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Testing, tracing needed before San Mateo County reopens

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Offer expires September 15, 2022, so sign up today!You have permission to edit this article.Welcome,Testing and contact tracing for those with COVID-19 are critical components of the criteria considered by officials determining when is appropriate to lift the stay-at-home order, said County Manager Mike Callagy.Callagy said during a press conference Wednesday, April 22, that a group of county workers, health experts, elected officials and other administrators are collaborating on a strategy to reopen society.And while no timeline has been established yet, Callagy said officials are focused on ramping up testing and also building a network of workers who will assist with the effort to track contacts of those who contracted the virus.Callagy said he is in the process of forming a “small army” of hundreds of county workers who will be dedicated to tracing, with an expectation that effort will continue through the coming weeks and months. Volunteers interested in contributing the tracing effort are encouraged to register online with the county.Concurrently, officials are hoping to continue expanding testing access while grappling with a shortage of available kits, said Callagy. Health officials have expressed frustration with the dearth of available tests and suggested a lack of supplies needed to develop the tests could be contributing to the shortfall.Results for 9,092 tests conducted in San Mateo County show 958 confirmed cases of the disease, with 39 deaths linked to COVID-19. Results are still pending for 132 tests, and results are returning in less than two days, according to the county’s website.An overwhelming majority of the deaths associated with the disease have been senior citizens, which is why much of the county’s attention recently has been on residential care or skilled nursing facilities, said Callagy.“Clearly that is where we need to focus, and where we will continue to focus,” said Callagy.Following reports that Santa Clara County discovered the area’s first fatality linked to the virus occurred earlier than initially reported, Callagy said local officials may also re-examine previous deaths that occurred under similar conditions to see if they were related to COVID-19.Looking ahead, Callagy said he expects location data for confirmed cases will be available late next week. He said cases will be sorted by zip code, but warned those analyzing the data to take caution and not develop a false sense of security in areas with a low concentration of cases.The press conference took place on the first day that face coverings were required for those on essential outings.Callagy said he expected such precautions including social distancing, cleaning and masks to be necessary, if not required, for an extended term once the shelter-in-place mandate is lifted.“That will be the new normal for the foreseeable future,” he said.Visit to register as a volunteer.(650) 344-5200 ext. 105Visit smcgov.org/volunteers to register as a volunteer.Editor,×××They are listening and taking advise from experts and saving life in the short and long term.What a bunch of snowflakes these people are who are having tantrums about having to shelter in place for the public's health.I would say the same about the TDS-afflicted snowflakes who have tantrums about anything Trump says or does, for the past three years. Yes, sheltering in place for less than 1000 infections and less than 50 deaths in a county population of over 750,000 people makes a lot of economic sense. Maybe all of those people needing a paycheck can open up their $20,000 freezers and eat another pint of $10 ice cream like Nancy "Let them eat ice cream!" Antoinette.So what happens to people who never contracted the Wuhan virus? Since they're not immune, are they consigned to a life of home imprisonment? Theoretically, this would be acceptable as long as the remaining people support these "prisoners" and you're one of these "prisoners." Or will they be shanghaied into a clinical trial, and if one of the control groups, will they eventually be infected so they can be released on parole? If you volunteer, are you prevented from going into the field if you've never contracted the virus? Inquiring minds want to know.Our non-elected officials are going mad. 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Testing, tracing needed before San Mateo County reopens

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