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A comment on San Mateo County Health Officer Statement on Bay Area Stay-at-Home Orders. Parent comment

Re:San Mateo County Health Officer Statement on Bay Area Sta... by mike_d on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @01:32AM (#25342517)
My county has about ~30 ICU beds left, yet hasn't triggered the magic state threshold. They are one mass causality incident (plane crash, roof collapsing, etc) from people going without care.

Even if things are OK in San Mateo, they don't have to deal with the cases of people who go there because there are less restrictions. That is the whole point of counties working together.

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Re:San Mateo County Health Officer Statement on Bay Area Sta... by WalterGR on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @03:20AM (#25343092)
The thresholds are by geographic area, not counties.

California’s page about this is an easy read: https://covid19.ca.gov/stay-home-except-for-essential-needs/

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Re:San Mateo County Health Officer Statement on Bay Area Sta... by mike_d on Tuesday December 08, 2020 @05:14PM (#25352133)
> The thresholds are by geographic area, not counties.

Which is why I highlighted the situation was quite bad in my county, yet the bay area as a whole hasn't triggered the state mandates. It should be both county and region based.

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