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Newsom finally drops the hammer in advance of the 4th of July weekend:

Effective immediately, 19 counties must close indoors operations for the following sectors: - Restaurants - Wineries - Movie theaters & family entertainment - Zoos, museums - Cardrooms

Also, all beach parking closed in LA and Bay Area.  Even if there is not much of transmission happening outdoors, at least this sends the right signal that we have a big problem.  Thumbs up from me.

I expect technically this is an order by the California Department of Public Health.    If you recognize that tweets are sound bites, here's from the press release, better explaining the order

Governor Gavin Newsom and the California Department of Public Health today released guidance directing counties that have been on the County Monitoring List for three consecutive days or more to close indoor operations for certain sectors which promote the mixing of populations beyond households and make adherence to physical distancing and wearing face coverings difficult. The guidance applies for a minimum of three weeks and is subject to an extension based on epidemiologic indicators. These sectors may modify operations to provide services outside or by pick-up. In addition, all brewpubs, breweries, bars, and pubs in these counties must close immediately, both indoor and outdoor.

I don't think the California order affects any open businesses in Santa Clara County.  I think all that was still closed in SCC.   SCC was included because it is being monitored because of the change in hospitalization numbers.  It is unclear to me (and, I think, to the state) how many of the increased hospitalizations are from SCC versus San Mateo, Imperial, etc.

Oh well, no change.  I'm not sure the state went far enough.  There are other personal-service, indoor businesses in the hard hit counties that I would question.

Considering the situation in L.A., they are going to be affected by this for the foreseeable future.

Contra Costa no longer is monitored by the state (I'd guess their bump in hospitalization is permanent, so it isn't a bump any more) as of today, but they were included.
(EDIT: In the last hour since I posted this, I notice that all the various numbers have been put up for CoCo Co in the state monitoring page, specifically showing that it passes all the tests and is no longer monitored. It is the only county displayed this way.)

By the way, SCC has not yet posted information about changes in the SiP orders that were expected around midweek.  I don't know if recent changes are causing these to be reconsidered.

Ouch... 210 new cases announced today.

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Newsom finally drops the hammer in advance of the 4th of July weekend:

Effective immediately, 19 counties must close indoors operations for the following sectors: - Restaurants - Wineries - Movie theaters & family entertainment - Zoos, museums - Cardrooms

Also, all beach parking closed in LA and Bay Area.  Even if there is not much of transmission happening outdoors, at least this sends the right signal that we have a big problem.  Thumbs up from me.

I expect technically this is an order by the California Department of Public Health.    If you recognize that tweets are sound bites, here's from the press release, better explaining the order

Governor Gavin Newsom and the California Department of Public Health today released guidance directing counties that have been on the County Monitoring List for three consecutive days or more to close indoor operations for certain sectors which promote the mixing of populations beyond households and make adherence to physical distancing and wearing face coverings difficult. The guidance applies for a minimum of three weeks and is subject to an extension based on epidemiologic indicators. These sectors may modify operations to provide services outside or by pick-up. In addition, all brewpubs, breweries, bars, and pubs in these counties must close immediately, both indoor and outdoor.

I don't think the California order affects any open businesses in Santa Clara County.  I think all that was still closed in SCC.   SCC was included because it is being monitored because of the change in hospitalization numbers.  It is unclear to me (and, I think, to the state) how many of the increased hospitalizations are from SCC versus San Mateo, Imperial, etc.

Oh well, no change.  I'm not sure the state went far enough.  There are other personal-service, indoor businesses in the hard hit counties that I would question.

Considering the situation in L.A., they are going to be affected by this for the foreseeable future.

Contra Costa no longer is monitored by the state (I'd guess their bump in hospitalization is permanent, so it isn't a bump any more) as of today, but they were included.
(EDIT: In the last hour since I posted this, I notice that all the various numbers have been put up for CoCo Co in the state monitoring page, specifically showing that it passes all the tests and is no longer monitored. It is the only county displayed this way.)

By the way, SCC has not yet posted information about changes in the SiP orders that were expected around midweek.  I don't know if recent changes are causing these to be reconsidered.

Ouch... 210 new cases announced today.