I hope they all make it through the protests/looting with no damage. The Apple Store, along with many others along Univeristy, are boarded up now, but others aren't. They've suffered enough.

How about opening the dog parks?

Posted by Online Name, a resident of Embarcadero Oaks/Leland

>> How about opening the dog parks?

See section 4: Web Link

Scary how one person has so much control on our lives and who can go to work and earn a living for their family. And this person has an obvious agenda. Here is a cut from this article

This, she said, has been "compounded by the structural inequities that exist in our society that are unjust, persistent and damaging."

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By the way Cody is a "public health" official making comments on societal inequities out of her purview, I should assume she should stick to science but obviously not.

YP,

You do not understand the situation. See the message from Mayor Shikada this afternoon. If you are oblivious to the relationship between race, health and equity, you are part of the problem. Conquering COVID-19 very much has to do with the interactions of race, ethnicity, and income.

I'm not oblivious as you say, but obviously a "health expert" has an agenda

YP, it’s too bad you grump about 1 little thing our health official said instead of appreciating the orders she gave that have and are preventing Santa Clara County from becoming anything like NY or NJ. You’d think after articles have come out revealing a few of the crazy ways that COVID-19 can take out your elders, young healthy fit adults, and even children, as well as the burden and risk it places on healthcare workers - you could have some appreciation for how much Dr Cody is actively sheltering our county from the devastation of COVID-19. If she didn’t do anything, or loosened the order too soon then you’d be mad at her for that! Complaining about the work of others is your happy place.

Dr. Cody did a good job in the first 6 weeks. But she has no sense the confirmed cases and the death rate are so low that she shouldn't make the economy suffered in Santa Clara county.

What about barbers and hair salons?

What about dental offices? Not mentioned in the list

Not easy to be the Santa Clara health officer right now; she went from anonymity to what seems like a lot of control and visibility. Overall I think she has done a decent job, but it is impossible to please everyone. She has been on the conservative side, but in line with other BA counties. And yes, in times like this I'd rather have someone sensible like Ms Cody have this kind of power than someone without the right background in Public Health. We already have enough people in power that have no regard for human life it seems, public health officials are a refreshing alternative.

Yet it is completely OK to protest, without masks, in huge numbers with people very close together and even OK for police to hug a protestor.

One rule for the protestors, and another for the general population.

Dr. Cody must love her newly found power. Barber Shops and Hair Salons are well equipped to take and manage employee safety measures, physical distancing and the scheduling of clientele. Walk into a Costco, Trader Joe's, Home Depot and other retailer operations. People in large numbers, many of whom aren't paying attention to any county imposed safety rules all over the place.

[Portion removed.] Santa Clara County sending emergency alerts and text messages about trivial things, startling people at work, MUST be kicked out of office or stop the nonsense immediately.

Don't tell me people don't have TV or radio and rely on this stupid texts about everyday
happenings!

I hope they don't call my phone..

Sigh.

Posted by Public Health, a resident of Midtown

>> Santa Clara County sending emergency alerts and text messages about eff-ing trivial things

I don't agree with using the emergency alert system for this, but, [portion removed] they have important information that we all need to learn.

A lot of people think this is almost over. Here is an alternative view:

"“We are really early in this disease,” Dr. Ashish Jha, the director of the Harvard Global Health Institute, told The Times recently. “If this were a baseball game, it would be the second inning.”"

This isn't a "war" -- we are dealing with a virus:

Web Link

"SARS-CoV-2 virus has no plan. It doesn’t need one; absent a vaccine, the virus is here to stay. “This is a pretty efficient pathogen,” Dr. Garry said. “It’s very good at what it does.”"

Here is another NY Times article summarizing the state of COVID-19: Web Link

If you want to control a population then disqualify any new information that shows we are winning. So now they are talking about a second wave to justify their restrictions. If things start going right then "watch out for the second wave". The problem here is that they are forecasting the future which they did not do well to begin with and are controlling other people's lives. At some point controlling other people's lives is going to be seen for what it is. We do not know what the future holds and we have plans in place now and need to get on with our lives.

In addition, they are endangering public health and safety by desensitizing
the population to emergency alerts!

As far as Dr. Ashish Jha, yes, he is one of the saner ones on TV. But, try
to reach him, or his publicists..no you can't. These poeple hide, unwilling
to listen to normal people, but would go on (anti)social media to get
publicity to write books...By "these people", I include journalists and
all public figures, including politicians, who go on TV, media to voice
their *opinions*, not necessarily news, and encourage folks to "follow"
them blindly without questioning them!

No transparency! No role models!

I received the alert. It is annoying, loud, and late. This should be used for telling me there is a fire and we have to get out, or a person with a gun shooting around the neighborhood and to stay inside. This type of alert causes people to turn their alerts off.

I received a text message. Very calm and easy to find on my phone. Much better way of sending out the information. It is important, but not an urgent emergency. Please continue sending out information this way.