SANTA FE – New Mexico Secretary of Human Services David Scrase and Department of State Secretary for Children, Youth and Families Brian Blalock provide an update on COVID-19 modeling and state criteria, a set of goals New Mexico uses to dictate its reopening, including test capability, touch seek timeArray virus transmission rate, and hospital capacity.
Both are expected to talk about trends in recent case numbers and answer journalists’ questions.
New Mexico’s latest public fitness ordinance went into effect Aug. 29 and allowed indoor restaurants to reopen to 25% capacity, increased catering capacity to 75%, and allowed devout places of worship to expand capacity. at 40% occupancy.
It allowed museums with static exhibits to go back to 25% occupancy and to relax state restrictions on public gatherings. Now other people can combine into teams of up to 10 others.
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12:38 p. m. Starting with some clinical updates. There are now 3 unique cases of Americans reinfected with COVID-19, Scrase says. This would possibly be good news, because it’s 3 out of several million, he adds.
Worldwide, the prevalence of the virus and its chances of fitting the inflamed buildup with its source of income are declining, Scrase said. This trend was observed in New Mexico and discussed in a model upgrade a few weeks ago.
12:48 p. m. Scrase said studies show that the virus can spread more than 6 feet away by screaming, coughing and even singing. He said ventilation, population density and duration of exposure also increased the threat of infection and helped why the state had adopted the reopening technique it had adopted.
Scrase is now answering one of his less favorite questions: “Why aren’t we using X to try COVID in New Mexico?”He says it comes down to the number of studies and evidence showing widespread efficacy. Remdesivir, a imaginable remedy that has been questioned, is still under investigation, but seems to shorten recovery time after infection.
It has been used to treat patients in the state, says Scrase, who turned out to have had good luck in New Mexico.
12:51 Scrase tells others not to delayed other physical care needs, such as colon cancer screening. He said that spring had noticed a great drop in colonoscopies made. People at high risk, such as a circle of family members with a history of the disease, be examined immediately.
12:57 p. m. Scrase says, in reaction to a Sun-News query, now that the state has done well to meet its blocking criteria and keep the broadcast low, there are daily conversations about additional reopenings. But he said that no matter how many cases there are, chances are that “crowds in football stadiums” and other giant mass rallies might not return for another year.
1:02 p. m. Scrase reported that one-fifth or 20% of COVID-19 infections in New Mexico continue to fall into the 20- to 29-year-old age group. The average of 7 days of COVID-19 cases continues to decrease and stabilize.
Evidence is falling, which Scrase attributes to weaker public demand. “No one west of us does it better” in the tests, Scrase says. West Virginia is the first state to do anything bigger than New Mexico, he says.
Doa Ana County is now one of the 4 most sensitive counties for positive cases, with 2859.
1:05 p. m. There is a national vaccination committee of 60 people that has been convened, scrase said, which will expand a plan to implement the vaccine in the state where it is available.
He encouraged everyone to get vaccinated against the flu before the COVID-19 vaccine could be obtained so that the distribution formula could handle the coronavirus vaccine.
NMDOH plans a COVID-19 vaccine for physical care personnel and long-term care citizens at no cost. It’ll probably be two injections.
1:09 p. m. Blalock said reports of child abuse had declined amid considerations that the abuse had increased. Reports of abuse declined from March to April, but slowly recovered as far as they usually are, according to Figures from June 2020.
Blalock gave a list of available reporting resources.
1:21 p. m. After a discussion through Blalock about food distribution and the use of medical shelters, Scrase now that the state meets all of its blocking criteria.
1:27 p. m. A move that wants to fall further, Scrase said, are the new instances consistent with millions of people, who are left by 60 and I will have to go down to 40 or less. Most counties, however, meet the state’s goals in terms of low check positivity rates.
The state will start a 14-day moving average for measurements in smaller counties so that knowledge is not distorted through a smaller population. They will also read about whether long-term case spikes are similar to reopening schools to face-to-face learning. He said the state’s purpose is to keep schools open once they open, not open them.
1:30 p. m. ” We owe it to our young people to do this right the first time,” Scrase said. He said school cases are inevitable, but the state will talk about how it plans to keep things open at a news convention with Public Education Secretary Ryan Stewart. Thursday.
1:33 p. m. Scrase recalls that reopening is based on the adherence of New Mexicons to fitness practices designed to mitigate viral spread. He also added that the media had an important role to play in getting others to adhere to the new standard.
1:40 p. m. Scrase answers a question asking if it is realistic to expect a vaccine until November or if it has political motivations. He said he believed that the existing distribution network in New Mexico was sufficient to handle the deployment.
But he said we wouldn’t know the effectiveness or side effects of a prospective vaccine. He said that, first of all, he did not anticipate a strong demand for a vaccine.
1:50 p. m. Scrase now responds to a query asking if we can expect additional reopening due to New Mexico’s progress.
Scrase said he felt the state had learned from June reopening to reopening too quickly.
He was also asked about camping in state parks, and when he can be expected to resume. He agreed that camping with some circle of family members would be safe, but said it has become more complicated when more people accumulate and don’t wear outdoor clothes. Masks
1:52 PM Answering the question, Scrase recognizes that anxiety and suicidal mind are on the rise. But he said, anecdotally, therapists have reported that treatment has advanced with the use of telemedicine. Patients seem to react better on the Internet in some cases.
1:57 p. m. But Blalock said a behavioral fitness crisis is coming, noting that the state now has the highest suicide rate in the country.
1:59 p. m. Scrase predicts a 15-20% increase in behavioral fitness among new Mexicans.
2:02 p. m. Scrase said the state would possibly alleviate quarantine for out-of-state people for more categories of people, but it is certain that the number of cases will increase. He also warned New Mexicons to oppose using Labor Day to participate in quick activities and take into account fitness practices.
2:09 p. m. Lastly, Scrase said that upcoming holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas don’t require a giant circle of family gatherings. While this is not ideal, Scrase said it would be better to do without it for the rest of the year.
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