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CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) UPDATE

Tuesday 18 Jan 2021

COVID-19 VACCINE

CURRENTLY 1A AND AGE 75 MAY RECEIVE THE VACCINE AND MAY DO SO BY CLICKING THE LINK BELOW

1A: Healthcare Personnel, Long Term Care Facility Workers/Residents

1B: Frontline Essential Workers (fire, police, corrections, food, mail, manufacturing, grocery, transit, education), Age >=75

1C: Age 65-74, Co-Morbid Medical Conditions, Other Essential Workers

Currently the California COVID-19 Vaccination Program enrollment requires providers to have an ultra low freezer down to -60 degrees C so we may be referring our patients to certain pharmacies, the hospital, or Petco Park venue. Will post updates on this website! All providers who administer the vaccine will be required to provide the vaccine to ANYONE regardless of ability to pay so this vaccine will be available free of charge to EVERYONE. In the future since Moderna does not require an ultra low freezer we will post if the state changes their criteria as to whom they distribute to and inform you if we receive it. Although the governor now states 1B can be vaccinated, CDC and San Diego County are currently only vaccinating 1A with few special exceptions such as Corrections.

REGIONAL STAY AT HOME ORDER FOR NON-URGENT MEDICAL CARE

<15% LOCAL HOSPITAL ICU BEDS AVAILABLE

TELEPHONE VISITS AVAILABLE HERE

R0 (Reproduction knot) = 3 (for every person infected it will spread to 3 others without precautions)

10x more deadly than the flu despite extreme restrictions

SYMPTOMS

TESTING

PREVENTION

TREATMENT

Most Common = fever > 100.4 (in 87.9% sick)

fever, cough, shortness of breath, chills, muscle pain, new loss of taste or smell, vomiting or diarrhea, and/or sore throat

EMERGENCY: Trouble breathing, Persistent pain or pressure in the chest, New confusion or inability to arouse, Bluish lips or face

CURRENT CDC GUIDELINES PRIORITIES FOR TESTING

1. those with symptoms

2. those without symptoms with known/suspected exposure

USA: 7% of those tested, test +

Stay in Place
Keep Your Space
Cover Your Face

VACCINES (obtain at pharmacy)*
1. Influenza: regular dose
2. Pnueumococcal PPSV23: one time dose for >= age 65 and heart/lung/liver/diabetes/alcoholism/smoker

Full Quarantine
Supportive Treatment for mild illness

*due to pandemic we are limiting live patient visits here, but if your health plan does not cover the vaccine at the pharmacy, we have a limited # of doses here

LOCATION	SAN DIEGO	USA	SWEDEN	VIETNAM
REGULATIONS			LOW REGULATION quarantine for sick (then 2 more days after gets well) ban on visiting nursing homes secondary schools closed restuarants open with distancing age >=70 advised to stay home since 14 Dec 2020 face masks required for public transport	HIGH REGULATION quarantine strict (if someone tests + in the hospital nobody is allowed to leave the hospital for 14 days) COVID+ names published publicly if no mask in public -> penalty ~$200
FATALITY RATE SUMMARY	worst peak 31 Dec 2020 after Christmas 2nd worst peak after Thanksgiving	worst peak 12 Jan 2021 after New Year 2nd worst peak after Christmas 3rd worst peak after Thanksgiving	worst peaks 14 Jan 2021	worst peak 10 Aug 2020 NO FATALITIES since 3 Sep 2020
TOTAL POPULATION	3,250,000	327,200,000	10,100,000	95,500,000
+ CASES	211,850	24,126,195	523,486	1,539
DEATHS	2,103	399,053	10,323	35 (relatively best!)
DEATHS PER TOTAL POPULATION *	0.0006	0.001 (1 in 1000)	0.001 (1 in 1000)	0.0000004 relative best (<1 in a million)
SURVIVING RATE *	99.0% relative best	98.3%	98.0%	97.7%
2019-20 INFLUENZA DEATHS	108 (10x less deadly)	28,000 (10x less deadly)	x	x
2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA DEATHS	x	12,469	x	x
2019 CAR ACCIDENT DEATHS	x	38,800	x	x
2019 HEART DISEASE DEATHS	x	647,000 (eat wholesome and exercise)	x	x
2019 CANCER DEATHS	x	606,880 (follow up on symptoms and routine checks)	x	x

* USA has higher population density thatn Sweden and therefore has to take greater precautions. Our healthcare in California is currently at/near capacity.

* 40% of deaths are in Long Term Care Facility residents. In San Diego, 86% of fatalities are age 60+ and there are ZERO fatalies in children.

STRONG WORK EVERYONE HELPING EACH OTHER!!

COVID-19 Information, What to Do for Mild Infection, and Resources