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Face Covering Required Everywhere You Go How well do cloth face coverings work to prevent spread of COVID-19? There is limited evidence to suggest that use of cloth face coverings by the public during a pandemic could help reduce disease transmission. Their primary role is to reduce the release of infectious particles into the air when someone speaks, coughs, or sneezes, including someone who has COVID-19 but feels well. Cloth face coverings are not a substitute for physical distancing and washing hands and staying home when ill, but they may be helpful when combined with these primary interventions. What is a cloth face covering? A cloth face covering is a material that covers the nose and mouth. It can be secured to the head with ties or straps or simply wrapped around the lower face. It can be made of a variety of materials, such as cotton, silk, or linen. A cloth face covering may be factory-made or sewn by hand, or can be improvised from household items such as scarfs, T-shirts, sweatshirts, or towels. When should I wear a cloth face covering? You may choose to wear a cloth face covering when you must be in public for essential activities, such as shopping at the grocery store. Wearing a cloth face covering does not eliminate the need to physically distance yourself from others. How should I care for a cloth face covering? It’s a good idea to wash your cloth face covering frequently, ideally after each use, or at least daily. Have a bag or bin to keep cloth face coverings in until they can be laundered with detergent and hot water and dried on a hot cycle. If you must re-wear your cloth face covering before washing, wash your hands immediately after putting it back on and avoid touching your face. Discard cloth face coverings that: - No longer cover the nose and mouth - Have stretched out or damaged ties or straps - Cannot stay on the face - Have holes or tears in the fabric Our best community and individual defense against COVID 19 is washing our hands frequently, avoiding touching our eyes, nose and mouth with unwashed hands, avoiding being around sick people and physical distancing, especially by staying at home. A strong health care delivery system and emergency response system is also an essential core defense to save lives when people do get ill. There may be a benefit to reducing asymptomatic transmission and reinforcing physical distancing from the use of face coverings. However, face coverings may increase risk if users reduce their use of strong defenses, such as physical distancing and frequent hand washing, when using face coverings. San Diego County has chosen a policy promoting face coverings for their residents, they are not requiring increased demand on medical grade respirators, such as N95 and surgical masks. The County is emphasizing the use of face coverings in conjunction with evidencebased interventions such as staying at home, physical distancing when completing essential activities and washing hands. Individuals outside of counties with recommendations on face coverings, should wear coverings if they feel comfortable doing so, and practice strict hand washing before and after touching and adjusting the mask. They are reminded that face coverings are not a replacement for other evidence-based measures such as physical distancing, frequent hand washing practices, and remaining at home when not doing essential activities.
Women’s Club Keeps Cranking Out The Face Coverings
Julian Women’s Club memberf Carol Galley has sewn over 300 face coverings and they have been passed out to local residents and workers. The Women’s Clubhas produced over 1,000 masks. Some going to healthcare workers in nursing homes.
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An Independent Weekly Newspaper Serving the Backcountry Communities of Julian, Cuyamaca, Santa Ysabel, Shelter Valley, Mt. Laguna, Ranchita, Canebreak, Sunshine Summit, Warner Springs and Wynola.
Julian News
Wednesday
May 6, 2020
Julian, CA.
Volume 35 — Issue 40
www.JulianNews.com
ISSN 1937-8416
3T’s = Test - Track - Treat
"Testing, Tracing, and Treatment: This effort is a cornerstone of our efforts to move forward—robust testing, tracing and treatment. This system must be in place—not only a “gate” to open in order to come out, but more importantly, as the way we daily track and ultimately defeat this virus. - Supervisor Nathan Fletcher The County’s Health and Human Services Agency will hire or retrain more than 500 staff to conduct COVID-19 testing and tracing as part of its efforts to fight the virus. The testing focus will be on at-risk populations, including residents in senior living facilities and low-income communities. “Our commitment at the County is to keep a sharp focus on the priority populations, the vulnerable and underserved people that (Wilma Wooten, M.D., County public health officer) has identified in her recent testing guidance,” said HHSA Director Nick Macchione. “This will require us to get a little more creative in taking the testing to the places where it is needed most.” In an effort to meet the region’s testing goals, the County will deploy several mobile testing sites to at-risk communities. In addition to the new Live Well Bus, the County Library’s bookmobiles and other County vehicles will also be used as mobile testing sites soon. New Testing and Tracing
County Assessor Reminds Business, Aircraft & Vessel Owners May 7th Is Business Personal Property Tax Filing Deadline State Filing Deadline Approaching -File Now to Avoid Penalties–Tax Payment Due in August SAN DIEGO San Diego County Assessor/ Recorder/County Clerk, Ernest J. Dronenburg, Jr. is reminding all business, aircraft and vessel owners that Tuesday, May 7th is the State of California mandated deadline for filing unsecured business personal property statements. Filings must be postmarked on or before May 7th to avoid a 10 percent late filing penalty. The unsecured property tax bills are issued based on the statements filed by May 7th and have to be paid prior to August 31, 2020. Assessor Dronenburg said, “During these difficult times my office is working proactively to help taxpayers avoid any penalties by filing their forms timely.” Dronenburg continued, “I requested the Governor to delay the State of California mandated May 7th business personal property tax filing deadline, but that relief has not been granted.” Dronenburg concluded, “While my office over the counter services are temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we remain open and committed to providing taxpayers excellent customer service online, over the phone and through e-mail to ensure everyone has the tools they need to avoid penalties by continued on page 11
Staff The County currently has a staff of more than 120 case and contact tracers who have conducted more than 4,000 COVID-19 investigations since the beginning of the public health crisis. Each confirmed positive case generates an average of three contact investigations. The County is proposing to expand the number of contact tracers to 450 or more in the coming months. This pool of tracers will be made up of current County employees and external applicants. The County today posted an opening for temporary contact tracers. The County also plans to hire an additional 200 public health nurses to help support the area’s testing efforts. The region’s Laboratory Task Force has set a goal of testing 5,200 people a day, with that figure based on Harvard research being used by the federal and state government to set COVID-19 testing numbers. Face Coverings Mandatory As of Friday(May 1), all San Diego County residents are required to wear cloth face coverings in public when within 6 feet of another person who is not a household member, or whenever entering a store or other business. The cloth facial coverings, which will be required until further notice, don’t have to be hospital grade, but should cover the nose and mouth. While local law enforcement agencies will focus on education
about the new public health orders about face coverings, the County is providing 10,000 face coverings to local law enforcement entities so officers can distribute them to the public when they contact individuals. As of May 1, more than 685,048 tests have been conducted in California and reported to the California Department of Public Health. These numbers include data from commercial, private and academic labs, including Quest, LabCorp, Kaiser, University of California and Stanford, and the 22 state and county health labs currently testing. The Department is now reporting all tests reported in California, rather than the total number of individuals tested. As new laboratories begin to test for COVID-19, some have had delays in reporting to the state. To resolve this issue, and to ensure this data is as complete as possible and reflects the state’s entire testing capacity, the Department is contacting laboratories directly to assess the completeness of reporting and to gather additional testing data if needed. In addition, laboratories have been working through their backlogs of tests awaiting processing, and the backlog has been reduced. This helps ensure we can meet the additional demand expected from broadening testing guidelines and opening 86 additional sample collection sites across California.
Regulars Wanted - Celebrates One Year Since Opening
Ways To Rethink The Insanity Of Schooling Our Kids At Home
by Darcy Gleisberg
May 1st 2020 marked the One Year Anniversary Regulars Wanted Beanery Co. After spending a year traveling around the United States and Canada collecting ideas, Christian and Jenifer Eggert found their home in Julian. The opportuinty to take over the former Granny’s Kitchen provided the perfect place to share those tastes with locals and tourists alike. Familiar faces from the former staff as well as some welcome new team members will be happy to prepare a variety of Organic Tea and Fair Trade coffee drinks with locally roasted beans from Café Virtuoso. Bootstrap Kombucha and Julian Hard Cider on tap, fresh squeezed orange juice, and a curated collection of local wines and craft beer are also available. Sophie Krabil is still at the helm of the bakery, turning out her signature favorites like scones, cookies, pies, muffins, and empanadas as well as an innovative mix of Gluten Free, Vegan, and Low Glycemic options. In additon to those sweet treats Lauren Schaefer is running the bread program which includes our house bread, bagels, buttermilk biscuits, and English muffins. A Community Supported Bread program will begin soon with a rotation of different breads in addition to other Community Supported programs. With the newly implemented online marketplace, baked goods and mechandise are now availible for shipping nationwide. Chef Christian, former founding Chef/Partner of SuperNatural Sandwiches spent last year refining old breakfast favorites like monkey bread french toast, buttermilk biscuits and maple sausage gravy, and breakfast sandwiches. The new Arizona BBQ Outfitters Santa Maria grill drives the developing lunch menu currently featuring dry rubbed Mary’s Organic Chickens, Black Angus Tri-Tip, and Mad Mike’s gourmet sausages all grilled over mesquite and local oak and applewood. Available as traditional BBQ plates or featured on a growing list of signature sandwiches, along with mouth watering sides and sauces. Heirloom beans are impetus of the Beanery and we currently feature a unique blend of Organic Anazasi and Kashmir thin skin Rio Del Rey beans prepared de la olla or pot style. We would like to sincerely thank our Employee Family, Regulars, and locals for your support and guidance through the last year. We look forward to serving the commiunity of Julian for many years to come. For more information, hours, menus, photos, webstore please visit: www.regularswanted.cafe
I resigned from a fifteen year teaching career this past February. I was hoping to spend more time with my two young sons as a stay at home mom. Little did I know just how much I’d be staying at home! As my oldest will be starting kindergarten next year, I’ve been following our local school district’s Facebook page; the combination of the comments left there and the feedback I hear from friends: moms, teachers, and teachermoms alike, sometimes making my skin crawl. Here are some thoughts and tips I would give to my parents and students if I were still teaching: • Think big picture. No skills should ever live and die within a single grade level or with a particular teacher. With any assignment or unit, help your student find the bigger “why” behind the work. It’s my understanding that currently, the academic world is running a lot like that old show “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” where “everything’s made up and the points don’t matter anyway,” so instead of melting down over the particulars of an assignment, consider what the bigger take-away is intended to be and master that. • Look ahead. If you’re in California, it’s very easy to find subject-specific Common Core standards per grade level. If you’re concerned about your child being prepared for the next level of schooling, look at what’s on the menu. Identify the subjects or subsets in which your child is the weakest, and have him/her focus his or her energy
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