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“It’s unfortunate,” Kuppalli said. “It’s something we’re all struggling with. But when we have other public health situations like hurricanes, tornadoes or fires, we can get people to adhere to the mandates. For some reason, we’re having a hard time with COVID-19. It doesn’t feel very real to people because they can’t see it. Those of us who can see it know it’s real.” … [Read more...] about ‘Not the year to be going out’: Bay Area coronavirus experts explain risk levels of July 4 activities and how to stay safe

The 83-year-old lives on the 25th floor of a Financial District apartment building with sweeping views of Coit Tower and the Bay Bridge. He and his wife, Mary Ann Mason, a UC Berkeley professor specializing in family law, have two children: Tom, 44, a teacher in Mexico, and Eve, 37, a post-doctoral fellow at the UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine who specializes in reducing stress and burnout. … [Read more...] about SF experts map the emotions of a stressed-out city

12:01 p.m. Santa Clara County health chief says data glitch leaves county ‘feeling blind’: The statewide technical glitch that’s producing massive coronavirus case undercounts has severely affected the ability to track the virus’ spread, Dr. Sara Cody, Santa Clara County health director, said Wednesday. The ongoing glitch appears to be in “the juncture between where the electronic reports are coming in, and where they’re being routed,” Cody said in a briefing. “Back in February and March, when we didn’t have enough testing, we felt blind. I would say that right now, we’re back to feeling blind,” she said. “It’s not just inconvenient. This lack of data means we don’t know where the epidemic is heading, how it’s growing or not.” … [Read more...] about Coronavirus live updates: Recovery slows as California records 10,000 COVID-19 deaths

1:42 p.m. San Mateo County public health officer blasts state restrictions as ‘misdirected’: In a strongly worded statement Thursday, San Mateo County Public Health Officer Scott Morrow apologized to businesses that were shut down by state restrictions, saying the orders were “misdirected” and “will cause more harm than good.” Among other concerns, Morrow criticized the state’s process for qualifying a county for its coronavirus watch list, citing a lack of consistent data and an inability to account for the data’s nuances. He also said that the state lacks evidence to prove that certain businesses were more likely to spread the disease, and the order oversteps its power by enforcing health mandates over county authorities. “This action is a bit like looking for your lost keys under a streetlight even though you lost them miles away,” Morrow said. “We have to minimize spread while not destroying everything else in the … [Read more...] about Coronavirus news from the Bay Area: August 5-6

Early last week, Tigar toured two state prisons for men in Vacaville: Solano and the California Medical Facility. During the Thursday hearing, he called the experience “gravely concerning,” saying that “people at CMF are living on top of each other” and that he was struck by the age and frailty of many of the incarcerated men. He described an 89-year-old man with hypertension and lung disease who has received only one disciplinary write-up during 37 years of incarceration, for smoking a cigarette. … [Read more...] about San Quentin is one of nation’s biggest coronavirus outbreaks. What Newsom does now may affect entire Bay Area