Genetic sequencing of virus samples sourced from the campus and partner clinics is set to begin by the end of February, providing a new surveillance tool that has the potential to detect variants and chart the pandemic’s progression here.
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COVID PM | BREAKING: Groundwork being laid for some students to return to school
It’s Tuesday and we’ve got some breaking news on the local “return-to-in-person-schooling” front: A concerted effort to get the county’s kindergarten teachers vaccinated on Tuesday may lay the groundwork for a plan to get back to some on-campus schooling before the year is over. Cooperation between the County Office of Education, the majority of the […]
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COVID PM: The vaccine news seems to be getting better for the 65-plus crowd
Happy Monday, friends. While talk continued elsewhere about the challenges of opening schools back up for in-person learning, there were no big advancements here in Santa Cruz County. Lookout will continue to monitor the situation as teachers insist on being vaccinated before they return to campus. The news was largely positive on the case positivity […]
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Decades later, infamous Tuskegee syphilis study stirs wariness in Black community over COVID-19 vaccine
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COVID PM | BREAKING: Teachers unite, saying vaccine needed before in-person learning can resume
Happy Friday, Santa Cruz people: We learned more today about a growing divide on the national, state and local levels between politicians, health officials and teachers as it pertains to a return to in-person learning. Here in Santa Cruz County, it’s a breaking story tonight. Teachers’ unions placed their collective stake in the ground with […]
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COVID PM: Possible ‘March surge,’ Sutter/PAMF opens vaccines to 65-plus
Hello, Santa Cruz people: I’m not sure where this week went, but here we are, almost back to another Friday. Today was nowhere as newsy as yesterday on the COVID front, but there were still some significant tidbits gleaned from Santa Cruz County health officials, who held their weekly press roundtable. Tidbit of Interest No. […]
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WATCH: County health leadership gives an update on virus, vaccines
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Two new COVID-19 vaccine centers being established in California, Newsom announces
New Leaf Community Markets brand manager Lindsay Gizdich said the store is moving from Pacific Avenue in order to have…
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COVID PM EXCLUSIVE: 30K vaccines have been distributed here; counties voice unrest
Hello, everyone, there is no shortage of vaccine-related information today — which is something that has never been uttered in this space before — and it’s topping our most robust COVID PM newsletter ever. Let’s get right to the intriguing headlines: Santa Cruz County officials & others: ‘Enough already’ EXCLUSIVE: The public health chiefs of […]
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COVID PM: Trying to make some sense of the foggy vaccination situation
Happy Tuesday, everyone. It was a day for trying to find clarity in the mud that is vaccine distribution. And there were, of course, steps forward and backward in the process. Our content partner Cal Matters dug in deep on the issues that continue to plague the state, and those issues were reflected in the […]