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End of the year reflections on the coronavirus pandemic
Editor, Ceres Courier,
Last week we marked the end of 2020. This was truly a difficult year with the pandemic taking an enormous toll. There has been great loss of life; one of every 1,000 Stanislaus County residents has lost their life due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Last week we have seen reported so far (there are reporting delays) seven people who call Stanislaus County home died from COVID-19 each day. There has been loss of livelihood with people unable to work due to temporary and permanent business closures. Loss of education time, most probably leading to lasting impacts, that are not yet fully understood. These losses have been greater in some communities, especially those communities with fewer resources to protect themselves from this unrelenting viral spread.
End of year reflections on the pandemic Dr. Julie Vaishampayan
Stanislaus County Public Health Officer
This week we mark the end of 2020. This has been a truly difficult year with the pandemic taking an enormous toll. There has been great loss of life; one of every 1,000 Stanislaus County residents has lost their life due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Last week we have seen reported so far (there are reporting delays) seven people who call Stanislaus County home died from COVID-19 each day.
There has been loss of livelihood with people unable to work due to temporary and permanent business closures. Loss of education time most probably leading to lasting impacts that are not yet fully understood. These losses have been greater in some communities, especially those communities with fewer resources to protect themselves from this unrelenting viral spread.
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As California endures another lockdown due to surging COVID-19 infection rates and area hospitals are facing strained ICU resources, testing availability has become a challenging obstacle to tracking the infection.
While many local places offer testing, availability is typically limited to appointment-only, which have been hampered by resource availability.
Oak Valley Hospital offers local testing by appointment only and must be accompanied by a physician referral.
Modern Urgent Care offers local testing: walk-ins without insurance must pay $249 for the test; those with insurance must use the online portal to make an appointment but the system has been locked up for weeks.