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Name a COVID-19 vaccine conspiracy theory circulating on social media, and hairstylist Katrina Randolph has heard it. So every time a client slides into her chair, she snips away at fears and misconceptions.
No, the vaccine isn’t an effort to sterilize Black people. It can’t alter your DNA. It won’t implant a microchip to track your movements. And no, people of color are not being used as guinea pigs.
Randolph has put herself on the front lines of the Black community’s fight against COVID-19 vaccine misinformation, part of a network of barbershops and beauty salons working with Dr. Stephen B. Thomas, who runs the Maryland Center for Health Equity at the University of Maryland School of Public Health.
Case rates have steadily dropped since January following a post holiday surge, with the county seeing an adjusted case rate in the 70s per 100,000 population as recently as the week of Jan. 19. It has since dropped more than 60 points to 11.2 as of Tuesday.
County Health Officer Maggie Park told the county s Board of Supervisors at its meeting Tuesday the county isn t quite ready to move into the less-restrictive red tier of the state s color-coded reopening pan. But it may happen sooner rather later, she said.
Case rates need to drop to 7 or below per 100,000 population to move into the red tier. San Joaquin County has been hovering just above 11 since last week. The county has not qualified to be in the red tier since the middle of November.
Solis retires as Executive Director of WorkNet after more than 40 years serving community
Solis retires as Executive Director of WorkNet after more than 40 years serving community
By Bob Highfill
John M. Solis recently had the bittersweet formality of addressing the board of the San Joaquin County Employment and Economic Development Department. After more than 40 years, Solis officially announced his retirement on February 27, 2021 with the department and from a highly decorated and distinguished career in which he implemented many innovative programs to help young people find good-paying and rewarding careers. Solis, whose family immigrated to Stockton from Jalisco, Mexico, when he was just 3 years old, grew up in Stockton, attended St. George Elementary School, St. Mary’s High School and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of San Francisco and a master’s degree in business administration from California State University, San