for number 3 most infections are indoors so..https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/hsph-in-the-news/op-ed-humidity-can-aid-in-the-fight-against-covid-19/
Rhoagydc Ridiculous statement re humidity, exactly the opposite of fact. National Institute for Health states “Considering the existing scientific evidence, warm and wet climates seem to reduce the spread of COVID-19.” https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7500589/ In another study: “… high temperature and high humidity significantly reduce the transmission of COVID-19” https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7447231/
Rhoagydc Ridiculous statement. The National Institutes of Health found that: “. . . high temperature and high humidity significantly reduce the transmission of COVID-19. . .” https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7447231/ In another study: “Cold and dry conditions were potentiating factors on the spread of the virus.” https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7500589/ More: ” Researchers found that both… Read more »
Ridiculous statement. The National Institutes of Health found that: “. . . high temperature and high humidity significantly reduce the transmission of COVID-19. . .” https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7447231/ In another study: “Cold and dry conditions were potentiating factors on the spread of the virus.” https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7500589/ More: ” Researchers found that both lower… Read more »
Meanwhile everyone went to New Year’s Eve parties last night. 75% of all infections occur in your own homes and private gatherings. A huge portion at large retailers and fast food. Yet all of you want to point fingers at small businesses that have almost no impact whatsoever on the… Read more »
Your comment is almost comical. Not everyone went to New Years parties. Really, 75% of infections occur in your home and private gatherings where did that statistic come from? People bring the virus in from outside the home from work, transit, non-social gathering at events and just bad luck. Small… Read more »
100% you need to open and stop letting Newsom Kill people and business. We need to feed our family’s I have a 4 yr old andn7 yr old what do I say when when loose our house because we can’t work. I am open and working . No one is… Read more »
Great. The market is Southern California and the coroner cannot process all the deaths. The infection rate is off the scale and we are asking to bring more possible positive cases to the area? That is just insane! Yes your business may not survive but if you personally get Covid-19… Read more »
Apparently you don’t read statistics. Covid has a 99.7% survival rate. It’s not a reason to close down everything. You have a higher chance of choking than dying from covid so are you going to stop eating food now? Hope you like smoothies!
“go to black”? It’s a disease with a 99.7% survival rate for the vast majority of us (per CDC), 95% for the most vulnerable (over 80). Meanwhile, Florida, completely open, no statewide mask mandate – and a population whose median age is 6 years older than us and thus is… Read more »
If local businesses can’t sustain further financial losses that’s to bad. They need to remain closed for the greater good and to save lives.
Blame the country’s government that has insisted on doing *nothing* for most of the year, leaving small businesses to collapse and people to lose their homes
This is absolutely crazy and should not be allowed, what is Mono thinking? As California, more importantly So Cal continues to explode with cases, the new epicenter in the country, there is no way this should be allowed. Endangering the people of this community for economic gains because people can… Read more »
Also, the letter states patients are transferred to Carson, Reno hospitals. They have their own spikes and COVID-19 deaths to deal with. Do you think they will willingly accept eastern Sierra Covid positive patients?
It’s not just ICU beds…it’s NO beds, period. UCI , the hospital that had me as a patient for 7 months for cancer treatment has erected a M.A.S.H. type tent hospital in their parking lot for the over-flow . And since my follow-up treatment isn’t life threatening, it’s been postponed… Read more »
Ill say it again. 9 months and BILLIONS of dollars in CARES Act funds for California to hire new staff, increase ICU capacity etc if they wanted to. No preparations were made. Also ICU capacity is always swamped this time of year. So many people here are acting like a… Read more »
You can’t just conjure highly trained staff out of thin air. To my knowledge, healthcare workers are pretty much fully-employed (with some even coming out of retirement). These folks take years to train, not one or two seasons… All the money in the world can’t magically create more nurses and… Read more »
I think TOML makes a good point and addresses BaddayBlackrock’s concern. We live in Mammoth full time and in our neighborhood we have seen an increase in lodging at private homes. Homes that used to only have 2 cars visible on holiday weekends now have 4-5 packed in. So the… Read more »
And when it was the rest of Mono County’s season – this spring and summer – you heard crickets from Mammoth. Thanks Supervisor Pickleball.
Just remember this, the next time a “pandemic” hits – we truly are in this together, and we ALL need to have our voices heard!