The article states that they had to reverse their course because of an outbreak of Covid-19 cases. (4 people tested positive after having no confirmed cases for the last 3 months). The county's public health officer is quoted: "Unfortunately, this did happen and now we have a serious problem." They plan to use "contact tracing investigations" to track the outbreak.
I clicked on the comments to see how people were reacting - not something I normally do because comments on most article are typically anything but nice and/or helpful - but I went for it and the first comment I saw was from someone who stated that they live in Lassen county so I was interested to see what they had to say.
Here is the information they shared:
- Initially they weren't doing testing in their county and were sending people out of county to get tested
- They didn't show any local cases until the state came in and began testing within their county
- They only followed the SIP regulations for about 2 weeks, after that most people went back to business as usual. Masks were and still are optional.
- Restaurants opened to inside dining before it was officially "allowed"
- Rallys were held while the rest of California was still under SIP orders
So, where's the truth in this?
How did the county realize they "opened too soon" if they never really shut down?
How does anyone know how many cases there have been if they weren't doing testing there at all for several months?
Were people sick and got better? The article only states that "now we have a serious problem" because 4 people tested positive. But is that really a serious problem? Or is someone trying to create some "fear" to support the idea that we need to stay in lockdown?
Would it be normal for 4 people to get sick with the regular flu? If so, why is this being used as an example of "we opened too quickly, now we need to shut it all down again"?
I have no idea who is right. The author of the article? The commenter who lives in Lassen county? Does the truth lie somewhere in between? Maybe none of it is the truth? How will we ever know?
I am pointing out inconsistencies in ONE article about Covid-19 . . . When you think about the number of articles that are published every single day by our media, just how much disinformation is being put out there? It really concerns me.
I wasn't clear on what "contact tracing" was so I decided to look at the CDC website. What I read made me shudder.
The first line says:
- Contact tracing will be conducted for close contacts (any individual within 6 feet of an infected person for at least 15 minutes) of laboratory-confirmed or probable COVID-19 patients.
So if someone tests positive OR they are a probable Covid-19 case, they will interview everyone who stood within 6 feet of the infected person for 15 minutes? How will the government employee get the information to "interview" all those people? Will the "infected person" be required to turn all that information over? The CDC guidelines seem to clearly allow this to be done, whether it is laboratory-confirmed or "probable." Does that sound ok to you?
If I am reading this correctly, it seems to be saying that if someone deems you a "probable Covid-19 patient without laboratory-confirmation, they can make you give them the contact information for everyone who stood within 6 feet of you for 15 minutes? And if so, do you really want to share that kind of information with the government? What if you were in line to get into a store? (or went to multiple stores?) How will they find out who stood in front of you or behind you in line?
I also notice that no where on the CDC site (in the "contact tracing" section) do they mention masks. So if someone stood within 6 feet of you - it doesn't matter if they were wearing a mask or not? If so, why are we being forced to wear masks? And why do they want us to believe they are doing any good?
If a mask really makes a difference, wouldn't the CDC guideline that I pasted above (directly from their website) specify that they are referring to "any NON-MASKED individual within 6 feet of an infected person for at least 15 minutes"?
It seems the CDC is actually telling us that masks don't do anything to protect us if they are still going to "trace" any individual whether they were wearing a mask or not. Think about that for a minute. Am I the only one whose head is spinning over the confusing and misleading information that we are getting from the CDC?
Then I read on the CDC site:
For COVID-19, a close contact is defined as any individual who was within 6 feet of an infected person for at least 15 minutes starting from 48 hours before illness onset (or, for asymptomatic patients, 10 days prior to positive specimen collection) until the time the patient is isolated.
So you need to turn over a list of names/numbers that include anyone you were in contact with for 48 hours before the onset of illness? and if you have NOT SHOWN ANY SYMPTOMS (which is what asymptomatic means), you need to go back 10 days?
Does that make any sense?
I swear I am not making this up. I am pulling this straight from the CDC official website.
I am not telling you what to think. We all need to do our own research and form our own opinions. Honestly, I AM hoping that reading what I have written will make YOU want to ask more questions.
I am trying to point out that what we are being told doesn't appear to be anywhere near "truth." It is making me wonder what is really going on here?
Why do they want to keep us in lock down? Why do they want us to stay in fear? As I have written about previously, why do they want us to think the numbers are higher than they actually are? And why do they want us to keep wearing masks if wearing a mask doesn't seem to matter according to their "contact tracing guidelines?" What is the real purpose of the "contact tracing?"
We have got to start asking "What is really going on here?" because my sense is that whatever it is, it is likely bigger and scarier than whatever this "virus" is. It's up to each one of us to look into this further and not just accept what we are being told. It is up to each one of us to decide if we want to stay in fear or if we'd rather find out what the truth really is.
If I am reading this correctly, it seems to be saying that if someone deems you a "probable Covid-19 patient without laboratory-confirmation, they can make you give them the contact information for everyone who stood within 6 feet of you for 15 minutes? And if so, do you really want to share that kind of information with the government? What if you were in line to get into a store? (or went to multiple stores?) How will they find out who stood in front of you or behind you in line?
I also notice that no where on the CDC site (in the "contact tracing" section) do they mention masks. So if someone stood within 6 feet of you - it doesn't matter if they were wearing a mask or not? If so, why are we being forced to wear masks? And why do they want us to believe they are doing any good?
If a mask really makes a difference, wouldn't the CDC guideline that I pasted above (directly from their website) specify that they are referring to "any NON-MASKED individual within 6 feet of an infected person for at least 15 minutes"?
It seems the CDC is actually telling us that masks don't do anything to protect us if they are still going to "trace" any individual whether they were wearing a mask or not. Think about that for a minute. Am I the only one whose head is spinning over the confusing and misleading information that we are getting from the CDC?
Then I read on the CDC site:
For COVID-19, a close contact is defined as any individual who was within 6 feet of an infected person for at least 15 minutes starting from 48 hours before illness onset (or, for asymptomatic patients, 10 days prior to positive specimen collection) until the time the patient is isolated.
So you need to turn over a list of names/numbers that include anyone you were in contact with for 48 hours before the onset of illness? and if you have NOT SHOWN ANY SYMPTOMS (which is what asymptomatic means), you need to go back 10 days?
Does that make any sense?
I swear I am not making this up. I am pulling this straight from the CDC official website.
I am not telling you what to think. We all need to do our own research and form our own opinions. Honestly, I AM hoping that reading what I have written will make YOU want to ask more questions.
I am trying to point out that what we are being told doesn't appear to be anywhere near "truth." It is making me wonder what is really going on here?
Why do they want to keep us in lock down? Why do they want us to stay in fear? As I have written about previously, why do they want us to think the numbers are higher than they actually are? And why do they want us to keep wearing masks if wearing a mask doesn't seem to matter according to their "contact tracing guidelines?" What is the real purpose of the "contact tracing?"
We have got to start asking "What is really going on here?" because my sense is that whatever it is, it is likely bigger and scarier than whatever this "virus" is. It's up to each one of us to look into this further and not just accept what we are being told. It is up to each one of us to decide if we want to stay in fear or if we'd rather find out what the truth really is.
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