Owen Yancher: Yet another reason to be a little more thankful
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For the first time in almost 500 days, I watched a Sacramento Kings game, in person, Monday night.
It was the same Golden One Center, the same Kings (nearly blowing a 17-point lead in the closing minutes), UC Davis alum Scott Moak was still the public address announcer and Kayte Christensen was still still sitting next to Kyle Draper at the NBC Sports California desk when I walked into the arena.
At the same time, absolutely nothing was the same …
Parking was a breeze.
Entering and exiting the building took all of two minutes. I was required to present my COVID-19 vaccine passport upon entry. And once inside, between every six to eight seats, throughout the entire arena, were the cardboard cutouts sports fans have become all too familiar with during the pandemic.
In Davis, there is a pilot program in place to identify COVID-19 in the classroom. The detection program, however, doesn t involve testing students and instead uses cutting-edge technology to track the virus first.A UC Davis scientist came up with the idea to test the filtration system in classrooms for signs of the virus. Two schools implemented it three weeks ago, and, so far, it s working. The participating schools have identified cases of COVID-19 before it spread to more students. High-efficiency particulate air, or HEPA, filters are in every classroom in the district, but the testing of them is happening at Korematsu and North Davis elementary schools. Here s how it works: Staff members swab the filter once a week and send it to the lab for the results. By looking at the air filters, we can detect if a virus is being shed in a classroom and then we can really recommend that everyone in that class should get tested maybe a couple of times in the next week and we can
Healthy Davis Together expands vaccination program
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Dr. Sheri Belafsky, left, chats with nurse Sarah Jorgensen at Thursday’s vaccine clinic in Woodland. Belafsky is the medical director of Healthy Davis Together, which is running the clinic. Anne Ternus-Bellamy/Enterprise photo
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Jessica DeZarn, a UC Davis nurse, pulls individual doses from a vial of Covid-19 vaccine at the Healthy Davis Together/CommuniCare vaccine clinic now open to the general public in Woodland. Anne Ternus-Bellamy/Enterprise photo
In the year-long battle against COVID-19, few individuals or institutions in Yolo County have had quite the impact of Healthy Davis Together.
County reports five COVID deaths; more Davis schools report positive tests
Yolo County reported five COVID-19 deaths on Thursday, bringing to 205 the total number of county residents lost during the pandemic.
Two of the deaths reported Wednesday involved West Sacramento residents and three were from Woodland. Three individuals are currently hospitalized with COVID-19 in Yolo County.
The continued spread of COVID-19 in the community is evident on the county’s online COVID-19 dashboard, where 103 new cases have been reported countywide over the last seven days, including 18 on Thursday. The county’s test positivity rate remains low at 0.6 percent.
As of Thursday, the city of Davis has seen 2,142 residents test positive for COVID-19 and 18 die.
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