Humboldt County Public Health is urging residents who have received the COVID-19 vaccine to continue using COVID-19 safety measures and testing sites as the vaccine is not a guaranteed safety measure at preventing the disease’s spread. In the release, Humboldt County Public Health Clinic and Communicable Disease Program Supervisor Hava Phillips, RN, said it takes […]
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Why Mass Gatherings Terrify Health Officials
Over the past week, Humboldt County Public Health Officer Teresa Frankovich has repeatedly expressed the concern that some local residents are ignoring current prohibitions on gatherings. And whether social functions or church services, the Journal has fielded a growing body of tips and reports to support that her concerns are well founded. In the midst of all […]
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Puff, Puff, Don’t Pass
Whatever you do, you cannot pass the dutchie to the left hand side. People love to get high. And people love to to do it socially. Those are just inescapable facts. When it’s time to celebrate, they’ll roll one up and pass it around. When the stresses of life come cascading down and it’s time […]