Health
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COVID-19 disease (SARS-CoV-2 virus)
December 2020 Stay-at-home order
If you had a social bubble, COVID-19 has now popped it.
COVID-19 Case Rates by Zipcode
California regional stay at home order (Dec 2020)
What's Open and What's Closed in Berkeley
Local orders will last for four weeks, starting at 12:01am on Monday December 7 and ending at 11:59pm on January 4 in both Berkeley and the rest of Alameda County. The counties of Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco and Santa Clara are also adopting the state rules on this accelerated pace.
Quarantine urged for travelers and their contacts
Anyone who travels out of the region is strongly urged to quarantine for 14 days when they return. There is a high likelihood that travelers may have been exposed to COVID-19 and could bring it back to our community.
Gatherings with other households temporarily prohibited
All gatherings with members of other households are prohibited in the City of Berkeley, with limited exceptions:
Schools that are open and childcare providers may continue to operate.
Outdoor religious and cultural ceremonies may also continue.
Both of the above exceptions have specific restrictions, which people should review in the City of Berkeley Health Order.
Alameda County Public Health Department - http://www.acphd.org/2019-ncov.aspx
Berkeley, City of - https://www.cityofberkeley.info/coronavirus/
COVID-19 in the City of Berkeley (dashboard) - https://www.cityofberkeley.info/covid19-data/
Information about testing - https://www.cityofberkeley.info/covid19-testing/
Berkeley Health Officer orders - https://www.cityofberkeley.info/covid19-health-orders/
Berkeley Relief Fund, for relief grants to small businesses, nonprofit arts organizations, and residential tenants that are hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Funds will be used only for emergency grants, and managed by the City of Berkeley. https://berkeleyrelieffund.org
News 2020 June 18: New Health Order Allows Outdoor Dining, Retail, Religious, and Fitness Activities.
California
Resilience Roadmap - https://covid19.ca.gov/roadmap/
Statewide guidance - https://covid19.ca.gov/industry-guidance/
Department of Public Health - https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/Immunization/nCOV2019.aspx
Center for Disease Control (CDC) - https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov
Virus name is: SARS-CoV-2 (stands for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2)
Disease name: coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Situation summary - https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/summary.html
Face masks—homemade - https://freesewing.org/docs/patterns/fu
Math primer: Exponential growth and epidemics (Youtube video, 9 min). Source: Grant Sanderson, Animated Math (https://www.3blue1brown.com)
The Risks - Know Them - Avoid Them (May 6) - https://www.erinbromage.com/post/the-risks-know-them-avoid-them
Six Daily Questions to Ask Yourself in Quarantine - from the UC Berkeley Greater Good Science Center.
World Health Organization - https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019
Video - Dr. Deborah Gold on "COVID-19 and Older Adults"
Electromagnetic radiation (EM) concerns
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Cell phones and brain cancer
2022 Nov 9 - No link found between brain cancer and cell phone use, experts say. Concerns about a possible link between cell phones and brain cancer—a hot topic in the news 5 to 10 years ago—have all but disappeared in recent years. Experts say this is simply because a number of large studies have found no real evidence of such a link. ...Read the MedPage Today article: Should We Still Be Concerned About Cell Phones and Brain Cancer?
2022 June 14 - Cellphones and Brain Cancer: Is There a Link? Excerpt: ...cellphones do emit radiofrequency electromagnetic fields. Those fields have been ubiquitous ever since the invention of the radio and television, but when cellphones are held to the ear, their low-energy radiofrequency waves penetrate the head by at least an inch, get absorbed by brain tissue, and can cause slight heating of that tissue in the process. Despite how ominous that sounds, the preponderance of evidence to date suggests that cellphone use is not a danger to health. And the latest study on the subject, published just this year [Cellular Telephone Use and the Risk of Brain Tumors: Update of the UK Million Women Study], provides further evidence of safety. Published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute in March, the study followed almost 800,000 women participating in the UK’s Million Women Study. All were born between 1935 and 1950. Looking at the data on the women’s cellphone use in 2001 and 2011, the investigators found that those who had used cellphones for at least a decade were no more likely to end up with a brain tumor than those who had never used them.
Smart Meters - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_meter
Article: UC Berkeley News 2019 July 19. Berkeley Talks: Joel Moskowitz on the health risks of cell phone radiation [https://news.berkeley.edu/2019/07/19/berkeley-talks-joel-moskowitz-cell-phones-electromagnetic-radiation]
Measles
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General information about measles:
https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/Immunization/measles.aspx
Information for Travelers:
Places that offer measles or other vaccines: