- Quarantine Day 404
- Livermore cases: 4,184
- Alameda County cases: 82,157; deaths: 1,442
- U.S. cases: 31,730,000+; deaths: 567,000+
Alameda County has been in the orange tier for about 4 weeks now and the trend continues to look good. So hopefully in another week or two we’ll be upgraded to the yellow tier. The state of California has set a target for all restrictions being lifted by June 15 and it seems like we’re on track for the public health situation to support that move.
Jess is getting her first shot of the Pfizer vaccine today with the second shot scheduled for May 15. There’s a public clinic being held just down the street from us which she can walk to/from in about 5 minutes.
So things are looking pretty positive in our local area, maybe even an end in sight. However, there are some concerning trends elsewhere in the country and the world. India’s case rate has skyrocketed in the last week or two and Japan has announced a new wave of lockdowns. Brazil has been a mess for a long time and that doesn’t look to be changing. More locally, Michigan in particular, but also Minnesota, are not doing very well right now either (relative to the rest of the country).