I would suggest the federal Health and Human Services standardized definitions be used across the country in regard to reporting COVID-19 status. A surge in states like North Dakota is going to be different than a surge in California or Florida.
Since the COVID-19 virus is becoming a chronic issue, there needs to be the standard language in reporting the virus. There also needs to be in place, if there isn't already, a strategic plan when a level three virus is DETECTED and isolation of potentially an entire region of the country. Part of that strategic plan has to be humanitarian measures such as food, clean water, housing, and medical care. I would not expect any exportation of goods from such a region as there will be the transmission of the virus in such exports. There will be a complete collapse of the economy in such exposures to a level three virus.
August 16, 2021
San Diego County, California - San Diego County leaders (click here) and public health officials Monday recommended that all employers in the county begin requiring COVID-19 vaccines for their employees or require weekly testing for the virus.
The recommendation comes a day before the county will begin collecting vaccination proof from its 18,000 employees before the requirement goes into effect next Monday. County employees unwilling or unable to receive the vaccine will be subject to weekly COVID-19 testing and are required to wear masks while indoors.
Board of Supervisors Chair Nathan Fletcher mentioned the possibility of penalties attached to fraudulent proof, but said the county is still in negotiations as to what that might be.
The Delta variant of the virus is considerably more contagious than previous strains and now comprises 95% of the virus' genome, Dr. Wilma Wooten, the county's public health officer, said at a news conference Monday.
"We are in the middle of the surge right now," she said, referring to a spike in coronavirus infections in recent weeks far outpacing last summer's surge and matching the early trajectory of last fall and winter's spike.
"It will get worse before it gets better," Wooten said....
