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Guest Commentary: Chris Van Gorder, president/CEO of Scripps Health in San Diego, writes: Like health care providers across the country, Scripps is working with our fellow health systems and we are in regular contact with county officials, state legislators and health care officials. Scripps applauds the work that has been done to date — California is one of very few states that have taken firm action and our county was willing to take action even before the state did.
While most coronaviruses cause common cold, three have become more dangerous, crossing species to people: the first was SARS CoV in 2003 and the latest to “make the jump” — SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes “Coronavirus Disease 2019” or COVID-19. According to former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb, there was a large, late-season spike in U.S. “flu-like” illness, raising the unsettling possibility that the novel corona virus may have been here earlier than initially thought.
Against the novel coronavirus called COVID-19, no one is immune, a UCSD medical professor explains. “Everyone can get sick and everyone can spread the disease.”
Opinion / Guest Commentary / Our Readers Write: There will be two upcoming public meetings about commercial jet noise and the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority’s (SDCRAA) new Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for three additional 1-million gallon fuel tanks. 1) The Airport Noise Advisory Meeting (ANAC) runs 4-6 p.m.
EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK:If you call yourself a San Diegan and yet have never toured our great landmark — the USS Midway Museum at 910 N.
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Opinion / Letters to the Editor / Our Readers Write:Letters to the Editor from the December 2018 issue of Point Loma -OB Monthly as readers speak out on local issues: ——— Navy-generated traffic in Point LomaI would like to respond to the letter by Scott MacLaggan in the Sept. issue of Point Loma-OB Monthly magazine.
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La Jolla resident Scott Flavell was grappling with his own coronavirus-caused problem: laying off workers in his Kearny Mesa factory. It manufactured postural correction products for the chiropractic industry — not exactly an essential business. As Flavell left a local market and seeing grocery employees working closely with others, a simultaneous solution to both problems suddenly dawned on him. His factory would switch to manufacturing face masks and donate them to grocery stores. He shifted production and made 10,000 masks at an initial cost of $3,000, but offering them for free.
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Even with coronavirus upheaval, San Diego housing analysts have been bullish on the market because of low loan rates
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If the current quarantine has you in a quandary with your calendar canceled, now might be an excellent time to explore the vast, virtual world of online entertainments.
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San Diego County officials on Thursday, April 2 announced several new health orders, including requiring employees who regularly interact with the public to wear face coverings and the mandatory closure of parking lots at all parks and beaches.
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Alas, April, the mild-mannered month that typically heralds the coming of spring — and sparkles like its designated diamond birthstone with a pile of precious celebrations — is now on lock-down. These fun events that highlight fertility and rebirth, freedom, the national pastime, pranks and humor, and literary and planetary pursuits will all have to be rejiggered this year.
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