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Post by Henry Skrimshander on Feb 23, 2021 19:51:17 GMT -8
Benton County remains in extreme for another two weeks because of large numbers of tests by OSU, and by high positive numbers from OSU students who can't follow the protocol. Other counties have shifted the emphasis from testing to vaccinations and their positive numbers are dropping accordingly. Not so in Benton, which, because of OSU, is testing much more than anyone else and obviously having way more positive tests as a result. We have not been off extreme since before Christmas. We might not ever be able to open businesses until the vaccination level hits 75 percent, or until school is out in June and the students go home. As a state, Oregon ranks 49th out of 50 in positive cases. Time to let us out of Covid lockdown before every business in town has to close. "This OSU testing is on top of that being conducted by Benton County, Samaritan Health Services, the Corvallis Clinic and others prior to procedures or for symptomatic cases. As a result, we are concerned that we may in effect be being punished as a community for the intensity of testing we are doing."
Augerot said the county was working with the Oregon Health Authority on potential changes to the metrics to account for testing intensity and "we are simultaneously voicing our concerns with the governor’s office.
"We know that this very long period in extreme risk is putting our businesses, particularly restaurants, under incredible stress, and the situation seems inequitable for our Benton residents who have done such a great job masking, maintaining sanitation and keeping socially distanced."
Wake up, Governor Brown. www.gazettetimes.com/news/local/linn-county-drops-to-moderate-risk-on-state-charts/article_d50a15c5-19a9-5d32-9978-3bdaf4069a68.html?fbclid=IwAR39Hh-Qq6bSTMeC2EUrNCgp5EHUZOworuBpZJaTfXBbh1-XM8TntQYt2hY#tracking-source=home-top-story-1 |
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Post by spudbeaver on Feb 23, 2021 20:28:06 GMT -8
Wake up, Governor Brown.
Dreamer
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Post by Henry Skrimshander on Feb 23, 2021 20:35:15 GMT -8
They've done a great job. Now it's time to loosen up a bit.
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Post by Judge Smails on Feb 24, 2021 6:22:40 GMT -8
Lane County is having similar problems which is greatly pissing off the city of Florence, which has hardly any cases, but still can’t open up. A restaurant there just got fined $18k for opening anyway.
However, they just moved out of extreme
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Post by beaverdude on Feb 24, 2021 6:57:08 GMT -8
Kitasp county in Washington is still locked down based on percentage of available ICU beds. Serious cases (pre-covid) were sent to Seattle or Tacoma for treatment due a shortage of beds.
Kitsap has a significantly lower infection rate and case count compared to King and Pierce counties which were promoted 2 phase 2 a couple weeks ago.
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Post by Henry Skrimshander on Feb 24, 2021 7:18:52 GMT -8
Benton County would be in "low" risk if not for the 18-29 age group.
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Post by Judge Smails on Feb 24, 2021 7:57:43 GMT -8
Benton County would be in "low" risk if not for the 18-29 age group. It seems like only about half the kids are here compared to normal, but the ones that are must be the idiots. |
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Post by Henry Skrimshander on Feb 24, 2021 11:02:15 GMT -8
Benton County would be in "low" risk if not for the 18-29 age group. It seems like only about half the kids are here compared to normal, but the ones that are must be the idiots. Yeah, about 85,000 of us in Benton County follow the rules and combined for about 30 Covid cases every two weeks. The other 10K don't care, combined for 200+ cases, and screw it up for the rest of us. I'm very supportive of OSU, academics and athletics, my child went there and I know it's a great thing for our town. But right now it's hard not to be the grumpy old man pissed off a students who apparently don't give a flying f-bomb for anyone other than themselves. |
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Post by ochobeavo on Feb 24, 2021 13:33:18 GMT -8
It seems like only about half the kids are here compared to normal, but the ones that are must be the idiots. Yeah, about 85,000 of us in Benton County follow the rules and combined for about 30 Covid cases every two weeks. The other 10K don't care, combined for 200+ cases, and screw it up for the rest of us. I'm very supportive of OSU, academics and athletics, my child went there and I know it's a great thing for our town. But right now it's hard not to be the grumpy old man pissed off a students who apparently don't give a flying f-bomb for anyone other than themselves. My son lives across the street from a frat. not skipping a beat when it comes to parties as far as I can tell. |
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Post by mbabeav on Feb 24, 2021 14:22:59 GMT -8
Yeah, about 85,000 of us in Benton County follow the rules and combined for about 30 Covid cases every two weeks. The other 10K don't care, combined for 200+ cases, and screw it up for the rest of us. I'm very supportive of OSU, academics and athletics, my child went there and I know it's a great thing for our town. But right now it's hard not to be the grumpy old man pissed off a students who apparently don't give a flying f-bomb for anyone other than themselves. My son lives across the street from a frat. not skipping a beat when it comes to parties as far as I can tell. and they are making sure to test all the living groups each week. 80% or so of all the positive tests have come from the 18-29 age group over the last 7 weeks. The 50-69 group that I am in is averaging 5-10 a week, maybe. |
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Post by mbabeav on Feb 24, 2021 14:32:09 GMT -8
My son lives across the street from a frat. not skipping a beat when it comes to parties as far as I can tell. and they are making sure to test all the living groups each week. 80% or so of all the positive tests have come from the 18-29 age group over the last 7 weeks. The 50-69 group that I am in is averaging 5-10 a week, maybe. Now if they were testing the entire county the way they test at OSU, I imagine that our case count would be way up given just how often this disease causes few to no symptoms serious enough to get tested. But that would be the case for every county. This concept of 4 levels is imaginary, arbitrary and has no real basis in science due to the lack of a consistent, coherent state testing protocol. You wanna be in the safe zone, just don't test unless you absolutely have to. |
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Post by zeroposter on Feb 24, 2021 15:22:07 GMT -8
Some things just make you shake your head. A local high school goes back to in-person classes. 2 days later, a party. 43 confirmed cases from the party and contacts. In-person schooling shut down. They are now having classes again, but how phucking dumb can you be?
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Post by mbabeav on Feb 24, 2021 15:44:23 GMT -8
Some things just make you shake your head. A local high school goes back to in-person classes. 2 days later, a party. 43 confirmed cases from the party and contacts. In-person schooling shut down. They are now having classes again, but how phucking dumb can you be? There's dumb, and then there is teenage - sometimes it's really hard to tell the difference. O for the days when we used to party out in the woods and the only risk you really had was if a county mountie happened to pick the 'wrong' route to patrol that night. |
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Post by Henry Skrimshander on Feb 24, 2021 15:58:14 GMT -8
The J & J vaccine isn't quite as effective as Moderna or Pfizer. So, whatever doses Benton County gets should be reserved for the 18-30 crowd, which isn't as vulnerable and doesn't get as serious symptoms. Save the most effective vaxes for the most vulnerable.
The 18-29 has the highest level of infection, by far (about 80% of cases in Benton County), and is the demographic keeping us in near-complete shutdown while the rest of the state is opening up dramatically. Even 3K shots to the dorm/frat/sorority kids would practically eliminate positive tests/the need for weekly testing here. They could be distributed in two or three days at Reser.
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Post by mbabeav on Feb 24, 2021 16:11:55 GMT -8
The J & J vaccine isn't quite as effective as Moderna or Pfizer. So, whatever doses Benton County gets should be reserved for the 18-30 crowd, which isn't as vulnerable and doesn't get as serious symptoms. Save the most effective vaxes for the most vulnerable. The 18-29 has the highest level of infection, by far (about 80% of cases in Benton County), and is the demographic keeping us in near-complete shutdown while the rest of the state is opening up dramatically. Even 3K shots to the dorm/frat/sorority kids would practically eliminate positive tests/the need for weekly testing here. They could be distributed in two or three days at Reser. Those suggestions are just both too logical to be considered "rational" |
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