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Posted by: thepinetree on 08/23/2021 05:24 PM
Updated by: thepinetree on 08/23/2021 05:24 PM
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Adventist Health Sonora and Tuolumne County Public Health Call on Community Members to Protect Each Other, Get Vaccinated
Sonora, CA...In a joint statement, Adventist Health Sonora and Tuolumne County Public Health (TCPH) are urging Tuolumne County residents that now is the time to band together as a community and stop the current COVID-19 surge, “Sonora is a community with deep roots and caring hearts,” said Michelle Fuentes, President of Adventist Health Sonora. “When our neighbors are hurting, we step in to help. Our community is hurting because of the current surge, and we need all hands on deck to fight this.”
Over the last several weeks, daily cases in the community have risen sharply, and the Emergency Department at Adventist Health Sonora has seen unprecedented numbers of patients each day. The total number of admitted patients has also been high, leaving few beds available for patients with emergent medical needs. Given limited space and the high number of COVID-19 patients in the hospital, elective inpatient surgeries are on hold until capacity improves.
The hospital continues to maintain safe and appropriate staffing levels and is adapting to current needs by bringing on staff in a range of departments and recruiting for several open positions in clinical and non-clinical settings. Still, medical providers are worn thin.
“Exhaustion is an understatement at this point,” Dr. Philip Clarkson, Hospitalist at Adventist Health Sonora, said. “We're trained to provide services, care for patients, and in some cases, save lives. We'll continue to do that. But what's sad is that so much of this is preventable.”
COVID-19 hospitalizations are worse now than at any point since the pandemic began, and those hospitalized are almost entirely unvaccinated. From August 1 to 22, 2021, 72 patients have been hospitalized with COVID-19 at Adventist Health Sonora. 64 of those patients were unvaccinated—that’s 89%. Of the nineteen COVID-19 patients who went to the ICU and the sixteen who required ventilators, only one was vaccinated.
While breakthrough cases of COVID-19 in vaccinated people do happen, having increased with the Delta variant, they are a low percentage of cases, TCPH reports. The risk of severe symptoms, hospitalization, and death is significantly lower for vaccinated individuals who do get COVID-19.
“The evidence is clear: vaccination can help shield our loved ones and neighbors here in Tuolumne County from the worst outcomes,” said Michelle Jachetta, TCPH Director. “The best, most effective thing community members can do to protect themselves, their community, and the capacity of our local healthcare system is to get vaccinated as soon as possible.”
Safety measures like wearing a mask in public, washing hands frequently, staying home when sick, and avoiding large gatherings continue to be critical, especially for those who aren’t yet fully vaccinated. Those who have been exposed to COVID-19 should also get tested.
“While the current surge in Tuolumne County is incredibly serious, we have tools to get us through the pandemic,” Jachetta said. “If those who are eligible get vaccinated and everyone continues to practice the other recommended safety measures, we can finally get back on the path toward the normal we’re all missing.”
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Resources about Vaccination:
About the COVID-19 Vaccine | Tuolumne County, CA - Official Website
COVID-19 Vaccine in Sonora, CA | Adventist Health
Vaccine FAQs | California Hospitals (adventisthealth.org)
Adventist Health is a faith-based, nonprofit integrated health system serving more than 80 communities on the West Coast and Hawaii as well as others across the U.S. through its Blue Zones company, a pioneer in taking a systemic and environmental approach to improving the health of entire cities and communities. Through this work, Adventist Health is leading a 21st century well-being transformation movement. Founded on Seventh-day Adventist heritage and values, Adventist Health provides care in hospitals, clinics, its innovative Adventist Health Hospital@Home program that provides virtual in-patient care at home, home care agencies, hospice agencies and joint-venture retirement centers in both rural and urban communities. Our compassionate and talented team of 37,000 includes associates, medical staff physicians, allied health professionals and volunteers driven in pursuit of one mission: living God's love by inspiring health, wholeness and hope. Together, we are transforming the American healthcare experience with an innovative, yet timeless, whole-person focus on physical, mental, spiritual and social healing to support community well-being.
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Posted on: 2021-08-23 19:07:05
By: Anonymous
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Sad news. I wonder if it would be safe to say that most those unvaccinated people shown on the graphics are also not mask wearers?
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Posted on: 2021-08-23 19:16:12
By: Anonymous
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It would. I'll also bet my next paycheck that they - as a group - are likely to be Republicans as well.
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Posted on: 2021-08-23 19:21:42
By: Anonymous
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I would second that.
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Posted on: 2021-08-23 20:17:29
By: Anonymous
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I've been in that hospital, and it's ICU. That's a heck of a lot of people to be in that hospital. Just how many licensed beds do they have and how many of those are ICU beds? Anyone?
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Posted on: 2021-08-23 21:09:41
By: Anonymous
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You mask fools... Licensed ICU beds may fluctuate in times of a pandemic crisis. The available competent ICU personal may be more problematic
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Posted on: 2021-08-24 04:27:34
By: Anonymous
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^Intelligence also seems to fluctuate.
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Posted on: 2021-08-24 07:10:46
By: Anonymous
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There is some terrific low level thinking.
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Posted on: 2021-08-24 10:38:57
By: Anonymous
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Well bet your paycheck against them. Or... you're just BSn us?
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Posted on: 2021-08-25 04:23:37
By: Anonymous
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This IP Address has posted political content on obituaries
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Posted on: 2021-08-23 19:21:26
By: Anonymous
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How can people be so dug in to their world view that they cannot see the dead and dying? Just a matter of time before some see their loved ones succumb.
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Posted on: 2021-08-23 20:19:36
By: Anonymous
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True. But even beyond your friends and family dying... it's the rest of your countrymen and neighbors. How can you be so self-centered that you reject your obligation to save them as well?
The "don't project your views on me" crowd... they are out in society. Not in their basement. So they are risking others even as others protect them. It's just shameful. and Unamerican.
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Posted on: 2021-08-23 20:28:46
By: Anonymous
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Thanks Donny for making everything political . You’re killing so many of your blind followers and they’re endangering the rest of us. Get vaccinated or this thing going to go on forever!
We all want to get back to normal and it will never happen unless you HELP
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Posted on: 2021-08-23 20:29:15
By: Anonymous
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Anybody in that county think that maybe having 2 casinos might be a problem?
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Posted on: 2021-08-23 21:13:40
By: Anonymous
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Anybody think that the current Border Crisis & now influx of Afganistans that are unvaccinated a possibly infected with COVID might just be a bigger piece of the problem than the news chooses to discuss??
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Posted on: 2021-08-23 21:19:56
By: Anonymous
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No.
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Posted on: 2021-08-23 21:22:29
By: Anonymous
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Anybody think that the current Border Crisis & now influx of Afganistans that are unvaccinated a possibly infected with COVID might just be a bigger piece of the problem than the news chooses to discuss??
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Posted on: 2021-08-23 21:38:50
By: Anonymous
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Anybody think?
All these cases in Tuolumne have nothing to do with migrants.
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Posted on: 2021-08-23 22:31:09
By: Anonymous
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Migrants are not reporting to Hospitals & not necessarily here yet.....contamination can certainly be the result of the influx of outside county folks currently mingling with these illegal Migrants & gracefully vacationing long term or just short term visiting in our wonderful county. And from folks from our county returning from treks to these other assimilated cities/counties.
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Posted on: 2021-08-23 23:31:26
By: Anonymous
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If you are worried about contamination from foreigners, that’s racist
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Posted on: 2021-08-24 08:09:28
By: Anonymous
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I do not believe a word of it. Casinos a problem and what about the illegals coming in? Why are they allowed to come in and yet not mandatory vaccinations for them?
The Dems are so blind and all sheep!
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Posted on: 2021-08-24 09:45:55
By: Anonymous
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Agreed! No amount of science, shaming, what they are kept away from due to their stubbornness is changing the misconceptions. As more of my HEALTHY friends get sick and die, I wonder how anybody can deny what's going on. I have witnessed several people who lost their jobs because they "would not go against everything they believe in" by getting vaxed or tested. Wow!
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Posted on: 2021-08-23 20:56:08
By: Anonymous
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The local news from Sacramento shows on a daily graph that California cases have been dropping fairly quickly over several days. Looks to be California has hit the peak and going down.
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Posted on: 2021-08-23 20:59:11
By: Anonymous
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Credit to Gavin for driving masks and vaccinations. And yet some people think there is someone else better for the job. I don't get the recall argument when you see this reality. Compared to a disaster like Texas or Florida.
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Posted on: 2021-08-23 21:26:40
By: Anonymous
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Disasters??? Death rate compared to New York & CA???? " Give me a break man"..to quote brain dead Biden!!!
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Posted on: 2021-08-23 22:15:42
By: Anonymous
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Maybe you will rethink about Gavin after one of the prisoners he released murders a family member. Or a fire burns your property because all the fire camps have been shut down. He gives homeless free housing but does nothing for those who have lost their homes in a fire. Yeah those who pay property taxes to keep the state up and running. Don’t forget about the free needles and drugs he gives in San Francisco. And you say he is doing a good job??
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Posted on: 2021-08-23 22:36:47
By: Anonymous
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Credit Gavin for campaigning with our tax dollars while mother nature modulates the Virus in spite of stupid masks....ebb & flow....with or without masks...that is the Science, although, not the Politics fools
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Posted on: 2021-08-23 22:38:17
By: Anonymous
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He is soooooooooo hunky.
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Posted on: 2021-08-23 22:40:59
By: Anonymous
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Credit Gavin for campaigning with our tax dollars while mother nature modulates the Virus in spite of stupid masks....ebb & flow....with or without masks...that is the Science, although, not the Politics fools
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Posted on: 2021-08-24 07:21:06
By: Anonymous
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We know, move on to the next line of incorrect information and lies. Kind of how all you jackasses kept saying the pandemic would disappear after the election. Repeat lie after lie, be fooled and manipulated by a cult. It's no different than Jim Jones or heaven's gate. Weakness shows..
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Posted on: 2021-08-24 07:23:15
By: Anonymous
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And in the meantime, people are dying because of stupidity and selfishness.
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Posted on: 2021-08-24 10:47:34
By: Anonymous
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When you starting losing your own unvaxed friends, genius, you may finally get it!
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No Subject
Posted on: 2021-08-24 08:00:50
By: Anonymous
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How many of the admitted in the hospital are obese, poor health to start with, i heard on a non political interview yesterday that many that are in the ICU are obese and with underlying health conditions, in other words, be honest, tell the truth and be accurate so we as the public know what type of people health wise are most vulnerable!
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Posted on: 2021-08-24 08:08:51
By: Anonymous
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But those health facts don’t matter. Irrelevant apparently.
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Posted on: 2021-08-24 08:58:13
By: Anonymous
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Sounds like if you're a fat Republican who likes to walk around without a mask you should get vaccinated if you're planning on living longer. Otherwise...., don't bother.
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Posted on: 2021-08-24 11:22:00
By: Anonymous
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Actually not just a fat Republican, fat anyone. Virus is not interested in politics
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