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California has less Covid-19 transmission than any state in the country.
That’s according to federal officials, who on Wednesday ranked the state’s current coronavirus case rate  the lowest in the nation.
Sure, there are mask mandates and other measures to credit, but most deserving of thanks is the Golden State’s high level of vaccinations.
More than 82 percent of Californians aged 12 and older have at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine. Only nine states have more of their populations immunized.

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Meanwhile, in Alaska (I have family, vaccinated, living in Anchorage) doctors must decide who lives and who dies. With too many Alaskans refusing the vaccination, doctors are in the unenviable position of having to prioritize treatment based on who is most likely to survive. 
Naturally, no matter how they prioritize, overworked doctors will be blamed for making wrong choices.
Life under Covid is sheer madness.

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Seeking resources and information on Covid vaccines? Explore the CDC website  >>

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Healthy planet, anyone?

The San Francisco Bay Area is experiencing it’s Indian Summer – clear, warm to hot days, people wearing masks but out and about on the beach. It’s glorious.

That's San Francisco skyline in the background.

Wider angle view - SF in background

A happy ground squirrel on the right.
The Pacific Flyway shorebirds are arriving in huge flocks now, too. On their way further south....

  

Meanwhile, back at the ranch…

Life in the Covid Clinic continues to overwhelm the brave and hardworking team supporting health and safety. We continue to vaccinate – booster shots – as fast as we can, up to 600 per day. That’s a lot of vaccinations… and a lot of folks standing in line complaining about this, that, and the next thing.
Some people, unfortunately, are abrasive and rude, some even abusive.
Last week, I had to step between two parents accompanying their teenage sons for vaccinations. As the boys watched, an arrogant father verbally abused a woman, a complete stranger, because she had the temerity to be ahead of him in line. Like a wild animal trainer in a circus, I stared down the man and, with sheer force of words and presence, urged him retreat back in line.
Life is stranger than fiction.
What will the Covid Clinic teach me this week?