On Thursday, July 7th , Mono County COVID-19 (Coronavirus) cases increased to 27.7 cases per week per 100,000 individuals (270.01 case rate), placing the county in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDCs) COVID-19 (Coronavirus)
“High” Community Transmission Level.
Following this uptick in positive COVID-19 cases, coupled with a revolving door of visitors from other “High” Community Transmission Level counties, the Mono County Health Department is recommending additional public health protocols to help slow community spread.
“We understand the fatigue associated with COVID-19, and are grateful for the strides that
our community has made in the fight against COVID-19,” said Dr. Caryn Slack, MD, MPH,
Mono County Health Officer. “As we experience additional variants and upticks in positive
cases, we simply ask residents and visitors to remain vigilant and consider using additional
mitigating practices that have proven to reduce spread of infection.”
Recommended actions based on the “High” Community Level include:
• Wearing a mask indoors in public;
• Staying up-to-date with COVID-19 vaccines; and,
• Getting tested if you have symptoms.
Additional precautions for individuals at high risk for severe illness include:
• Staying six feet away from others;
• Avoiding poorly ventilated spaces and crowds;
• Washing your hands often;
• Covering coughs and sneezes;
• Cleaning and disinfecting high-touch surfaces; and,
• Following recommendations for quarantine and isolation.
Details on these additional precautions can be accessed here.
“Testing and isolating remain the best defense against community spread of COVID-19,”
said Dr. Slack. “With the uptick in local cases, as well as the new variants identified globally
and in the United States, it’s important that we capture local data and continue to be vigilant
about containing spread whenever possible.”
The At Home COVID-19 Reporting Portal can be accessed here. COVID-19 TESTING
Both OptumServe and Mono County Public Health provide free COVID-19 testing clinics inMono County. In addition, every home in the U.S. is eligible to order three (3) sets of at-
home COVID-19 tests from the federal government at no charge. The tests are completely free, and orders will usually ship in 7-12 days. The tests can be accessed here.
About the tests:
• The at-home tests are rapid antigen tests, not PCR
• Can be taken anywhere
• Results in 30 minutes (no lab drop-off required)
• The tests will work whether or not you have COVID-19 symptoms
• The tests will work whether or not you are up to date on your COVID-19 vaccines
When to test:
• If you begin having COVID-19 symptoms, including fever, sore throat, runny nose, or
loss of taste or smell, or
• At least 5 days after you come into close contact with someone with COVID-19, or
• When you’re going to gather with a group of people, especially those who are at risk
of severe disease or may not be up to date on their COVID-19 vaccines
Mono County Public Health offers testing in other locations throughout the county at various
times throughout the week. While both OptumServe and Mono County Public Health acceptwalk-ins at their COVID-19 testing clinics, pre-registration is strongly encouraged as walk-ins will only be accommodated pending resource availability.
The COVID-19 testing schedule can be accessed here https://coronavirus.monocounty.ca.gov/pages/health.
This is no surprise, and the fact that many positive cases are not being reported. Sadly the evidence is clear….maskers-non maskers, vaccinated-non vaccinated, it’s all the actions and non-actions speaking truths. Who cares, who don’t, those who accept facts those who don’t accept facts even when it slaps them in… Read more »
0.027% is the case rate in Mono County then.
Look at all the anti-maskers commenting here,and others ,the “experts”, around the Country commenting…LOL !!! “Masks don’t work”… “Wearing a mask makes COVID worse and spread quicker “… “COVID vaccines and the boosters don’t work…they make it worse “.. .”I don’t care what the doctors,scientists and experts say…I’M NOT WEARING… Read more »
I still shake my head in disbelief at the person who insisted that wearing a mask caused urinary tract infections.
Sooo, there’s a new outbreak 10 days after a major holiday? Wow, who would guess?? Just read there’s a new variant brewing in India, and one in the U.K.. groundhog day. Again. Maybe we should think more about what to do with all the sick people to heal them as… Read more »
Who isn’t pissed off, being sick and tired of covid, all the collateral effects and the limits to our lives? We now have 2 variants BA4 and 5 that the current vaccinations and boosters have limited protections against. The development and availability of these variant specific boosters are months away.… Read more »
That’s equivalent to 2.7 cases per 10,000 people, or 0.27 cases per 1,000 people. Please represent the statistics properly for people to make an unbiased decision. Based on the Mono County population of about 15,000 in 2020, that would equate to about 4 cases per week in Mono County. How… Read more »
Blah blah blah, we’re over it and we ain’t playin that anymore.
Thank you, Tinner….my point exactly.
We may be done with Covid, but Covid is not done with us, wether we are sick of it – or not. The military are developing and testing a universal vaccine for all variants and it looks promising. Mice in test studies are responding well and are seen to have… Read more »
Nobody wearing masks at the store or work, restaurants full, jokes about “fake vax cards”. Can’t imagine why we’re having cases go up again.
Who cares? Who is hospitalized? Who is dying? No one….you got the flu…
Because the vaccine is working, and excuse me, but “long-Covid” is not the flu.
Jeremiah
Don’t waste your time trying to explain the FACTS to the ANTI-VAX people…
Their minds are set,and will not be changed….as long as trump is telling them to be anti-vax,they are going to remain anti-vax…
As soon as the media addresses the true cause of all these deaths – WE ARE THE FATTEST PEOPLE ON EARTH!! Completely unhealthy, then I will vax….
So that is why a friend of mine who was thin and fit – skied every day in the winter, swimmer, runner, hiker – died?
mono resident A friend of mine too…great shape for his age,looked and acted 30 years younger than he was… Up every morning at 5 A.M to do work around his house and yard. And tough too,not someone you’d want to argue or fight with. He was an anti-vaxer and an… Read more »
Well sociopaths don’t care, do they. I mean – you should know.
Masks don’t work, if they did there wouldn’t be any Covid left. Neither do vaccines or boosters. Everyone I know, including myself who has been fully vaccinated and boosted has come down with it anyway, during the height of masking. The chicoms really did a good job creating this virus,… Read more »
Please do some research before making these kinds of statements; ” the chicoms … did a good job of creating this virus..”. People believe this s*%#! Not to mention, that is offensive.
Here is a link form NIH with FACTUAL information. https://www.niaid.nih.gov/diseases-conditions/origins-coronaviruses
Uhmm, doesn’t that quack Fauci work for NIH? I believe very little that they say. Even the WHO (World Health Org) in case you don’t know, has said Covid-19 is most likely created and escaped from a lab. Look it up yourself.
I have looked it up. You are lying.
Dear Jubie, I’ve done plenty of research in addition to watching personal experiences .I have an advanced biology degree. What research have you done? You read and believe propaganda from NIH? Especially since Fauci had a hand in the research and funding that created this Hybrid virus? I bet you… Read more »
research citations ?
So you have used Google and social media to find unreliable studies provide information to fit your own biases and spread misinformation now you want us to belive that because that you have some sort of “advanced” degree that makes you a Covid expert. Your bias is clear and your… Read more »
I would like to give 14 million thumbs up to this post!
Please tell us more about your “advanced biology degree”. What was your area of study? What University did you obtain your “advanced” degree from? Masters degree? PhD? You published your work, right? Is there a way we could see it?
And sweetie – You are lying about Fauci.
I don’t even know what “the View” is, not that it matters. I get my information from scientific studies published by reliable entities.
Spoken like a true Trumper and Marjorie Taylor Greene follower.
Why do I care if I offend a Chi Com…I’M NOT WOKE.
This apparently is what passes these days for a coherent argument.
No, it does NOT pass for a coherent argument. As you see, they publish all sorts of non-coherent statements. They are being fair publishing, but that doesn’t mean it’s coherent.
I am pretty sure Quacque is being sarcastic.
Of course they are!
Dear Duck, Please provide a coherent argument that proves masking works. I have seen one actual study that came up with 0.2 % more infections in those that were unmasked, versus masked. I guess that’s a lot right? Maybe you could find the study and do the statistics yourself, and… Read more »
there are literally thousands of studies cited in PubMed related to masking and Covid. And you’ve seen ONE study indicating masks are just slightly effective ? You’re not trying very hard….
If you have an “advanced biology degree”, you would be able to sort out the information that is reality vs what is made up. When you say “I have seen one actual study..”, you need to give us a link to this study. Otherwise, it sounds like you are parroting… Read more »
Oh, yes, we should all hop around on one foot ‘proving’ the theory of gravity, or that the world is not flat, for the benefit of all those who believe any little thought that sidles into their heads is as valid as anything proposed by people who have dedicated their… Read more »
“more infections in those that were unmasked, versus masked.”
Your words, sweetie.
1) masks only help if you and those around you wear them…consistently and correctly. But thank you for your support of the Earth’s efforts to address overpopulation. 2) You’re vaxed and boosted and got Covid anyway? Nobody ever said you wouldn’t! What else do you not understand about vaccines! You… Read more »
Sorry Alice, your ignorance is astounding! Have you gotten measles, mumps or rubella? Small pox? Tuberculosis? YES? But only a little because you are vaccinated? How about whooping cough or polio? Vaccines are not, and have never been designed to lessen symptoms of disease, until this one came around and… Read more »
Spoken like a person WITHOUT an “advanced biology degree”. It’s evident here.. Sigh.
Don’t delude yourself..
Since you keep insisting that you are well researched and maybe know more then the experts and have an advanced degree, can you post your credentials along with any scientific papers that you personally written and published and have been peer reviewed so that we can verify your expertise in… Read more »
Well said.
Now do the flu vaccine.
Clearly your “Advanced Biology Degree” was not in epidemiology.
Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Small Pox, Tuberculosis – which one of these is different from the rest and why – I mean, you do have that “advanced degree” in Biology right?
Vaccines are intended to stimulate one’s immune system to (ideally) prevent infection from, or the symptoms of, or adverse complications from, a virus or bacteria. Not everyone’s immune system responds the same. Immunity wanes. Have you heard of latent TB ? How long did it take you to get your… Read more »
Here’s to hoping you’re really NOT a parent !
Masks did not work because they were not being used properly and consistently.
Sami It’s the trumpers,still following their “leader” and doing and thinking how he orders them to do,not able to think for themselves. If trump says “no Covid “…to them,that means no COVID… All it would take is for trump to reverse course,say COVID is still present and should be a… Read more »
Who fast track the vaccines?? Ummmm ……
Mono Person Who said,in early March 2020,that there was only 15 cases of COVID,and by week’s end there would be zero ? And after him fumbling with that statement, it was trump.himself saying he “fast-tracked” the vaccines,insulting the doctors,experts and scientists along the way… Must be true,him saving “millions of… Read more »