{"id":7912,"date":"2022-01-11T14:57:55","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T21:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=7912"},"modified":"2022-01-11T14:57:55","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T21:57:55","slug":"the-lockdowns-strike-back-sonoma-county-bans-gatherings-of-50-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=7912","title":{"rendered":"The Lockdowns Strike Back: Sonoma County Bans Gatherings of 50 People"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Written by T. Logan Dayne<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Earlier this week, Sonoma County has once again issued bans on certain gatherings, seen by some as a prelude of what is to happen for the greater California area.<a href=\"https:\/\/sonomacounty.ca.gov\/CAO\/Press-Releases\/Appeal-for-residents-to-voluntarily-stay-home-restricts-large-gatherings\/\"> On Monday, indoor gatherings of more than 50 people and outdoor gatherings of more than 100 have been banned in Sonoma<\/a> while local officials are asking residents to \u201cstay home as much as possible for the next 30 days,\u201d following an uptick in Omicron cases. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This uptick is occurring in both vaccinated and unvaccinated residents <a href=\"https:\/\/experience.arcgis.com\/experience\/1edbb41952a8417385652279305e878d\/page\/Hospital-Capacity-Dashboard\/\">despite 78% of the residents considered \u201cfully vaccinated\u201d<\/a>. The CDC defines \u201cfully vaccinated\u201d as having received two shots from Pfizer\/Moderna or one from Johnson &amp; Johnson although, in some areas of the world it now includes being \u201cup-to-date\u201d on boosters. This new ban includes both public and private spaces such as gyms and weddings; however, there are\u00a0 exemptions for churches, shopping malls, schools, and restaurants.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By data, even as Omicron appears to be more infectious, there is strong evidence that it is significantly less threatening than other variants of COVID-19. Many politicians and bureaucrats are focusing on cases detected rather than on deaths directly caused by the virus. Even hospital data for Sonoma shows that 77.3% of ventilators are available and 7 of the 47 people currently in ICU have COVID-19. Despite this, the lockdowns are coming anyway. California legislator, Kevin Kiley,<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KevinKileyCA\/status\/1480948079004045313?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet\"> took to twitter to point out that others may use Sonoma to justify bans<\/a> and more \u201cshelter in place\u201d policies in other parts of the State saying, \u201cThis is a prelude to a statewide lockdown. We can\u2019t let it happen.\u201d Lockdowns seem to be the main strategy in the California playbook, even as it exacerbates the migration out of the state to more relaxed areas such as Texas and Florida.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Photo Cred: Sonoma County Tourism<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by T. Logan Dayne Earlier this week, Sonoma County has once again issued bans on certain gatherings, seen by some as a prelude of what is to happen for the greater California area. 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