|
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
|
Santa Clara County issued more than $115,000 in fines over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend to businesses, including the Costco Wholesale in Mountain View and 18 in Palo Alto, for failing to comply with local COVID-19 health guidelines, county officials said.
The county’s Business Compliance Unit visited 427 business sites and issued 181 violation notices during the long weekend, amounting to at least $115,000 in fines.
According to the county, that total may increase until the cited businesses rectify the violations.
“As cases and hospitalizations continue to rise to new record levels, we need everyone in the community to do their part to protect the health of the community,” said Michael Balliet, the director of the county’s Business Compliance Unit.
Between Nov. 26 and Nov. 29, the county issued fines to the following businesses, targeting those at Stanford Shopping Center: Tesla, Tonal, Wilkes Bashford, Yucca de Lac, Bath & Body Works, Brighton Collectibles, Brooks Brothers, California Pizza Kitchen, Crate & Barrel, Drybar, Flexa, Jamba Juice, L’Occitane, Lucky Brand, Marimekko, Peloton, Pinkberry and QD Gallery, according to a county list of notices of violation.
County officials warned prior to Thanksgiving that the Business Compliance Unit would be stricter about issuing citations and fines during the weekend, typically a busy period of holiday shopping.
The county normally allows businesses up to 72 hours to fix issues of compliance, absolving them of the fine.
The three most frequent violations cited over the weekend were failure to submit a social distancing protocol to county health officials and failures to post signage indicating social distancing protocol and maximum capacity.
Fines issued ranged from $250 to $3,750, according to the county.
Residents can report issues of compliance with local health guidance at scccovidconcerns.org.
Well, what I am VERY concerned about regarding the COVID vaccines is turning out to be on target.
THe new news report on CNBC titled “Trump Covid vaccine czar says side effects ‘significantly noticeable’ in 10% to 15% of recipients ” (https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/01/trump-covid-vaccine-czar-says-side-effects-significantly-noticeable-in-10percent-to-15percent-of-recipients.html).
The REAL problem is they cannot find any correlation regarding why the side effects occur. But most importantly they have NO EVIDENCE of safety in the long run, the report stated:
“While the long-term side effects are not well understood yet, Slaoui said it is important to get a vaccine deployed as soon as possible as the pandemic is “killing 2,000 or more than 2,000 people a day.””
Not understanding is a clear cut disqualification factor regarding a vaccine, given that in theory your giving to HEALTHY people an possibly in the long run making them UNHEALTHY.
AS this information comes out, I am concerned that the FDA will in fact say “go ahead” and find out 6 months later they authorized a bad vaccine that has problems because they tried to move TOO fast.
What is actually crazy is that one person stated:
“During the advisory meeting last week, Patsy Stinchfield, a Children’s Minnesota nurse practitioner, said officials and drugmakers could try talking about the side effects in a more positive way. She said they could use language such as “response” instead of “adverse reaction.””
That kind of “marketing” instead of using terminology that has been scientifically established and is in fact ACCURATE in crazy.
As more of this information gets released, it looks like that the FDA is about to “GAMBLE” with our safety by saying “OH WELL,” there isn’t enough information to NOT approve it. Just like NASA did with the Space Shuttle Challenger Solid Rocket Boosters. We all saw what happened.
What I’M concerned about is anti-vaxxers refusing any vaccine, and making the pandemic even worse for everyone else.
Fining struggling small businesses is all well and good, but how about fining individuals who don’t wear masks or social distance properly?
In response to Anti-vaxxers you wrote:
“What I’M concerned about is anti-vaxxers refusing any vaccine, and making the pandemic even worse for everyone else.”
I totally agree where there is demonstrated PROOF of effectiveness AND PROOF of safety, lets get everyone their 2 shots ASAP. I will be first in line.
But ANY vaccine, that is just possibly GAMBLING with a otherwise healthy persons long term health, right?
In response to fines:
NO ARGUMENT THERE, there should be citations written to those not individuals risking others health because they are RESPNSIBLE for heir behavior too.
From the article SG posted:
“President Trump’s coronavirus vaccine czar said Pfizer’s and Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccines are safe, with only 10% to 15% of volunteers reporting “significantly noticeable” side effects.”
and
“The side effects, which come from the vaccine shots, can last up to a day and a half, said Dr. Moncef Slaoui, who is leading the Trump administration’s Covid-19 vaccine program Operation Warp Speed. The people who’ve suffered from side effects have reported redness and pain at the injection site as well as fever, chills, muscle aches and headaches, he said, adding most people have no noticeable side effects.”
and
““The longer, more important kind of adverse events such as some autoimmune disease or others have not been reported in a different way between the placebo group and the vaccine group in these two trials, which is very reassuring,” he told The Washington Post. “I always make sure we say that [while] we know the short term and I’m going to call it midterm effects of the vaccine is now well understood, the very long-term safety is not yet understood by definition.””
Now let’s look at the flu vaccnine
https://www.cdc.gov/flu/prevent/general.htm
“Do flu vaccines cause any side effects?
Like any medical product, vaccines can cause side effects. Side effects of the flu vaccine are generally mild and go away on their own within a few days.
Common side effects from the flu shot include:
Soreness, redness, and/or swelling from the shot
Headache
Fever
Nausea
Muscle aches
The flu shot, like other injections, can occasionally cause fainting.”
Does the list for flu sound familiar???
Victor,
I am sorry to say that when you have the same person state contradictory statements at the same time, that raises scientific ethical questions. You are right when the story said:
“President Donald Trump’s coronavirus vaccine czar said Tuesday that Pfizer’s and Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccines ARE SAFE, with only 10% to 15% of volunteers reporting side effects that were “significantly noticeable.”
But later he said:
“While the LONG-TERM SIDE EFFECTS are not well understood yet, Slaoui said it is important to get A VACCINE deployed as soon as possible as the pandemic is “killing 2,000 or more than 2,000 people a day.””
NOT WELL UNDERSTOOD? He said that too. It almost was a DISCLAIMER to say that yes we are going to use these products, but we REALLY don’t KNOW what we are doing yet. Throwing out ANY vaccine prior to PROVED long term safety is simply Scary. He is just a politician tryin to SELL us on something they cannot ADMIT they cannot prove is safe. The POLIO vaccines were very well tested for long term effects prior to release.
And as so far as making comparisons to the Influenza vaccines, they aren’t even close to the same thing. The type of virus and the methods of vaccination VECTORS in the vaccines are COMPLETELY different.
Trump is trying to GAMBLE with our health so as to try to say “I SAVED THE COUNTRY FROM COVID”.
And you SHOULD know that.
Victor,
Latest update from the Santa Clara County Department of Health Blueprint Dashboard (https://www.sccgov.org/sites/covid19/Pages/blueprint-dashboard.aspx)
The Adjusted case rate is now 11% an increase of 3.3% over last week.
The positivity rate is now 3.5% an increase of .5% over 1 week.
The Health Equity rate is now 7.3% an increase of 1% in a week.
The 7 day rolling average of new cases is 498, nearly 500 new cases every day seen here (https://www.sccgov.org/sites/covid19/Pages/dashboard-cases.aspx).
This is why there need to be ENFORCEMENT of safety measures on ALL people.
181 violations, $115,000 in potential fines. Not for any *actual* safety violations but mostly for purely bureaucratic shortcomings: “failure to submit a social distancing protocol to county health officials and failures to post signage indicating social distancing protocol and maximum capacity.” A perfect storm of Kafkaesque BS that targets (presumably) struggling businesses. As an MV resident, I do NOT want my tax dollars going to this kind of harassment of my local businesses. Especially considering every business I’ve visited has real-world safety procedures in place, regardless of whether they’ve complied with a bunch of wasteful bureaucracy.
The term “anti-vaxxer” has been weaponized against anyone who questions the integrity of the pharmaceutical industry where vaccine safety is concerned. Given the long and very well-documented history of lies and malfeasance from the pharmaceutical industry, which stands to earn $billions (at least) from a Covid vaccine, extreme skepticism is warranted. You don’t have to be an “anti-vaxxer” to distrust all the propaganda we’re being fed stating that we’re all doomed until a vaccine comes around, and that only a vaccine can make us safe to live our lives again. Many experts think Covid, like literally every other pandemic in world history, will peter off naturally after this or the next cycle. And, of course, the vaccine will get the credit even if the disease numbers fall off naturally.
Such hypocrisy,
Lets see….Mayor of San Francisco,
Mayor of San Jose
oh yes Governor of California
and Speaker of the House
They can all break the rules with no consequences.
Did French Laundry pay any fines.. I don’t think so.
Did any of the above pay a fine…….NO
Do as I say Not as I do.
True leadership from the elite we have appointed to RULE over us.
Rob,
I agree with you, believe it or not.
Peacelove,
When I said ALL I meant ALL.
No more “Kevin’s” or “Karen’s” either, ANYONE not wearing a mask nor taking steps to keep distancing MUST be cited too.
The disease doesn’t care if you are the OPERATOR of the business or the CUSTOMER.
If you can’t follow good safety practices or choose not to, you are not permitted to threaten our safety.
Yes it is time to issue citations to the public as well.
Victor and others,
One of my concerns is that since the COVID vaccine is the first mRNA vaccine ever, we do not know one aspect of its use at all yet.
No one has yet been pregnant after the use of it, and no one has yet been able to determine if it cannot cause birth defects. Since it is a vaccine that “inserts” itself into our genes.
In fact there is only 2 months safety monitoring, and even Dr. Sanjay Gupta cannot find anyone to say it is safe beyond 2 months and that it cannot effect children pre-Nataly.
This kind of adverse reaction has never been possible before because the traditional vaccines use active or inactive virus.
Can you imagine that if this does happen, we have had problems like this occur in the past remember Thalidomide?
That was a drug that wasn’t designed to effect genetics, this one IS.
“Since it is a vaccine that “inserts” itself into our genes.”
wrong. It is mRNA so it cannot insert itself into your genome
https://www.nature.com/articles/nrd.2017.243
“First, safety: as mRNA is a non-infectious, non-integrating platform, there is no potential risk of infection or insertional mutagenesis. Additionally, mRNA is degraded by normal cellular processes, and its in vivo half-life can be regulated through the use of various modifications and delivery methods9,10,11,12. The inherent immunogenicity of the mRNA can be down-modulated to further increase the safety profile9,12,13. Second, efficacy: various modifications make mRNA more stable and highly translatable”
My advise is to ignore the rantings of a know-nothing bully.
In response to Victor Bishop you wrote:
“wrong. It is mRNA so it cannot insert itself into your genome”
I will make a correction I said mRNA makes changes on DNA which is classical Genetics.
HOWEVER, in 2016 it was established that even Non-Coding RNA causing changes in the EPIGENETICS of a host. Which directly can impact the HEREDITY of future CELLULAR GENERATIONS OF THE CELLS or the OFFSPRING OF THE HOSTS THEMSELVES. You can read the following Abstract from “Non-coding RNAs as regulators in epigenetics (Review) “ found here (https://www.spandidos-publications.com/10.3892/or.2016.5236 ):
“Epigenetics is a discipline that studies HERITABLE CHANGES IN GENE EXPRESSION THAT DO NOT INVOLVE ALTERING THE DNA SEQUENCE. Over the past decade, researchers have shown that epigenetic regulation plays a momentous role in cell growth, differentiation, autoimmune diseases, and cancer. The main epigenetic mechanisms include the well-understood phenomenon of DNA methylation, histone modifications, and REGULATION BY NON-CODING RNAS, A MODE OF REGULATION THAT HAS ONLY BEEN IDENTIFIED RELATIVELY RECENTLY AND IS AN AREA OF INTENSIVE ONGOING INVESTIGATION. It is generally known that the majority of human transcripts are not translated but a large number of them nonetheless serve vital functions. Non-coding RNAs are a cluster of RNAs that do not encode functional proteins and were originally considered to merely regulate gene expression at the post-transcriptional level. HOWEVER, TAKEN TOGETHER, A WIDE VARIETY OF RECENT STUDIES HAVE SUGGESTED THAT MIRNAS, PIRNAS, ENDOGENOUS SIRNAS, AND LONG NON-CODING RNAS ARE THE MOST COMMON REGULATORY RNAS, AND, SIGNIFICANTLY, THERE IS A GROWING BODY OF EVIDENCE THAT REGULATORY NON-CODING RNAS PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN EPIGENETIC CONTROL. THEREFORE, THESE NON-CODING RNAS (NCRNAS) HIGHLIGHT THE PROMINENT ROLE OF RNA IN THE REGULATION OF GENE EXPRESSION. Herein, we summarize recent research developments with the purpose of coming to a better understanding of non-coding RNAs and their mechanisms of action in cells, THUS GAINING A PRELIMINARY UNDERSTANDING THAT NON-CODING RNAS FEED BACK INTO AN EPIGENETIC REGULATORY NETWORK.”
So, what I wrote was a big mistake. But my mistake was only in discussing HOW the risk is still there. Again, there is no proof that this mechanism is NOT going to cause future problems with the COVID vaccines. You wrote:
“My advise is to ignore the rantings of a know-nothing bully.”
By the way, I am not being a bully, I am not coercing or threatening anyone or subjecting anyone to harm. Thus, I cannot be a bully.
Victor Bishop,
I think you are trying to be a bit deceptive in using the report you linked here (https://www.nature.com/articles/nrd.2017.243)
WHY?
Because this publication describes itself here (https://www.nature.com/natrevmats/about#:~:text=Nature%20Reviews%20Materials%20is%20an,scientific%20disciplines%20within%20materials%20science.) unfortunately for conserving space I cannot directly quote it but my observation regarding the statement: “Nature Reviews Materials is an online-only journal for the weekly publication of REVIEWS, PERSPECTIVES AND COMMENTS IN ALL SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES WITHIN MATERIALS SCIENCE.”
Which means it is not reporting actual scientific research it is expressing “REVIEWS, PERSPECTIVES AND COMMENTS” which are nothing but OPINIONS. Again, a REVIEW is not scientific research, and also the report was in fact written by those PROMOTING their own patents which was part of their report under “Ethics Declarations”. A PERSPECTIVE is not like science but is like another published OPINION? And a COMMENTS is nothing but an OPINION. and that “Reviews, Perspectives and Comments are commissioned by the editorial team.“
An editorial team of a PRIVATE publisher, and is part of the “OPEN ACCESS” movement. But these groups are getting more scrutiny because these publishers are subject to corruption via money if you read the article titled “A Revolution in Science Publishing, or Business as Usual?: “Open access” was supposed to change scientific publishing. Critics worry the model is being corrupted by money anyway.” Found here (https://undark.org/2020/03/30/science-publishing-open-acess/).
It points out that:
“AT THE CENTER of the debate is a process of peer review and publication with roots in the 18th century. Under this model, when you submit a paper to a journal, it goes to a group of editors, WHO ARE SOMETIMES ACADEMICS RECEIVING LITTLE OR NO PAY FOR THIS ADDITIONAL EDITORIAL WORK. If the editors think the paper seems promising, THEY SHOP IT OUT TO PEER REVIEWERS, who read the draft, recommend whether to accept it, and offer feedback, sometimes over the course of multiple rounds of revisions. THOSE PEER REVIEWERS TYPICALLY DON’T GET PAID FOR THEIR WORK. INSTEAD, THEY VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME AS A SERVICE TO THE FIELD, FOLLOWING CENTURIES-OLD CONVENTIONS OF SCHOLARLY COLLABORATION.”
The question is are the editors scientists in this field and who are the peer reviewers for this publication, and also there is no disclosure regarding conflict of interest in this publishers report? “SHOPPING” out means finding peers that agree with the writers OPINON. This reminds me of the corruption of economic studies disclosed in the film “Inside Job”, where famous economists were promoting investments they had been paid or had investments in.
Something for the readers here to think about.
Victor Bishop,
Here is more for you to consider:
The thing that is scary is that it took 60 years to find out how Thalidomide caused the damage it was found in this article.
https://www.dana-farber.org/newsroom/news-releases/2018/after-60-years–scientists-uncover-how-thalidomide-produced-birth-defects/
Specifically:
“Building on years of previous research, the researchers found that thalidomide acts by promoting the degradation of AN UNEXPECTEDLY WIDE RANGE OF TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS – cell proteins that help switch genes on or off – including one called SALL4. The result is the complete removal of SALL4 from cells.”
mRNA is a TRANSCRIPTOR isn’t it?
Can the COVID vaccines be proven to NOT disrupt other proteins?
We need to know this before using it.