AnonymousSource: California Department of Public Health
In order to best protect students and staff as California starts the school year fully in-person, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) today issued a new public health order requiring all school staff to either show proof of full vaccination or be tested at least once per week.
“To give parents confidence that their children are safe as schools return to full, in-person learning, we are urging all school staff to get vaccinated. Vaccinations are how we will end this pandemic,” said Governor Newsom. “As a father, I look forward to the start of the school year and seeing all California kids back in the classroom.”
The new policy for school staff will take effect August 12, 2021, and schools must be in full compliance by October 15, 2021. Robust and free testing resources are available to K-12 schools through the CA K-12 schools testing program.
“There’s no substitute for in-person instruction, and California will continue to lead the nation in keeping students and staff safe while ensuring fully open classrooms,” said Dr. Tomás J. Aragón, CDPH Director and State Public Health Officer. “Today’s order will help the state’s continued efforts to increase vaccinations, similar to the orders encouraging state and health care workers and businesses to get vaccinated.”
In recent weeks, California has led the nation in implementing measures to slow the spread of COVID-19, including:
- Vaccine verification for state workers. Requires all state workers to either show proof of full vaccination or be tested at least once per week, and encourages local governments and other employers to adopt a similar protocol. Following California’s announcement, some of the largest California businesses and local governments followed suit, as did the federal government.
- Vaccinations for health care workers. Requires workers in health care settings to be fully vaccinated or receive their second dose by September 30, 2021.
- Universal masking in K-12 settings. Aligned with guidance from the CDC and American Academy of Pediatrics, California was the first state to implement universal masking in school settings to keep students and staff safe while optimizing fully in-person instruction.
- Medi-Cal vaccination incentives. $350 million in incentive payments to help close the vaccination gap between Medi-Cal beneficiaries and Californians as a whole, significantly stepping up outreach in underserved communities.
- Statewide mask recommendation. In response to the spike in COVID-19 hospitalizations and new CDC guidance calling for masking, the state recommended mask use for indoor public settings regardless of vaccination status.
As of last week, California administered 335,009 new first doses, a 24 percent increase compared to the previous two weeks. This is a 62 percent increase compared to the week of July 5- July 11. Today’s policy will help keep staff and students safe while encouraging additional vaccinations.
“Educators want to be in classrooms with their students, and the best way to make sure that happens is for everyone who is medically eligible to be vaccinated, with robust testing and multi-tiered safety measures,” said California Teachers Association President E. Toby Boyd. “Today’s announcement is an appropriate next step to ensure the safety of our school communities and to protect our youngest learners under 12 who are not yet vaccine eligible from this highly contagious Delta variant.”
“Worker-led school safety protocols have created the model for safe school reopening, and many school workers have already created similar agreements,” said SEIU Local 99 Executive Director and SEIU California Executive Board Member Max Arias. “Workers and employers sitting down at the bargaining table is the most effective way to create and implement vaccine policies for the benefit of the entire school community.”
“We want to do everything possible to protect our most vulnerable children and ensure that all children can return to school as safely as possible,” said California State PTA President Carol Green. “We stand by our position that educators are essential workers and support the safe opening of schools to in person instruction.”
“Combining this policy with mitigation measures like masking, hand washing, and good ventilation will ensure we are doing everything possible to keep schools safe for in-person learning. We applaud the Governor’s efforts to provide a framework that works toward this goal,” said California Federation of Teachers President Jeff Freitas.
“While we hope that all employees will ultimately decide to be vaccinated, we look forward to working with the Governor’s administration on the necessary staffing and operations support required to conduct employee COVID testing in our schools,” said Association of California School Administrators President Charlie Hoffman.
“A vaccine requirement for education staff, as announced by Governor Newsom, is a necessary step, one that aligns with the science, and public health recommendations to create the safest environment possible as we reopen our campuses,” said California County Superintendents Educational Services Association President and Alameda County Superintendent of Schools L.K. Monroe.
“CCSA supports the orders by the California Department of Public Health to mitigate transmission and ensure a safe return to in-person learning,” said California Charter Schools Association President and CEO Myrna Castrejón. “We urge all educators and school staff to get vaccinated to keep yourselves and students safe.”
Despite California leading the nation in vaccinations, with more than 46 million doses administered and over 77 percent of those eligible having received at least one dose, the state is seeing increasing numbers of people who refused to get the vaccine being admitted to the ICU and dying. This increase is heavily due to the Delta variant.
California remains committed to increasing vaccination rates and urges businesses and local communities to encourage vaccination.
COVID-19 vaccines are safe, effective and free. Unvaccinated Californians age 12 and up can go to myturn.ca.gov or call (833) 422-4255 to schedule an appointment or go to myturn.ca.gov/clinic to find a walk-in clinic in their county.
LAUSD teachers, despite most of them being vaccinated, are now backtracking on returning to in-person teaching, citing concerns about the vaccines not effectively protecting them against the delta (and other) variants. This, even as students and staff are mandated to have the vaccine. So, what exactly are they worried about given all the assurances to the contrary??? Do they know something the experts don’t???
Excellent! Since the anti-vaxxers threaten the general public, we need to make them face up to the consequences of their actions by making obstinacy miserable for them.
Schools in the south are showing us what going back to school will be like – cesspools of Covid and children’s wards in hospitals filling up.
Dok Elmer FUD and his QAnon-level advice.
This is what they are concerned about. https://news.yahoo.com/data-suggests-pfizer-modernas-vaccines-090012364.html
That the vaccines still provide an excellent level of protection from serious disease?
Or that idiots are spreading FUD?
GT, that is finally an accurate example of misinformation / FUD!
There should be a vaccine mandate for all kids over the age of 12. The COVID vaccines have been given emergency authorization, so it is time for it to be added to the list of other inoculations already required by the schools for the kids to attend school.
Vaccine mandates for kids, as well as teachers & staff. That’s how we keep the schools safe.
General. Children are between 15-20% of the population. The range is because some states count 0-24 as children, other states 0-14, and still other states at 0-17 etc.
Worst states for percent children of total deaths are #1 Colorado, #2 Tie Hawaii, Arizona #3 Nebraska, #4 Washington #5 is a 4 way tie Delaware, Maine,Maryland, and Texas
See Appendix table 6A and 6B and tell me if the data match your assertions
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1254488/us-share-of-total-covid-deaths-by-age-group/
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1254271/us-total-number-of-covid-cases-by-age-group/
https://services.aap.org/en/pages/2019-novel-coronavirus-covid-19-infections/children-and-covid-19-state-level-data-report/
I would like to add that I am the proud parent of a Dos Pueblos High School student, so this is not abstract for me. My daughter got the vaccine as soon as it was available to her. In fact, she was so enthusiastic she wanted to be a guinea pig for the vaccine months beforehand.
All high school students should be required to be vaccinated at this point.
Let’s add the COVID vaccine to the list below. The COVID vaccine is no different, and it is saving lives.
Immunizations required to enter 7th grade:
Tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis booster (Tdap)
Varicella (Chickenpox)
Immunizations required to enter Kindergarten:
Polio
Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis (DTaP)
Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR)
Hepatitis B
Varicella (Chickenpox)
Immunizations required to enter Child Care (depends on age when enrolling):
Polio
Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis (DTaP)
Haemophilus influenzae type b
Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR)
Hepatitis B
Varicella (Chickenpox)
“the state is seeing increasing numbers of people who refused to get the vaccine being admitted to the ICU and dying” – one has to wonder how someone who refuses medical advice from probably every doctor at a hospital to get vaccinated has no problem checking themselves into the same hospital once they suffer the consequences.
Florida currently has 1.27 children hospitalized per 100,000 residents, the highest rate in the nation, amounting to roughly 54 kids hospitalized with Covid-19 each day.
Georgia, Louisiana and Alabama, states where roughly 40% or more of intensive care unit beds are filled with Covid-19 patients, have the next highest rates of children hospitalized, at 0.93, 0.81 and 0.79 per 100,000 residents.
EDNA, sadly current data shows different. Try reading
Louisiana and Alabama both admitted an average of nine children a day between Aug. 3 and Aug. 9, versus the average of 23 hospitalized daily during this period in Georgia.
Arkansas, Kansas, Mississippi, Missouri, South Carolina, Texas and Wyoming (states with broader Covid-19 case and hospitalization increases and vaccination rates all below the national average of 50%) have also all hit new pandemic records, according to CDC data, with many of their children’s hospitals either at or nearing capacity.
While the other states peaked earlier, South Carolina and Texas are currently at their highest rates of hospitalization, with Texas admitting an average of 40 children a day and South Carolina admitting three.
Ask Voice of Reason – he campaigns against vaccines here all day every day.
CHIP: The research from the Mayo Clinic referenced in the link you provided has some startling revelations on the vaccines. For instance, the lower end effectiveness of the Pfizer vaccine (based on the 95% confidence interval) against hospitalization is only 24%, and against infection it’s just 13%. That’s terrible!
You’re on a misinformation roll today GT! not once have I said anything against vaccines. A rational person understands the difference between my thinking a vaccine should be a personal decision vs. campaigning against it, particularly when I’ve already had my shots.
The data I linked simply shows that increase in cases has not resulted in increase in mortality.
All positive COVID cases ages 0-17 maintain recovery rate (99.99 %) and mortality rate.
Number of cases doesn’t matter, because the more cases, the 99.99% recovery equals more recovered immunity. Recovered immunity is natural vaccination yet you and others only want to accept masks and vaccines. Why? That isn’t scientific in the least.
Show proof of testing? How about vaccinate or you’re fired. That’s much less complicated.
Recall Newsome! No, wait! This actually makes sense, even though it’s almost a year too late. Ok, whatever. Plus I looked at the list of “candidates” for Governor on the recall special election ballot. Did you? It looks like a who’s who of nobody’s ever heard of also rans. Laughable.
Total horse manure from someone who can’t do math.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/coronavirus/in-depth/coronavirus-vaccine/art-20484859
Relevant quote:
In the U.S., the delta (B.1.617.2) variant is now the most common COVID-19 variant. It is nearly twice as contagious as earlier variants and might cause more severe illness.
While research suggests that COVID-19 vaccines are slightly less effective against the variants, the vaccines still appear to provide protection against severe COVID-19. For example:
“Early research from the U.K. suggests that, after full vaccination, the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is 88% effective at preventing symptomatic COVID-19 virus. The vaccine is also 96% effective at preventing severe disease with the COVID-19 virus caused by the delta variant.
Early research from Canada suggests that, after one dose, the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine is 72% effective at preventing symptomatic COVID-19 virus caused by the delta variant. One dose of the vaccine is also 96% effective at preventing severe disease with the COVID-19 virus caused by the delta variant.
The Janssen/Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is 85% effective at preventing severe disease with the COVID-19 virus caused by the delta variant, according to data released by Johnson & Johnson.”
Florida and Texas account for nearly 40% of new coronavirus hospitalizations. Knucklehead governors. Should sue them for the hospital bills. It is more important to them to instill fear of transgender bathroom users than take care of public health. Let them eat cake…..
We have our very own example of a clueless amateur epidemiologist who claims to have a PhD in chemistry who can’t figure out simple statistics and constantly spreads false FUD about vaccine efficacy. Having a degree doesn’t guarantee you aren’t an idiot.
The two prominent federal legislative crazies are spreading the same sort of lies about vaccine and mask effectiveness.
https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/aug/11/examining-false-claims-got-rand-paul-marjorie-tayl/
“As of Aug. 2, over 164 million people were fully vaccinated, CDC data shows. Of those, 7,525 people, or less than 0.005%, had breakthrough infections that led to hospitalization or death.
“Fully vaccinated people are much less likely to be hospitalized or die than people with similar risk factors who are not vaccinated,” CDC spokesperson Kristen Nordlund said in a statement.
Meanwhile, fully vaccinated people are largely protected against these serious outcomes, said Cindy Prins, an epidemiologist at the University of Florida. Other experts agreed.
“The incidence of COVID is lower among vaccinated populations versus unvaccinated, and this is a pattern we see in counties and states across the country,” Noymer said, pointing to a chart showing a much higher infection rate for unvaccinated people than for recipients of the Moderna or Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines. “The pattern is even more stark for severely-symptomatic cases.””
Can you please provide links and page numbers to your data?
Thanks.
From the American Academy of Pediatrics and Children’s Hospital Association Link I provided. (please note that data is reported every 7 days and the states are reporting data for past week today. Any data for week 8-5 through 8-12 that has hit the media is preliminary. The next update of data from this site should be late tonight, or tomorrow)
You have Georgia at 0.93 According the AAP report, Georgia’s historical average is 1.3.
(NY at 1.9) no matter the recent increase in Georgia, it is still about 40% below its historical average
You have Florida’s current spike at 1.27, but NY’s historical average is 1.9
You continue to ignore seasonality GT, like last year, our time will come.
You continue to ignore vaccination rate VOR, your time will come. We’ll save you a ventilator.
Don’t remember California having 40% of all new COVID cases – and if Florida and Texas are this bad now – going to be worse in the colder weather. What cesspool ridden slums of Republican filth and inequity.
Achoo
I have.
We are hearing vaccines lose potency and we will need boosters.
I don’t think we’ve heard about enough research on the recovered immunity.
It seems to be neglected, but accounts for about 25% of the population of the US
When my time comes it ain’t going to be from covid! especially since I’m vaccinated. Also, there is only a small difference in the vaccination rate between FL and CA: 50% vs. 54%. Stop ignoring the data.
9:12 – Elder is a real kook, and if you choose your candidates because they are endorsed by senile celebrities, it’s not a really good reflection on your thought process.
and here is the source since you don’t trust anything that isn’t from CNN
https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccinations_vacc-people-fully-percent-total
VOR, if the total vax rates are similar in those states, then why is the covid case rate for the last 7 days 690/100K in FLA and 152/100K in CA. Is that why Florida hospitals are having to beg for ventilators from the despised Feds?
Edney, have you considered the issue of long covid? Not sure we have enough data on the frequency and duration of the serious after-effects of a covid infection. So, sure, recovered immunity is nice, but what if the recovery is incomplete? There’s a lot we still don’t know about this virus.
Clint Eastwood just endorsed Larry Elder, if proves this is not a list of no-bodies.. Elder has long been a leading conservative spokesperson, with a wide following. Check out his documentary on black conservative voices and see if you like what they have to say.
PhD most vax resistant
Carnegie Mellon study
See page 8 sentences 143 and 144
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.07.20.21260795v1.full.pdf
I’m just gonna surmise here that PhD’s are more capable at reading and understanding data, performing accurate risk-analysis assessments of how covid might impact them and their families personally, better able to sort facts from sensationalist rhetoric from the media and politicians, understand that there is no “defeating” covid and it will be another endemic pathogen society will have to live with, all resulting in them not being scared to death of this serious but not world ending virus that so many erroneously think it is.
They should listen to their MD friends:
The American Medical Association (AMA) today released a new survey among practicing physicians that shows more than 96 percent of surveyed U.S. physicians have been fully vaccinated for COVID-19, with no significant difference in vaccination rates across regions.
This makes a lot of sense, actually. PhDs tend to be very narrowly focused. They are experts in their chosen discipline. However, they also tend to gain a false sense of expertise in subjects outside their narrow field of view. Great thinkers have the humility to be open minded and recognize where they may have blindspots.
Personally, I get my medical advice and information from Edhat posts, Facebook and Nextdoor groups, talk show hosts and of course, the most trusted source, our evangelical Pastor Greg. His sermons are why my family voted for Trump and will fight to the death to stop Universal Healthcare and of course the most important fights of our lives, assault rifle bans, sex education and trans people using the bathroom.
How I hope that this ridiculous Republican power grab recall effort fails MASSIVELY!!! This is California, NO, we do NOT want a Republican as our governor. We are progressive, smart, ahead of the rest of the country and we do not want to go backwards on things like equal pay, women’s and LBGQY rights, environmental protections and more that we have fought so hard for in our state. SAY NO TO THE RECALL!!!!
Voice, once again YOU are the one on a misinformation roll. Every day.
YES! And not only that, the vaccine is on track for FDA approval by September. That is the one thing all these anti-vaxxers keep hanging their hat on. They say it’s not safe. It IS. I am so tired of the misinformation and lies spread by the far right.
Elder is a lunatic nobody. During his media career, Elder published and gave airtime to misinformation and fringe views on scientific topics, such as smoking, climate change, and COVID-19 treatments. Elder’s website once described climate change as a “myth”; in a 2008 interview, he called climate change a “crock,” disparaged Republicans such as John McCain and George W. Bush, who acknowledged climate change, and said that global warming is not a “big peril” to planet Earth. Elder has a history of making anti-LGBT remarks on Twitter.
Where Bigugly?
I mean 24% and 13% isn’t awesome, but the vaccine wasn’t developed for Delta. Sigh. This is depressing.
Newsome has been awful…truly and completely.
MD’s get vaccinated. No brainer, I know. It’s right in our wheelhouse. If you ever discover a doctor hasn’t gotten his/her COVID vaccine you should run run run the other way. Wacko. PhD’s? Mostly I’d guess, but the real question is why lots of the public is still so afraid of this vaccine and either doesn’t care or can’t even grasp that they are screwing over the rest of society by not stepping up and getting a damn shot already.
LETMEGO: Exactly. Therefore it’s time to release updated vaccines that target the new spike protein sequences. Better yet, release a universal vaccine that targets several viral epitopes simultaneously—something I’ve been calling for from the very beginning. However, if a universal vaccine ends up as successful as I believe, that would put an end to the infinite revenue stream generated by perpetual boosters every 6 months.
Pit, have you learned nothing the past 18 months? Seasonality! Theirs has already started to turn, our time will come. Same reason we spiked crazy last fall/winter (and why Newsom’s shutdown was another in his long string of costly mistakes).
Since the original article was about teachers, I thought this wasvery sad, but interesting.
“The Broward Teachers Union confirmed Thursday three teachers and a teacher’s assistant in Broward County contracted the virus while on summer break, NBC Miami first reported. The union confirmed this information
At least three of the individuals were not vaccinated, according to the union. One of the teachers had reportedly been cleared by their doctor to get the vaccine. ”
If you look at a Florida outbreak map by county, Broward and the two counties on either side (Palm Beach and Dade) are carrying the viral load. They are deeply blue Democrat. They are blaming “no mask” policies for these deaths. As much as I support freedom to choose, if you choose not to vax, you’ve rolled the dice, and there is no blaming others for the consequences if it comes up snake eyes.
We don’t know why these teachers didn’t vax.
Congenital medical conditions are different in the sense that nature rolled the dice and the person involved has to do whatever they can to mitigate issues.
I do not think it is practical to make 354M Americans mask to prevent 35,400 deaths.
Here is how I came up with my numbers (link follows at end)
610,000 people have died from Covid in the USA.
Most common co-morbidities
1. Of 610,000 46% have died with Influenza, and/or Pneumonia. In other words they got two or all three at the same time. This accounts for 281,474 of the deaths from COVID.
2. Alzheimer and Dementias 13.1% or 79,522. There are no treatments for these.
3. Sepsis 9.7% or 58,948. Another one that is difficult. If you have sepsis, you are probably already in the hospital.
One could argue that 70% of the people who have died have probably belonged in a hospital regardless to COVID.
The additional numbers are these and they have things people can do to help themselves:
A. Hypertension or High blood pressure. 19.6% or 119,181. Get your blood pressure checked and take your medications religiously.
B. Diabetes 15.9% or 92,825 2/3 of these can lower risk by mitigations
What do you think?
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/covid19/mortality-overview.htm
Things you don’t learn on MSNBC.
Florida went 51% (R) to 48% (D) Major metro districts favor Democrats
The links below illustrate that the highest deaths in FLA are in Counties that voted Democrat.
Broward 3,079 Greater Miami
Miami/Dade 6,472
Palm Beach 2,883 Greater Miami
Hillsborough 1,832 Tampa
Pinellas 1,671 Tampa
Orange 1,310 Orlando
Duval 1,483 Jacksonville
But the TV people would have you believe that its all those ignorant Trump voting Florida crackers who refuse to vaccinate, and all the smart people (Democrats) are suffering because of the stupid people.
Lets stop with that. There are plenty of smart, educated Democrats (see carnegie mellon study with 24% of PH D’s that are not vaxxed). There are plenty who will lie if asked about it
https://www.politico.com/2020-election/results/florida/
https://usafacts.org/visualizations/coronavirus-covid-19-spread-map/state/florida
Kooks gonna be kooks.
https://walkoutwednesday.net/