From the March 16th Charleston Gazette:West Virginia has surpassed 8000 coronavirus deaths today. ... 29 deaths were reported just last week.

   Few think about the 2 /12 years of the pandemic. It ain't over yet just sort of put on the back burner. As of today:  there have been 615,000 cases of COVID in West Virginia and right at 7,600 deaths. In County Clay, officially, 53 have died from COVID related illnesses.

   Active cases of COVID-19 jumped above the 3,000 mark again Friday, according to updated information released by the state Department of Health and Human Resources.    The DHHR dashboard lists active cases at 3,009 with 861 newly confirmed cases and four additional deaths.... DHHR reports as of August 19, 2022, there are currently 3,009 active #COVID19 cases statewide. There have been four deaths reported since the last report, with a total of 7,234 deaths attributed to COVID-19
   County Clay has seven reported cases as of the Aug 19th DHHR report.  Keep in mind, the true number of active cases is grossly under reported due to non reported home testing.

  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eased its Covid-19 guidance on Thursday, saying the virus now poses a much lower risk of severe illness, hospitalization and death compared to earlier in the pandemic.  The CDC is no longer recommending testing to screen people with possible asymptomatic infections in schools and most other settings. Screening is still recommended in certain high risk settings such as nursing homes, prisons and homeless shelters. Here's the full read.

   And from Huffington Post:  .... The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also said people no longer need to stay at least 6 feet away from others.   The changes are driven by a recognition that — more than 2 1/2 years since the start of the pandemic — an estimated 95% of Americans 16 and older have acquired some level of immunity, either from being vaccinated or infected, agency officials said. Read more right here.

   With the advent of home COVID testing, records on the total number of new cases are absolutely under reported. Our local Health Dept does not maintain their website on current numbers. From W Va MetroNews: Wednesday’s dashboard update shows 995 new cases confirmed in the past 24 hours. There were six additional deaths
   Current active cases per county: Barbour (48), Berkeley (161), Boone (50), Braxton (17), Brooke (28), Cabell (144), Calhoun (8), Clay (6), Doddridge (8), Fayette (83), Gilmer (9), Grant (8), Greenbrier (69), Hampshire (33), Hancock (32), Hardy (47), Harrison (109), Jackson (41), Jefferson (77), Kanawha (267), Lewis (21), Lincoln (45), Logan (81), Marion (91), Marshall (62), Mason (53), McDowell (50), Mercer (137), Mineral (37), Mingo (56), Monongalia (123), Monroe (45), Morgan (21), Nicholas (38), Ohio (73), Pendleton (7), Pleasants (7), Pocahontas (13), Preston (23), Putnam (113), Raleigh (180), Randolph (17), Ritchie (13), Roane (37), Summers (22), Taylor (25), Tucker (12), Tyler (13), Upshur (35), Wayne (55), Webster (19), Wetzel (13), Wirt (9), Wood (198), Wyoming (47).
  Here's the W Va Health Department web page showing the terribly under reported numbers.

   At the University of Washington, researchers who test blood to assess the true level of infections have estimated that only 14% of cases are being reported across the United States. Testing has never captured the full spread of the coronavirus, but the figure is much lower than in some earlier points in the pandemic, when more than 40% of cases were once estimated to be detected. Here's the details.

  It's tough to keep adding to the COVID info section when few are wearing masks or give a rat's butt about the continuing pandemic. We even noticed the local health department no longer daily updates on their  customary web page.
  We understand some of it. Like, when home testing was supplied to America, the accuracy of data stopped. Them came the advice, unless you feel like you are croaking, just stay home and suffer thru the life threatening time.
  Having sad all that, here's some new news.
  From MetroNews: “Back during earlier surges, we had the ability to manage about 800 patients statewide, but because of staffing challenges as well as surges that occur during these months, that number for COVID is now 500 so we’ll continue to monitor that,” Hoyer said during Gov. Jim Justice’s media briefing Tuesday. The state reported an increase in COVID hospitalizations at 312 on Tuesday, up from 285 on Monday. Here's the full scoop.

  From CNN: Repeated Covid-19 waves have left millions of people dead, with only vaccines helping to blunt the toll. Now the virus is spreading again — evolving, escaping immunity and driving an uptick in cases and hospitalizations. The latest version of its shape-shifting, BA.5, is a clear sign that the pandemic is far from over.   The newest offshoot of Omicron, along with a closely related variant, BA.4, are fueling a global surge in cases — 30% over the past fortnight, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). For the full article, click here.

  From the UK:   The World Health Organization is urging governments to reinstate Covid measures like masking and ventilation as its leader speaks of concerns over an “increasing trend of deaths”. As the British government, along with many others of wealthy countries, have all but abandoned coronavirus restrictions, the WHO director-general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said the pandemic is “nowhere near over”.  It comes as new ONS figures have today showed that more than 200,000 people in the UK have had Covid-19 recorded on their death certificate since the pandemic began. Infections and hospital admissions are once again on the rise, driven by the coronavirus subvariant Omicron BA.2. Experts have warned that new variants can re-infect even those with some form of antibody immunity, in a matter of weeks.  Amid a spike in Covid transmission and increasing hospitalizations, Dr Ghebreyesus urged governments to “deploy tried and tested measures like masking, improved ventilation and test and treat protocols”. Here's the full read.

  It's been a while since we updated the still going on COID-19 pandemic. Why? Cause no cares anymore nor or they taken precautions. Also, unless you are near death, there's no reporting to the govt. When stats come out on case load, we know, you know, everyone knows, the numbers are waaaaaay off, low.
  From the Clayberry Health Dept web portal, we have had 41 deaths  and currently have two known active cases. Total case load in this county stands at 2299 and counting
  

  Near the end of February, the Gov said it's time to get away from face masks. No were still seeing nearly 2000 per day croaking none the less, magically, there's no need for COVID protection.

   From the AP: The national rate of wasted doses is about 9.5% of the more than 687 million doses that have been delivered as of late February, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday. That equates to about 65 million doses.   The problem is not unique to the U.S. More than a million doses of the Russian Sputnik vaccine expired this week in Guatemala, because nobody wanted to take the shot.  Vaccination program managers say that tossing out doses is inevitable in any inoculation campaign because of the difficulty in aligning supply and demand for a product with a limited shelf life.   But the coronavirus pandemic has killed nearly 6 million people and shattered economies across the globe, and every dose that goes to waste feels like a missed opportunity considering how successful the vaccines are in preventing death and serious disease.

   Lawmakers say they are close to an agreement to provide billions in new coronavirus relief, set to be tied to a massive government funding bill.  Congress is expected to include at least $15 billion in response to the Biden administration's request for new funding for COVID-19 vaccines, treatments and testing.

   Here in Clayberry, there were 10 new cases on Friday March 4th, on Monday March7th that number went up to 14. Today March 8th we've gone down to 13 active cases and a total death count at 38

    Medical corporations made just about all the money they could over the last 2 years. That included the big Corps who manufactured personnel protection stuff like gloves, masks, and antiseptics.
  With that over, Poof, all of a sudden, the pandemic is all but over. There are still 2400 Americans a day succumbing to the virus. That's same amount croaking per day as we had last year in the height of the virus.
   But with the money to be made , made, it's time to move on.
    In 1905, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Jacobson v. Massachusetts, upheld, 7-2, compulsory vaccination laws intended to protect the public’s health. In Jacobson v. Massachusetts (1905), the Supreme Court upheld a state’s mandatory compulsory smallpox vaccination law over the challenge of a pastor who alleged that it violated his religious liberty rights.
   Seems we have forgotten our history. We are doomed.
   Here in Clayberry, our death toll continues to climb and no one cares. Just plant em and forgot it. 37 dead and 2219 that have been officially diagnosed with COVID 19. The official numbers grow each day.
   To tamp down the figures and move the economy along, our Govt is now telling, if you have it but the symptoms are not severe, just stay at home. You don't have to tell anybody.

   Corony ain't leaving anytime soon. Clayberry is holding steady with 38 active cases, 32 deaths, and a cumulative total of  2126.
  
   Everything gets confusing.  During the early days of the pandemic, scientists and doctors were concerned that being infected with SARS-CoV-2 might not trigger a strong immune response in many people – thus an infection might not provide long-term protection. "Immunity to Covid-19 could be lost in months, UK study suggests," a headline from The Guardian alerted back in July 2020. "King's College London team found steep drops in patients' antibody levels three months after infection," Read the update here.

   From the Clayberry Health Dept web portal, we have had 32 deaths, 41 active cases (that's up 4 from yesterday), and there have been 2102 cases since the beginning of the pandemic.

  The average number of daily deaths from COVID-19 in the U.S. over the past week has climbed above 2,600, according to a New York Times tracker, now higher than the peak surge in the fall when the delta variant was the dominant variant and close to the peak last winter, before vaccines were available. Deaths are up 36% from two weeks ago. Read the full Market Watch article.

  Omicron is so ridiculously contagious that even if you follow recommended precautions, you still might get it. And if your job requires you to interact with people or if you have kids in your household, forget it; it can feel more like a "when" rather than an "if."   So while it's still important to try to keep COVID out of your household — since you never know when someone could end up seriously ill — here's what to do if you or someone you live with does get it.

   Welcome to the land where very few even try to keep the Corony Bug off their back.
  
   COVID-19 related hospitalizations in West Virginia climbed to another high on Thursday, according to the state Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR).   The agency confirmed 1,080 patients in the hospital due to the coronavirus on its dashboard, up 37 from Wednesday which was the previous pandemic high. Of the 1,080 hospitalizations, 725 (67.1%) are unvaccinated. 14 of the patients in the hospital are children.
  
   Here's the renewed school tracker website from DHHR. This is a good link to follow how many infections are in the Clayberry School System.

   Here in County Clay and from the County Clay Health Dept Website: Since yesterday, 4 new cases have been added bringing us to 44 active COVID infections. Total reported cases since the beginning of the pandemic: 1996 and 31 deaths

   On Friday, COVID cases jumped up by 18 with right at 69 active cases in County Clay.
  Over the last two years there have been questions on how accurate the case count has been. As announced in the Charleston Gazette this week, public schools and WVU will no longer be required to report new Corony Bug cases. That means, we will no longer have any sort of active cases in Clayberry and the state.

   Some times our memories go astray after two + years of the pandemic. Here's a pretty good timeline on how we've lost well over 800,000 Americans to the virus.

   In West Virginia, right at just 38% of the inhabitants have received vaccines and booster shots.     When omicron was first identified in late November and began spreading rapidly in the United States, millions of vaccinated people lined up for the extra shots. But that uptake has slowed significantly. Most people eligible for the booster shots, estimated at more than 86 million people, have not gotten them, according to the CDC.

  Keep in mind, any guesstimate of COVID cases are now grossly underestimated but:    The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department on Friday reported 907 new coronavirus cases. Officials also noted 3,144 active cases and three additional deaths, bringing the total number of deaths for the pandemic to 527.

   My lands, here on the home front where few wear face masks and think COVID is a big fake, our cases have blown out of sight. During last night's Panther game, no less than three starters were off the court with the Corony bug. Last week, the high school was shut down due to COVID cases. On Tuesday there were  136 active cases in Clayberry. Today it's climbing back up with 51 cases and a total of 31 deaths so far.
 

   One year ago this time, people were dropping like flies due to COVID, the Corony bug. Now almost a year after vaccinations started, things are worse. Americans, and the world, are wore out worrying about the virus. So bad that we want it to be gone, we have let our guard down. Few wear masks. Washing hands after every contact, we forgotten.

   The omicron surge is jamming up hospital emergency rooms with patients who are waiting long hours or even days to get a bed.    "We are being absolutely crushed," says Dr. Gabor Kelen, chair of emergency medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Maryland. Nationwide, daily COVID hospitalizations are up about 33% this week from the week before and more than 155,000 people are hospitalized with COVID-19, well above the record set last winter.

   Selective medicine:  Dozens of hospitals and trauma centers across the country say they're in dire need of blood donations after what the American Red Cross is now calling a nationwide blood crisis.    The Red Cross said in a statement this week that the dangerously low blood supply levels are posing a concerning risk to patient care, resulting in medical staff making difficult decisions on who receives blood transfusions and who will need to wait until more blood is readily available.

   Personnel with the West Virginia National Guard will be at Charleston Area Medical Center (CAMC) next week to help hospital workers as COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to rise in West Virginia.   State Adjutant General Bill Crane of the West Virginia National Guard (WVNG) appeared on Thursday’s MetroNews ‘Talkline’ and said they’ve already trained 150 people in recent days at Camp Dawson and plan to train as many as 350 people for hospital work.

 Our cases are jumping up daily from the County Clay website: there are now 106 active COVID cases in Clayberry and increased deaths now stand at 30.

  The infections are so severe at Clay High, the place was shut down due to lack of healthy staff on Jan 14th

   While we go about life acting as if  a pandemic is nothing but eating us alive, in the last 24 hours, the number of COVID cases grew by 24 to  a new record, 104 active cases. Total cases since the beginning now tops 1754 up by 25.

   The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources reported 4,184 new cases of Covid 19 in the past 24 hours in their Saturday update of the Covid dashboard.   The report had no new fatalities from the virus. Total deaths in West Virginia from the pandemic stand at 5,421.

   From the Clayberry Health Dept website:  At 2:26 today. the Health Dept's data was not available to the public.

 From the Clayberry Health Dept website: Active cases increased to 87, that's up 21 cases within the last 24 hours; We have now had 1683 cases during this pandemic. 26 Clayonians have died from the virus.

Welcome to the new year where COVID numbers are growing, doubling every 4 days.
   More than 100,000 people are currently hospitalized with Covid-19 in the US for the first time in nearly four months, according to the latest data from the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).  Covid-19 hospitalizations reached a record high of more than 142,000 about a year ago, on Jan. 14, and they last topped 100,000 on Sept. 11. There have only been 67 days throughout the entire pandemic when more than 100,000 people have been hospitalized with coronavirus.

   West Virginia has surged past 15,000 active cases of covid-19 and more than 700 covid patients requiring hospitalization.    The increases coming out of a holiday week correspond with a slight increase in the number of identified omicron cases, now at 75. But the vast majority of cases in West Virginia continue to be delta.

   In County Clay, we are hovering at 65 cases. FYI: The Clayberry Health Dept has a new look web portal with anew link. Bookmark it for easy reference.  Once over there, just click the COVID 19 button for info.

 As we polish off another year:
   From the Daily Mail in  UK - The U S of A hit a new record, on Wednesday, 489,267 positive Covid cases were reported. According to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), anywhere from 40 to 70 percent of new cases in America are of the Omicron variant

  From NBC News : According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, omicron accounted for 58.6 percent of all Covid cases in the U.S. in the week ending on Dec. 25, while the delta variant accounted for 41.1 percent of cases.

  

   Since the beginning, there have been 5.4 million COVID cases in the U S of A. 841,875 have died during this pandemic in America.
  The Clay Health Dept website got a face lift last week. Looked pretty nice with additional data provided to the public. But then... the thing went South over the weekend. Now the old link is dead as far as we can tell and the new URL cuts back on the past data.
  Here in the Land of Little, there are 35 active COVID cases which is a little less than a few days ago.

    Omicron has raced ahead of other variants and is now the dominant version of the coronavirus in the U.S., accounting for 73% of new infections last week, federal health officials said Monday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention numbers showed nearly a six-fold increase in omicron's share of infections in only one week.

  Oh Yes, the joys of Christmas, Happiness, Family, and over 100,000 new COVID cases per day in the U S of A

   Here at home, COVID case load has doubled since Turkey Day. From the Clayberry Health Dept website: Confirmed Cases 1,384; Active Probable Cases 2; Confirmed Active  91; Recovered 1,268;Deaths 25       Numbers updated: 12/17/2021 at  2:13​​​​​ p.​​​​​m​.​​​

  But it's too early to know how the highly mutated omicron will act in the U.S. compared to previous variants, said Collins. With omicron's 57 different mutations, he said, it's "almost like we're starting over with a different virus than where we began."

   Compare the numbers. Cases are skyrocketing in Clayberry. From the Health Dept website: Confirmed Cases 1,372;  Active Probable Cases 1; Confirmed Active  86; Recovered 1,261; Deaths 25;  Numbers updated: 12/16/2021 at  4:15​​​​ p.​​​​​m​.​​​
    Can't help but think, those big Thanksgiving dinners, we're paying for those super spreaders now.

  On Jan 1st 2021, we had 350,000 COVID deaths. Sometime on Tuesday Dec the 14th, this nation surpassed 800,000 COVID deaths.

  And now comes the new variant. The prevalence of omicron jumped seven fold in a single week, according to the CDC, and at such a pace, the highly mutated variant of the coronavirus could ratchet up pressure on a health system already strained in many places as the delta variant continues its own surge.
  Our Christmas present:  Dr. Clay Marsh said the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention  CDC notified the state of  a single case of omicron in West Virginia. “We know the omicron has been here and is now starting to grow in West Virginia as in other places,” he said.
 
 

Compare the COVID numbers and see the upward spiral were in.  Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals:   Confirmed Cases 1,333​;  Active Probable Cases 1; Confirmed Active  69;  Recovered 1,239; Deaths 25.     Numbers updated: 12/13/2021 at  6:55​​ p.​​​​​m​.​​​

 Locally, COVID cases are mushrooming since the Turkey Day super spreader events:

   From Metro News:  The number of active COVID-19 cases in West Virginia has doubled since Thanksgiving.   The state Department of Health and Human Resources reported Friday that active cases have grown to 9,037. Active cases were at 4,501 on Nov. 25. The state did not update its COVID-19 dashboard during the five-day Thanksgiving break.  According to Friday’s report, 1,063 new cases were confirmed in the past 24 hours.  There have still been no Omicron variant cases reported in West Virginia.... DHHR also reported 30 additional deaths Friday.

   The DHHR dashboard reports 602 hospitalizations with 208 patients being treated in ICU and 126 patients on ventilators.  DHHR reports as of December 10, 2021, there are currently 9,037 active COVID-19 cases statewide. There have been 30 deaths reported since the last report, with a total of 5,085 deaths attributed to COVID-19

  If you think things are on the rise, you are correct. In fact, the spread is out of control and due in large part to citizens refusing to wear masks or take injections.

   With big family meals just behind us, it's time for an uptick in COVID cases.   Yelp, it's happening now. From the Clayberry Health Dept web site: Confirmed Cases 1,267​​;  Active Probable Cases 2; Confirmed Active 40; Recovered 1203; Deaths 24;      Numbers updated: 12/6/2021 at  12:10 p.​​​​​m​

   Get ready readers. No one will tell you how bad the next COVID variant really is but with over 770,000 killed by COVID already, it's coming our way and soon.

   The omicron variant of the coronavirus is likely to spread further and poses a “very high” global risk, according to the World Health Organization, which warned Monday that surges of Covid infections caused by the variant of concern could have “severe consequences” for some areas.

   About one in 10 lung transplants in the United States now go to COVID-19 patients, according to data from the United Network for Organ Sharing, or UNOS.  The trend is raising questions about the ethics of allocating a scarce resource to people who have chosen not to be vaccinated against the coronavirus.

   As of 3:30 Nov 18th, Clayberry has 45 active COVID cases.

   Most of us aren't even thinking about pandemic, illness, and deaths. Check out these current charts and see for yourself, there's more cases of  COVID today than this time last year.

   As cases of Covid-19 rise throughout the U.S, health officials are warning about an increasing number of fully vaccinated people being hospitalized or going to the ER. This concern about waning immunity against severe Covid infection comes as the FDA is expected to authorize a Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine booster for all adults 18 and older.
   “What we’re starting to see now is an uptick in hospitalizations among people who’ve been vaccinated, but not boosted,” Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Disease, said Tuesday in an interview with NBC News. “It’s a significant proportion, but not the majority by any means.”
   On Wednesday, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, reported a decline in vaccine effectiveness among the elderly and residents of long-term care facilities, many of whom were the first to be eligible to be vaccinated last winter.  This is a serious read.

  

   How long do those vaccine shots last? Good question. Answer:   People vaccinated with two shots of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine in January and February had a 51% increased chance of contracting the virus in July compared to those who were vaccinated in March or April, a new Israeli study published in Nature Communications has shown.  Here's the full read.

   Every time someone gets a COVID injection, the Govt is billed right at $19.50. Keep in mind, the drug makers have nothing in research costs since the Fed's coughed up $28 million to cover that expense.
   Pfizer, BioNTech and Moderna are making combined profits of $65,000 every minute from their highly successful COVID-19 vaccines while the world's poorest countries remain largely unvaccinated, according to a new analysis.   The companies have sold the vast majority of their doses to rich countries, leaving low-income nations in the lurch, said the People's Vaccine Alliance (PVA), a coalition campaigning for wider access to COVID vaccines, which based its calculations on the firms' own earning reports.  Here's the read.

   Infections had been on the decline for weeks after hitting a delta wave peak of 172,500 new cases per day on Sept. 13. They flattened out at a high level, bouncing between 70,000 and 75,000 new cases a day for nearly three weeks through most of last week, and are now once again increasing. Check it out.

   From the Clayberry Health Dept website: Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals:

From WCHS TV, today:  Red, orange and gold remained the primary colors on the West Virginia County alert map Monday as active cases decline but deaths continue to mount.    The map posted by the state Department of Health and Human Resources on Monday showed 43 of the state's 55 counties in those colors.
   Fourteen counties were in red: Jackson, Wood, Nicholas, Lincoln, Boone, Raleigh, Mingo, Wyoming, Wetzel, Taylor, Hardy, Hampshire, Berkeley and Hancock.
   Nineteen counties were in orange: Kanawha, Putnam, Cabell, Fayette, Wayne, Logan, Greenbrier, Webster, Randolph, Braxton, Calhoun, Harrison, Marion, Preston, Grant, Mineral, Morgan, Marshall and Brooke.
   Ten counties were in gold: Clay, Roane, Wirt, Ritchie, Upshur, Barbour, Mercer, Summers, Jefferson and Ohio.
   Eight counties were in yellow: Mason, McDowell, Monroe, Pocahontas, Pendleton, Pleasants, Tyler and Doddridge.
   Four counties were in green: Gilmer, Lewis, Tucker and Monongalia.
   Red and orange are the most severe colors on the county alert map, followed by gold, yellow and green.
  Active cases continue to fall in West Virginia and are at 7,867, down 240 from the previous report. Deaths continue to mount with another 29 reported Monday, bringing the total to 4,292.

   Found on the hurherald website: Wallethub has recently released a study that determined which of the 50 states, and the District of Columbia, is the safest place to be during the COVID-19 pandemic.
   It was determined that West Virginia would rank 50th, making it one of the least safe states to be in during the pandemic, according to WalletHub.
   West Virginia and the US is still way off from being fully vaccinated, a major contributor towards the lowering of COVID-19 transmissions and deaths.
   West Virginia was also ranked 50 in Vaccination Rate, 50 in Hospitalization Rate, and tied for 50 with Idaho in Death Rate.
   The rankings for which states are the safest were determined through five key metrics. These metrics include: 1) “Vaccination Rate,” 2) “Positive Testing Rate,” 3) “Hospitalization Rate,” 4) “Death Rate,” and 5)“Transmission Rate.”
   Each metric was weighted and graded on a 100-point scale, with a higher score representing the safest conditions. Then, the average across all metrics was used to calculate an overall score.
   While being the worst state, the West Virginia Legislature just passed a list of exemptions for taking the vaccine, while other states have passed laws against mask wearing and mandated vaccines.
   Gov. Jim Justice's millions of dollars give-a-way "Lets do it for Baby Dog" has had minimal effect on WV vaccinations.
   During the 20th Century, many of the most virulent diseases that caused death have been eliminated, having been given under mandates.
   During the COVID-19 pandemic, many US politicians have been bent on ignoring the science, carefully bending their messaging to get re-elected.
   Worse yet, the dozen or so pop-culture social media sites which have produced at least a half-dozen conspiracies linked to the pandemic.
   Despite enormous resources to fight the pandemic, the USA has among the worst results.

  Clayberry peaked somewhere North of 150 cases back in Sept when school kids and teachers got back in session. About as soon as schools closed due to the virus, numbers started dropping.
  Last Friday, the numbers got so bad at Clay High, the ballgame was halted at the last second.
  Something we're noting is, the local COVID case load on the Clayberry Health Dept website, those figures have not been updated since Friday Oct 8th. Back then we had 69 COVID cases and 18 deaths.
  As of 8:15am this morning, there are no new postings. Such lack of updates sure increases the rumors of a major spike in cases.

   Look at your watch, clock, phone... let 43 seconds run by. That's not very long is it? Every 43 seconds another person dies from COVID. Gulp!
  Clayberry's case load has gone down to around 80 cases as of yesterday with 20 of those cases among school age kids.
   How would you like if you went to a hospital and they stopped you at the door and said Sorry this hospital is full. According to Alaska's Department of Health and Social Services, crisis standards of care "give ethical guidelines to health care providers when they have too many patients and not enough resources to care for them all."

From the Hill:  West Virginia blamed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for providing inflated data that caused its vaccination rate to plummet on Wednesday after the error was discovered.
   The problem was with contractor data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) related to a federal pharmacy program, according to retired National Guard Maj. Gen. James Hoyer, the head of the state’s coronavirus task force.
   “Since the first part of May, they’ve been double counting the numbers sent to us,” Hoyer said at a press conference. “It has made a significant impact on the numbers.”
   Gov. Jim Justice (R) pinned the blame on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), calling the revelation a “cannonball to the stomach.”
   “We can blame this on the CDC, and it’s their fault," Justice said at the press conference. "There’s no excuse, in my opinion, for the CDC to screw this up.”
   Data on the state website now states 67.3 percent of those above the age of 12 have one dose of the vaccine. Previously, before the data error was discovered, the website put that figure at 74.3 percent, The Associated Press reported.
   Another team is going through the data given by contractors again to make sure no other data is inaccurate, Hoyer said.
   “Occasionally, issues related to processing or transmission of data will occur,” CDC spokesman Scott Pauley told the AP. “When issues arise, CDC works closely with states, territories, and federal entities to resolve the issue.”

  Around the world, there have been 4.7 million COVID deaths and 229 million infections... so far.

  As of this date, in West Virginia, there are 17,435 active cases; 3,441 deaths; and totdal cases amount to 225,772.
  As of this date, in County Clay, there are only 102 active cases of which 27 are of school age kids; 13 total deaths officially attributed to COVID; and the trend is down from165 cases seven days ago to just 102 cases active this date. Gosh that's just wonderful! Clayberry is now more than double the highest case load from last Winter when we thought it couldn't get any worse.
  It's interesting , every time schools reopen, COVID spikes again

  COVID-19 has now killed about as many Americans as the 1918-19 Spanish flu pandemic did — approximately 675,000.   The U.S. population a century ago was just one-third of what it is today, meaning the flu cut a much bigger, more lethal swath through the country. But the COVID-19 crisis is by any measure a colossal tragedy in its own right, especially given the incredible advances in scientific knowledge since then and the failure to take maximum advantage of the vaccines available this time. Here's the full read.

   In West Virginia there are 24,532 active COVID cases as of Friday Sept 10th, pm
   In County Clay  we are staying steady with at least 148 cases as of Friday Sept 10th, pm. And there has been one more death since Thursday
  From the W Va DHHR website, kids are still taking a beating in Clayberry: we have 1 case in kids 0 - 4 years old; 14 cases in kids 5 to 11 years old; 11 cases 12 - 15 year olds; and, in the 16 - 20 year old bracket, 7 active cases now.

   Unvaccinated people are 11 times more likely to die from COVID-19 than those who are fully vaccinated, new research has found, bolstering evidence that the inoculations continue to provide powerful protection, even against the delta variant.

   From WSAZ TV:   The West Virginia Department of Education has released new guidelines limiting when a school should enter into a widespread contact tracing quarantine.

School leaders said these revised rules, which were created in conjunction with the Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR), will help keep children in the classroom for in-person learning instead of closing entire buildings due to a COVID-19 outbreak.

The state has not issued a mandate forcing schools to universally require masks, instead, continuing to allow local control by school boards and local health officials.

The updated rules no longer require a school to quarantine students or staff if an universal mask policy is in place. Contact tracing would only be needed if someone was exposed in the cafeteria or during another extracurricular activity where people are not wearing masks. The state recommends schools limit potential exposure by having students eat in a group of friends or in their classroom.

Schools that do not have a universal mask policy will still have to quarantine students and staff who are not fully vaccinated. However, schools should now only quarantine people who were within 6 feet of an infected person in a classroom, on a bus or in the cafeteria -- instead of placing an entire classroom in quarantine under the current rules.

The definitions of a school outbreak has also been changed to keep buildings open if there is a manageable number of cases. A school outbreak will only be declared if more than three cases, or 10%, of students or staff in a specific group test positive for COVID-19. Schools can now only be closed if so many teachers are out sick that it becomes unsafe to hold in-person instruction or double the normal amount of students are absent.

“We are hoping this will keep more of our schools open, keep getting more of our students in a consistent routine and used to going back to school, while still protecting them because they still have the mask and many of them have the option to be vaccinated,” West Virginia Deputy Superintendent Michele Blatt said.

Blatt said the number of counties with mask mandates has increased from 16 at the beginning of the school year to 29 as on Wednesday morning. Thirteen other counties require masks based on the color of the county on the DHHR COVID-19 infection map.

During Wednesday’s Board of Education meeting, Board President Miller Hall asked Blatt to contact the 13 school systems that require masks sometimes, as well as the other school that do not require masks. Blatt said the goal is to figure out what their case numbers look like, their reasons for not requiring masks and see what need to be done for everyone to move forward wearing masks.

“We are going to look at that, and the decision will be made on that data,” Hall said after shutting down discussion of issuing a statewide mask mandate on Wednesday. He said an emergency meeting could be called in the near future to issue more rules if the latest guidelines do not reduce school outbreaks and closures.

“We will do what we have got to do, but at the same time you have to be careful with what you are doing, too,” Hall continued. “I hate to use the phrase step on toes. Sometimes you just have to follow the lead instead of taking the lead. So get that ASAP. It won’t be in a month, it won’t be in two weeks, get it ASAP.”

On the local level, Blatt said county school boards, county commissions and health departments can issue mask mandates in schools. The West Virginia Board of Education has the authority to issue a mask mandate that would supersede any local decisions, Blatt said. Only the Legislature can require vaccinations for students to attend public school.

“I just think we are trying to find the safest way to keep as many students in school as possible,” Blatt said. “We learned so much last year during the pandemic of the importance of school not just academically, but on their social and emotional health, on their wellness, and anything we can do to mitigate some of these issues that are arising in the school. If it’s as simple as putting on a mask or having more people vaccinated, then we think that is something easy to do in order for the betterment of our students being able to receive their education in person.”

The Board on Wednesday also approved two programs that look to help fill teacher and substitute vacancies across the state. Multiple schools have already closed this year because they do not have the staff required to safely operate the building.

The programs will make it easier for someone with a Bachelor’s degree to earn their teaching certificate, Office of Educator Development and Support Executive Director Dr. Carla Warren said. The Department of Education will begin offering free online classes and practice tests for people to use before attempting to earn their teaching certificate and specific subject area tests.

West Virginia colleges will also be given tools to help students get certified through these programs after graduation. Another new policy will allow outside private companies to get people certified to teach in the state and help them find a job.

Warren said the program will target people who are already working as long-term substitutes but who did not complete their clinical experiences. While it is faster than going to get another four-year degree, she said it will take between one and six months to actually get these people teaching in classrooms.

“I think at this point and time we have to start recruiting from our high schools,” Warren said. “We have to elevate the profession of teaching and bring it back to the position it belongs in our society. That an educator is a valuable individual who has a tremendous impact on children. We want to create innovative, creative, out of the box ways to bring more teachers into the profession.”
  
 

  Sept 6 is Labor Day. That translates to govt workers getting holiday time off. That means no updates of the Corona numbers. While we wait for the next uptick in cases, those numbers cannot be accurate. They have to be low.
   Many Clayonians do not go and take the brain swab when they get sick. They may have all the symptoms but do not get deathly sick, thus, they don't go get checked out.
   Instead of the current numbers being around 160 cases in County Clay, our guess, more accurately, just double that 160 to get closer to a real estimate.

 

  According to the WV DHHR site, County Clay has 133 active cases of COVID with the majority of those in females. School age kids make up 51 cases.

  If you study the roaring numbers, our case load increases around 5 people every day.

   As the Delta variant of COVID-19 continues its deadly sweep across the U.S., officials say that they are keeping a "very close eye" on a new variant that may be able to bypass existing coronavirus antibodies. 

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said on Thursday that the U.S. is taking the variant, dubbed Mu, "very seriously," but that it hasn't taken an extensive hold in this country.  Here's the full scoop.

   The CDC has advised unvaccinated Americans against traveling over the holiday weekend, worried the festivities could kick off another surge in cases.  New cases this week have climbed to their highest point since January, averaging 166,000 per day over the last seven days.

  On Aug 26th Clayberry had 69 COVID cases. On Sept 1st, that number went up to 112
  Of that 112, 43 are school aged kids.

 

  West Virginia's DHHR website reports 112 with COVID as of this morning.

  As of today, 39 school age kids now have COVID.

  Since Schools reopened Aug 17, the number of COVID cases have more than doubled. Thank you Clay County Board of Education and the Pentagon

 Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals:  Confirmed Cases 574;​ Active Probable Cases 38; Confirmed Active 49; Recovered 513; Deaths 12.  Numbers updated: 08/30/2021 at  5:53​​​​​​ p​​​​​​​​​.m​.​​

From the Health Dept: August 30, 2021​ Clay County received 36 cases since Friday at 4:00 pm. Case totals may not be update today. Please wear a mask and get vaccinated!

  According to W Va's DHHR website, County Clay started the week off with 55 active COVID cases. On Saturday Aug 28th the number has jumped to 97.
  From that same website, here's the infections of school age kids: 0 to 4 years: 3; 5 to 11 year olds: 14;  12 to 15 year olds: 5; and, 16 to 20 year olds 3.
   Clayberry schools remain open WITHOUT a mask mandate.
   On Friday Aug 27th, Big Otter Elem closed down the bricks and mortar based education. Reports have it, Clay Middle School has an even larger virus outbreak but remains open for super spreader infections.

  
Break down by age group: 0 to 4 years old 2; 5 to 11 year olds 11; 12 - 15 year old 4; and, 16 to 20 year olds 1.

    Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals:  Confirmed Cases 534​; Active Probable Cases 31; Confirmed Active 21; Recovered 501; Deaths 12.     Numbers updated: 08/26/2021 at  3:38​​​​​ p​​​​​​​​​.m​.​​

   Right now in Clayberry,  there is one case between the ages of 0 and 4; there are five cases in the 5 to 11 year old age group; and, 3 cases in the 12 to 15 year old age group. Each of those contaminated school kids and their brothers, sisters, buddies, will be in schools across this county without ANY mandate to wear a mask.
  Sad.

   Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals: Confirmed Cases 510; Active Probable Cases 14;  Confirmed Active 33; Recovered 465; Deaths 12. Numbers updated: 08/18​/2021 at  1:24​ p​​​​​​​​​.m​.​​

 Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals: Confirmed Cases 508; Active Probable Cases 14; Confirmed Active  31; Recovered  465;   Deaths 12

   Since the beginning of the pandemic, the world count includes: 208,902,593 + 230,641 Total Confirmed; 107,428 Total Critical; 4,387,511 Total Deceased; 22,963,514 Total Active; 185,547,943 Total Recovered; and, 2,467,997,234 Total Vaccinated.

  Those numbers are getting much closer to the World Plague of 1918-1919

   Since the beginning and in the U S of A today: 37,737,365 confirmed cases; 638,801 dead; active cases 9,498,030.

   Since the beginning and in West Virginia: 173,727 confirmed; 2987 dead; active cases 5,949.
 
  In County Clay, there are 25 active and probable cases and 12 dead.

  Our Gov is not ready to issue a mask mandate, Schools open next week. Maybe when we bury a few students and few more teachers, bus drivers, maybe it will be time then to step up to the plate.
  

   We want the pandemic to be gone but it refuses. America is scared. So are the Govt leaders. Here in Clayberry where many of the non thinkers still believe Corony is a hoax, are now actively making themselves sick and inflecting the virus on the half of us that have had the shots.

  Here in Clayberry, we're just a couple days out from school personnel returning to their jobs. As of today and according to the School website, masks remain optional for all staff and students. Keeping adults and children in a safe environment does not appear to be priority one for the Pentagon. One question begs for an answer. Why take a chance. It's very a very sad day in Clay.

   A young mother had just celebrated her first wedding anniversary and was one of six members of a Jacksonville church to die over a 10-day span....    Another Florida woman had just given birth to her first child, but was only able to hold the newborn girl for a few moments before dying.... The U.S. is now averaging about 650 deaths a day, increasing more than 80 percent from two weeks ago and going past the 600 mark on Saturday for the first time in three months. Here's our scary update.

   Early versions of COVID-19 largely spared children but the delta variant proved to be much less discriminating, and has led to more child hospitalizations. Now, health care workers on the front lines say there is another frightening prospect looming: a surge in children diagnosed with a combination of COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus. Full article.

   People with compromised immune systems who already got two doses of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines can now get a third shot to boost their protection from COVID-19.   This week's decision by federal health agencies is welcome news to many patients and their doctors who have been calling for this for months.

   State Health Officer Dr. Ayne Amjad was asked about the Hilltop Nursing Home during Friday’s coronavirus media briefing. Amjad confirmed at least some of the new cases at the home are Delta variant cases and some are breakthrough cases, meaning some of those testing positive have already been vaccinated.  According to Genesis, which owns the facility, 38 residents have tested positive for the virus along with 17 staff members.

   In West Virginia during the last 24 hours: 243 new cases and one new death; The DHHR now lists active cases at 5,312;  and, Hospitalizations went up another 22 patients Friday and there are now 312 patients with 109 of them being treated in intensive care.

   The state lists 317 Delta variant cases.

   The lowest vaccination rates among the state residents are 30.2% of those between 12-15 and 38% for those 26-30.

  Big Jim Justice gets his shorts all bunched up at reporters who print his exact words. Here's the scoop on the irritable Gov.

 Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals: Confirmed Cases 489; Active Probable Cases  8;  Confirmed Active 12; Recovered   465; Deaths 12;  Numbers updated: 08/12/2021 at  2:25​ p​​​​​​​.m​.​​

 Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals: Confirmed Cases 484; Active Probable Cases 2;  Confirmed Active 10; Recovered 462; Deaths 12.   Numbers updated: 08/10/2021 at  2:04​​​ p​​​​​​​.m​.​​

   In West Virginia right at one half of adults absoultely refuse to take a vaccination. Read this: When the delta variant started spreading, Gina Welch decided not to take any chances: She got a third, booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine by going to a clinic and telling them it was her first shot.    The U.S. government has not approved booster shots against the virus, saying it has yet to see evidence they are necessary. But Welch and an untold number of other Americans have managed to get them by taking advantage of the nation’s vaccine surplus and loose tracking of those who have been fully vaccinated. Full Story here.

  In West Virginia we have 4010 active COVID cases; 7 dead in last 24 hours; making a total of 2972 deaths to date.

   Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals: Confirmed Cases 480; Active Probable Cases  0; Confirmed Active 6; Recovered 462; Deaths 12      Numbers updated: 08/9/2021 at  4:00​​ p​​​​​​​.m​.​​

   Recent reports show that children are accounting for 15 percent of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. as the delta variant causes an uptick in cases around the country.   According to new data collected by the American Academy of Pediatrics, almost 94,000 COVID-19 cases in children were reported over a two-week period from July 29 to Aug. 5, which the academy dubbed "a continuing substantial increase." The outbreak increased the total number of child cases by 4 percent. "After declining in early summer, child cases have steadily increased since the beginning of July," the report added.

  From the Charleston Gazette:   State officials conceded Friday that it’s likely too late to stop a major surge of delta variant COVID-19 cases in the state..... “It’s too late to stop the delta variant from invading West Virginia.

  Take a look at the latest COVID numbers and see the trend here in West Virginia.

  This state is acting like, this is nothing to worry about. We had that same attitude last Summer when America was paying attention to 600,000 dead from COVID. As the rate of Covid-19 vaccinations climbed and new infection numbers plummeted in spring, many Americans thought they were in for a carefree summer.   But lagging vaccinations and a highly contagious new variant dragged the US back into a vicious Covid-19 surge. Here's the five big issues now.

  Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals: Confirmed Cases 474; Active Probable Cases 2;   Confirmed Active  2​; Recovered 460; Deaths 12. Numbers updated: 08/4/2021 at  11:5​4​​ ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​a​​​​​​​​​.m​.​​

  Has the Delta Variant made its way to Clayberry? According to the Clay Health Czar, Phillena Frame and as of Tuesday afternoon: At this time we have not been notified of any Delta variants at this point.

      The current surge in coronavirus cases nationwide is being driven by the Delta variant, which is already more contagious than the original strain of the virus. As the virus continues to spread due to insufficient vaccination rates, it is being given "ample" time to mutate into a more dangerous new variant in the fall and winter, Anthony Fauci said.

   A majority of Americans say in new polling that the worst of the coronavirus pandemic is still ahead of us.   Fifty-four percent of respondents said that “the worst is still ahead of us,” compared to 46 percent who said “the worst is behind us” in the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a Harris poll released Monday.

   Today is the fourth day in a row of 100,000+ new cases each 24 hours. Mississippi and Arkansas face shortages of available intensive care beds as the delta variant sparks yet another surge in coronavirus cases around the country.   Only six ICU beds for severely ill patients were available across all of Mississippi as of Wednesday morning, said Dr. Jonathan Wilson, chief administrative officer at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.

   State COVID-19 czar Dr. Clay Marsh on Wednesday made his most stringent call for West Virginians to get vaccinated, saying the state is at a “critical moment” as the delta variant surges. “We’re at a critical moment for the state,” Marsh, vice president of health sciences at West Virginia University, said during Wednesday’s state COVID-19 briefing. “All of the data would say the way we can deal with the delta variant and variants that follow really, truly is vaccination.”  Marsh’s call came as all signs point to a surge of COVID-19 cases in the state. Here's the full read.

  It's been right at 2 weeks since we've provided an update. During that time, the Delta variant has jumped forward at alarming rates. Some sections of the U S A have seen major surges in the more deadly virus. Hospitals are once again overflowing with cases and many on life support. This new virus seems to be attacking a much younger segment of the country.
  All of a sudden, even with social media still spreading fibs and disinformation, some Trumpittes are starting to get the message, Delta is unforgiving.
  In West Virginia where 7 out of 10 voters voted for the last Prez and where Fox Entertainment is the main stay for the diehards, we have barely crossed the 50% threshold for being vaccinated.
  In the rest of nation:   Seventy percent of U.S. adults have had at least one shot of a Covid vaccine, according to data published Monday by the CDC, about a month behind President Joe Biden’s Fourth of July goal.   The 70% goal set by Biden in May is seen by federal health officials as a crucial step toward reaching so-called herd immunity — when enough people in a given community have antibodies against a specific disease. Read the full scoop.
  One thing for sure. Delta is scaring the begeebees out of those without the vaccine and may be the only thing to get those folks vaccinated.
  We hope those resisters don't bring down a bunch of others before they come to their senses.
  Don't let your guard down. Wear that mask and wash your hands often.

    West Virginia's vaccination rate compared to the US is lagging.   Although State of WV official numbers for the state are saying overall, fewer than half of West Virginians are fully vaccinated. That number today was 866,350 state residents, or 48 percent..... In Clayberry just 21.4% (1,818 fully vaccinated) . Read the full load of info.

    After months of data collection, scientists agree: The delta variant is the most contagious version of the coronavirus worldwide. It spreads about 225% faster than the original version of the virus, and it's currently dominating the outbreak in the United States.  It ain't over readers.

  Forty-seven percent of the W Va’s 1.8 million people are fully vaccinated and 65 percent of those 12 and older have received at least one dose.   However, West Virginia, after starting out ahead of every other state in vaccinations, has fallen back in the pack.   Herd immunity ain't here yet.

 For those are reading this "down the road", on this date, our nation is trying to put the pandemic behind them. That comes with a majority of this county without a vaccination jab. They are gambling with their life and anybody else they come in contact with.
  As of this morning, there are no new Corona bug cases in Clayberry. To date, we have the virus take 12 lives.
  A month or so ago, Gov Jimmy Bob Justice announced an incentive effort to get people inoculated. From the Charleston Gazette: Gov. Jim Justice said the state’s seven-week, $10 million vaccination incentive sweepstakes will continue, even though it’s failing thus far to spur large numbers of unvaccinated West Virginians to get their COVID-19 shots.   “You could say, well, they’re not terribly successful,” Justice said of the sweepstakes’ failure to significantly increase state vaccination rates. “In all honesty, if we get an additional 500, 1,000, an additional 20,000, how many lives have we saved? How much money, how many hospitalizations? We’ve got to try anything and everything that’s available to us.”    Since Justice on June 1 officially announced the vaccination incentive sweepstakes — featuring weekly $1 million cash prizes, pickup trucks, firearms and other giveaways, culminating with a Aug. 4 drawing for $1.588 million and $588,000 — the state has administered a total of 27,040 doses of COVID-19 vaccine in June, averaging 1,288 doses a day, according to the Department of Health and Human Resources COVID-19 dashboard. (At its peak in the first week of March, the state was administering more than 20,000 vaccine doses a day.) Here's the full article.

  Are we out of the woods?    The dangerous Delta variant of the coronavirus is spreading so quickly in the United States that it's likely the mutant strain will become predominant in the nation within weeks, according to federal health officials and a new analysis.   At a White House briefing on COVID-19 on Tuesday, Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institutes of Health said 20.6% of new cases in the U.S. are due to the Delta variant. And other scientists tracking the variant say it is on track to become the dominant virus variant in the U.S.    "The Delta variant is currently the greatest threat in the U.S. to our attempt to eliminate COVID-19," Fauci said.

    Nearly 900 Secret Service employees tested positive for COVID-19 between March 1, 2020 and March 9, 2021, according to government records obtained by CREW. The vast majority served in protection jobs, either as Special Agents or in the Uniformed Division.

The US death toll from Covid-19 surpassed 600,000 on Tuesday, although officials hailed progress towards a return to normality as its world-leading vaccination program promised to turn the page on one of the worst health crises in American history.   The United States has racked up by far the largest national death toll...

  As US states lift more coronavirus restrictions, experts are worried people who aren't fully vaccinated could contribute to further spread of the virus.     The Delta variant, first reported in India, currently accounts for nearly 10% of coronavirus cases in the US, according to the CDC.   With concerns it could become the dominant strain soon, medical experts are underscoring the importance of full vaccination. Read the full article.

   Governor's across the nation are coaxing reluctant Americans to get vaccinated. Here in West Virginia, offers of free guns, pick up trucks and $1m are call outs.   The US state of Washington is offering "joints for jabs," in the latest innovative bid to get more Americans vaccinated against Covid-19 as inoculation rates continue to slow.   Cannabis dispensaries in the northwestern state -- where recreational marijuana sales were legalized in 2012 -- will be allowed to offer one free, pre-rolled joint to anyone aged 21

   Some states are discontinuing daily public updates on COVID-19 data in favor of a slower reporting cadence. The shift will hinder the ability to provide the real time analysis needed to monitor the pandemic, including the emergence of variants.

  Health Dept's across the State were left out of the loop during the Pandemic attack. Locally, early on, the Clayberry Health Dept Director Angela Brown was asked if the School system had consulted with her before making plans. Her answer was no.
  Things were so screwed up, Ms Brown resigned her position and pretty much told the County Commission, everything was screwy and loaded with BS.
  Here's another Health Dept: Fayette County Health Department Administrator Terri Harlan said there were times during the COVID-19 pandemic that you’d be able to hear curse words coming from her office as information from the state came in.    Why? Harlan said ‘sometimes’ in the past 15 months of media briefings by Gov. Jim Justice that the health department leaders across the state would hear announcements for the first time during the briefing, the same time as the public.   “It was really hard because our community was depending on us.
  Here's the full work up from MetroNews.

   Today there are a total of 4,084 active cases of COVID in Clayberry. In Clayberry, there are 8 active cases.  Braxton County has 53...Greenbrier County has 102... Nicholas County has 226 active cases..... Think about those numbers when you're in a Walmart and some dumb shirt starts coughing on you.
   Naaaaaay... go ahead and take off that mask. Nothing's going to happen!

  Are you believing it when Gov Big Jim looks at the Boob Tube and tells you how good things are going in West Virginia. You shouldn't.  In a study of the safest U.S. states during COVID-19, updated on Wednesday, May 26, West Virginia ranked dead last. As more people get vaccinated and more businesses start opening up, it’s easy to feel like West Virginia has returned to a sense of normalcy, but given West Virginia’s high transmission rate (ranked first), hospitalization rate (ranked fourth), and positive testing rate (ranked second), the state is far from out of the woods.   Here's the full write up and chart.

  You think we're out of the wood with upwards of 50% of Americans vaccinated? The U S of A is still seeing around  12,000 cases per day. Think again readers.

   The DHHR did report seven additional COVID-19 deaths including a 75-year old female from Monongalia County, a 69-year old female from Tyler County, a 66-year old male from Raleigh County, a 67-year old male from Harrison County, a 61-year old male from Tyler County, a 64-year old female from Harrison County, and a 49-year old male from Raleigh County. They're still code black.

  You are use to wearing that mask and washing hands. While not continue for a while. It's much easier than wearing a ventilator!

   From the Clayberry Health Dept website:    Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals:   Confirmed Cases  446; Active Probable Cases  8;  Confirmed Active 17;  Recovered  419;   Deaths 10    Numbers updated: 05/13/2021 at  10:15​​ a​​​.m​.

Many county school superintendents keep their residents informed. Such info insures security and a feeling of, knowing what's going on. Calhoun County is one those fortunate places to have a Super firing out press releases on a regular basis. For instance, the Gov just ordered that system to reopen schools right now, and to H with safety of the students and staff.
  That's part about keeping the citizenry informed, that does not exist in Clayberry. Here, since the beginning of the pandemic 14 months ago, there has not been one press release, there has been no meeting agenda item to inform the public, and not one update on this County's web portal.  Nothing. Zilch. Ninguno.
  On this date, Clayberry is eat up with the Corony bug. The Clay school system is in worser shape. Teachers, cooks, bus drivers are down and out as they hopefully get thru the virus.
  Super spread events like the Clay High Prom and State Basketball Tournament has increased COVID bitten students. But still, no mention has been made in public.
  Our county leadership must think, even with people croaking, if they say nothing, no one will ever know and their halos will not be tarnished. Wrong!

   The Cleveland Clinic on Tuesday released a study showing that 99.75% of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 between Jan. 1 and April 13 were not fully vaccinated, according to data provided to Axios.

  

   Think we're out of the woods? Nope would be correct. For instance: A mutation of a COVID-19 strain that is thought to have originated in Brazil has been detected in Florida, health department officials said last week.   The Florida Sun-Sentinel reported that two cases of the so-called P2 variant have been recorded in the state so far, one in a 74-year-old and one in a 51-year-old. The strain is believed to be a slight mutation of the Brazilian one that has vexed health authorities in the country for months.   Of particular concern to authorities is the strain's mutation, which experts say allows it to reinfect patients who previously had milder cases of COVID-19

  We don't hear much about people getting nose tested for the Corony bug. There's a reason. People ain't doing it.
  Here in West Virginia, we have many citizens staunchly saying, I ain't taking no stinking jab in the arm. That's fine. Just let em crawl off in a hole and die. Unfortunately, before croaking, they may infect many others.
  A drop in demand led more than half of the counties in Kansas to decline their weekly allotment of COVID-19 vaccine doses.   The Associated Press reported that 62 out of Kansas's 105 counties turned down their weekly allotment of doses last week, falling in line with a trend seen across the U.S. in which vaccine supply has outpaced demand.

  From the Clayberry Health Dept:  18 confirmed active cases, 8 probable cases, and nine deaths.

  As of Monday afternoon, the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center reported 141,786,586 COVID-19 cases around the world. The United States has confirmed more cases than any other country in the world — 31,733,400 with India, Brazil, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, Turkey, Italy, Spain and Germany rounding out the top 10 spots. Meanwhile, global deaths have surpassed 3 million, according to the latest data....  The U.S. State Department on Monday announced plans to expand travel advisories, urging U.S. citizens to stay home as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to pose "unprecedented risks" around the globe.   The updated travel guidelines are intended to curb visits "to approximately 80% of countries worldwide"

   More than half a million West Virginians are fully vaccinated for the coronavirus, but the trend of vaccines administered continues decreasing.   The state Department of Health and Human Resources updated its coronavirus dashboard on Sunday, in which officials report 506,965 people who are fully vaccinated. More than 680,000 West Virginians have received at least one vaccine dose.  Officials during Friday’s coronavirus briefing shared concerns about declining interest in getting vaccinated as well as a rise in variant cases.

    About 5,800 people who have been vaccinated against coronavirus have become infected anyway, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tells CNN.    Some became seriously ill and 74 people died, the CDC said. It said 396 -- 7% -- of those who got infected after they were vaccinated required hospitalization.    It's the first indication from CDC of how effective the vaccine is in real life -- and the first indication the vaccines do not protect completely against severe disease and death.

   Where are the dummies located that refuse to get the vaccine? Here's a national map broke down by county with that under reported info. How bad is it W Va? So bad that we don't even furnish the data!

   "There's nothing inherently unique about living in a rural area that makes people balk at getting vaccinated. It's just that rural areas have a larger share of people in the most vaccine-resistant groups: Republicans and white evangelical Christians," says Drew Altman, president and CEO of the Kaiser Family Foundation.

   The World Health Organization said Monday the trajectory of the coronavirus pandemic is now “growing exponentially,” with more than 4.4 million new Covid-19 cases reported over the last week.   Maria Van Kerkhove, the agency’s technical lead for Covid-19, said “we’re in a critical point of the pandemic,” as some countries ease restrictions even as new cases per week are more than eight times higher than a year ago.   “This is not the situation we want to be in 16 months into a pandemic where we have proven control measures. Deep Doo Doo Returns .

   Michigan can't vaccinate its way out of a COVID-19 spike, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Rochelle Walensky said at a briefing Monday, during which she called on the state "to close things down." Read the full article.

  The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday they are recommending a "pause" in the use of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine out of an "abundance of caution" while an investigation is conducted into reports of apparently rare, potentially dangerous blood clots.  In a joint statement on Tuesday, the two agencies said they are "reviewing data involving six reported U.S. cases of a rare and severe type of blood clot in individuals after receiving the J&J vaccine."

   The County's Health Dept website has not updated since March 23rd. As close as we can understand:16 confirmed active cases, 16 probable and 9 deaths in Clay County.
   
  There were more than 75,000 new cases of the novel virus on Wednesday, according to John Hopkins University. While that is a decrease from the nation’s peak earlier this year, Dr. Anthony Fauci said the fact that the number of cases isn’t decreasing further is of concern.   “Well, certainly, deaths are coming down, hospitalizations are coming down...but the number that is disturbing is the number of cases each day,”..... “When we had the big spike [during the winter]...then it came back down, but now it's plateaued at a disturbingly high level...when you're at that level, there is the risk of getting a surge back up.”

  If you think the pandemic is over, think again. Wear that mask and wash your hands.

  We are sick and tired of this Corony bug. Many have decided, it's gone. Happy days are here again. Those folks are wrong

   Coronavirus cases are on the rise again in several states, partially a result of variants of the virus becoming more widespread, experts say.  Even though a remarkable 72% of Americans 65 and older have received at least one dose of the vaccine, millions of Americans — particularly younger Americans with underlying conditions — remain vulnerable.

   Hospitalizations related to Covid-19 are climbing in half of the U.S., the latest sign that the nation’s fourth upswing in infections is underway. Patients are younger, and their numbers are rising even in places with high levels of vaccine penetration and past infections.

  Do you need a negative COVID test before traveling? In a great many case, yes is the answer. In the USA, 65,700 new cases a day over the last week -- a 22% jump from the week prior, when the number was near 2021's lowest point, Johns Hopkins University data show .

   Trump might not have been the worst leader of the pandemic. Others arguably botched the crisis even worse than Trump did, and the list tells you a lot about the state of global governance.

  Clayberry rates are low, only 8 deaths,  but we can expect to see the variants kick our butts in short order.

   From the Clayberry Health Dept: Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals:   Confirmed Cases  340; Active Probable Cases 0;   Confirmed Active 5;  Recovered 329; Deaths  6 Numbers updated: 3/8/2021 at  9:45 a.m.
  Numbers are starting to look pretty good. Right?
  Sun's coming out and you're ready to travel! Keep in mind, look around, of the 10 people you see, on average, only 1 has been inoculated.
   Keep in mind, the vaccines do NOT keep you from getting the Corony bug, they only guard against you from getting sick enough to die.
   In the U S of A, there have been 30 million cases of COVID;  540,000 have died from the virus; the number of variant strands are growing daily; and, right now, there are right at 10 million active cases of Corony in this nation.
  National talking heads opened last night with news of Americans now being able to hug loved ones. That only applies if both sides of the hug have received both shots.
  Finally, even after getting the shots, you can still be a carrier and pass the killer bug onto someone else, like someone you love.

  Clayberry is sick to death of the Corony bug. We also think the deadly virus is behind us. The just above letter is a good reminder not to let your guard down.

  For those that are sick of staying at home, there is a tendency to get out on the road. After reaching an all-time high in January 2021, global coronavirus case numbers are beginning to drop. Vaccination roll-outs are now underway around the world, but when it comes to the recovery of leisure travel, we're a long way from being out of the woods.
  Here's a darn good write up for those considering flying off for a destination. For those not willing to make the read, the short is, don't travel in 2021.

   One year ago today: Health officials in Washington state, announcing what was believed at the time to be the second U.S. death from the coronavirus, said the virus may have been circulating for weeks undetected in the Seattle area. (Earlier deaths in the Seattle area and in California were subsequently linked to the virus.) State officials said New York City had its first confirmed case of the coronavirus, a woman in her late 30s who had contracted the virus while traveling in Iran. The U.S. government advised Americans against any travel to regions in northern Italy that had been hard hit by the virus; the U.S. also banned travel to Iran, where the official death toll surged past 50. President Donald Trump said there was “no reason to panic” about the virus. The NBA told players not to high-five fans or take any items for autographs, in the league’s latest response to the coronavirus.

  Even with upwards of half our population refusing to take the vaccine and a like amount refusing to even wear a face mask, our Gov decided yesterday to lift many of the COVID 19 restrictions.
  For a full year, Jimmy massaged a color code chart to make room for whatever he wanted to get done and without regard to health. Most up front for changes was the changes to allow school sports to continue no matter what.
  Here's the Gov's executive order tossing out the color coded chart. For schools, they are free to do whatever the Gov orders them to do.

   The state Board of Education has scheduled a special meeting for Tuesday morning to discuss “in-person instruction options.”   The meeting follows Gov. Jim Justice’s new executive order allowing for full-time in-person instruction to resume in the state’s elementary and middle schools.

  How convenient  and just in time for high school sports 2021

 

  Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals: Confirmed Cases  333; Active Probable Cases 1;  Confirmed Active 6;  Recovered 323; Deaths 4; Numbers updated: 2/18/2021 at  08:33 a.m.

  There are thousands of West Virginians refusing to take the non-mandatory vaccine. This is not a new problem. It has waxed and waned ever since we’ve had vaccines,” said Dr. Christopher Martin, a professor in the West Virginia University Schools of Public Health and Medicine. Martin also serves on the West Virginia COVID-19 Vaccine Medical Advisory Group.

   The vaccines are unlike the polio inoculations taken by all school children in the early 60's. Back then it was mandatory jabs. Although deaths did occur from the injections, so serious was the disease, the shots were given anyway. Do you think this vaccine will work like the polio and others shots did? You should read on.

    The highly contagious coronavirus variant first detected in the U.K. is doubling in the U.S. nearly every 10 days, according to a new study released on Sunday.    Why it matters: The preprint study from MedRxiv, which has not been peer-reviewed, comes after the CDC and top infectious disease experts have warned that the highly transmissible COVID-19 variant could become the dominant U.S. strain. read more by clicking here.

    For months, the internet has been filled with offers of PPE that turns out to be counterfeit and COVID tests that are actually phony, as well as ads for under-the-table miracle virus cures. Now, reports CBS Chicago, "dark web" digital sellers are moving into a new territory — marketing COVID-19 vaccines, capitalizing on fear and scarcity across the globe. Beware!

   Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals:   Confirmed Cases 325; Active Probable Cases   2; Confirmed Active  4;   Recovered 317;   Deaths    4     Numbers updated: 2/8/2021 at  9:07 a.m.

   What do you think you're getting when you take a COVID vaccine? Do you think, after your second dose, you're free from getting the killer virus? We don't think that's the case.

  We've got a couple variants of the COVID 19 virus. Those new strains are much more aggressive and thus, easier to catch. The question is, will the current vaccines handle to variants? The answer is, it's going to take some booster shots.

  Here's a chart showing how bad hospitals are overwhelmed, state by state.

  The distribution of the Corony bug has been a complete failure up until now. At least we hope that the new administration has come up with an organized and fair method to get the life saving drug in arms.
  Raise your hand if you're over 65 and still waiting for the vaccine? Now, raise your hand if you've seen others jump the line, get inoculated ahead of seniors. Yelp, just as we thought, there's a bunch of hands in the air.
 Over the weekend, we emailed the local Health Dept seeking answers.
 Here's the response from Health Dept Director Phillena Frame:   There will be a transition to the state system call center for COVID-19 vaccination. This is per statewide orders.   Current names will be transferred to the new system.   The state system will be up and running beginning Monday morning to get added to a vaccination list.  The website will be www.vaccinate.wv.gov and the Vaccine hotline will be (833)734-0965.  We will start receiving some vaccine in Clay County in February and planning and logistics are beginning for a County partnership vaccination plan. Please be patient and thank you for your understanding.  We will update as soon as we know more, hopefully later this week!

   Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals:  Confirmed Cases  293; Active Probable Cases  5;  Confirmed Active  23; Recovered 266; Deaths 4;  Numbers updated: 1/24/2021 at  9:48 a.m.

  In the U S of A, last week, there were 1,048,228 new cases
  In the U S of A there have been a total of 25,127,000 cases
  In the U S of A 419,214 have died from Corony
  In W Va were averaging 947 new cases daily. The entire state remains solidly in the red on the color chart.

  When the Gov gets on national TV and reports how wonderful we're handling COVID 19, he's full of crap and fibbing big time.

  Here's a for instance: “Today, AFT-WV filed a complaint in the Circuit Court of Kanawha County to protect the health and safety of students, teachers and the community in West Virginia,” Albert said in a statement. “Specifically, AFT-WV seeks a temporary restraining order and/or injunctive relief to enjoin in-person teaching in Kanawha County until all education employees have the opportunity to have the second vaccine which is scheduled to be provided in the first and second week of February.

  Wear your mask everywhere!
  
 

   Many of us thought the new year would bring something better to the U S of A. Instead, West Virginia leads the nation in new cases. We thought Clayonians would wise up a face mask every day. We were wrong. Quit the  opposite is happening. Almost a majority of our population is refusing to take the vaccine in the arm.
  Nationwide, the country is experiencing close to 4000 corona deaths each day.
  As of today, the state reported just 22,612 people fully vaccinated, meaning they have received a second dose. America, we're sinking fast during this first month of the new year. We also found out this week, the nation has NO vaccine in reserve! 
  A couple things are for sure. One, the vaccine makers are making billions and two, we have no distribution plan in place for handing out the  vaccine.
  We asked the local Health Dept about a plan of attack. The Director's response was: As you know we have already held events for the 80 and older population.  I wish I had more information to share but this is all the information we have been given at the state level at this point.  We are very eager, ready and waiting here at the Health Dept to vaccinate everyone in our community that wants it as soon as possible!  As soon as we  find out when we will get vaccine for the rest of the population we will be able to give our plans for community vaccine events.  It is hard to give any schedule, dates and times until we actually have the vaccines to give.  Here is the information for the Covid Vaccine info line below.  They can advise callers as to where in WV and what sites currently have vaccine available.  As soon as we are notified as to when we will receive vaccine we will quickly put out information about sites, dates, times and all other information.  I will be sure to send you all that info to spread the word once we get the Vaccine.  I hope this helps!
  Those Govt folks have to speak in politically correct words. We don't.  Translating the just above quote: we're in the dark just like the rest of the country.

    There are 5.5 billion people in the world 18 years and older who need two shots of a Covid-19 vaccine (at least until a one-shot vaccine is approved), which means that 11 billion doses total would be required to vaccinate all of them. 
   Together, China and India account for nearly 40% of that 11 billion total. But not everybody needs to get vaccinated in order to beat coronavirus, so it may only be necessary to have 75% of people receiving two shots, in which case, about 8.3 billion doses worldwide would do the job.   Lazonick and Tulum note that the percentage of a population requiring inoculation may vary from country to country, depending on how individual nations have been handling the pandemic. A country like the U.S., for example, which has failed to take all of the recommended countermeasures to keep the virus in check, may need a higher proportion of its people inoculated, and much more quickly. Read the full story here.

   Our impeached King promised us, he would have 20 millions vaccinations done by Dec 31 2020. He didn't. Less than 4 million doses had been administered.  Worst of all, the Feds had no distribution plan ready for the vaccine's roll out. We're in trouble America.

   From MetroNews:    The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) confirmed 20 additional COVID-19 deaths in its daily report Monday.   The statewide death total since the pandemic began nears 1,400, currently at 1,396.
   Cases per county: Barbour (835), Berkeley (6,651), Boone (1,102), Braxton (561), Brooke (1,510), Cabell (5,522), Calhoun (140), Clay (271), Doddridge (275), Fayette (1,884), Gilmer (437), Grant (807), Greenbrier (1,619), Hampshire (1,055), Hancock (1,997), Hardy (834), Harrison (3,195), Jackson (1,251), Jefferson (2,513), Kanawha (9,072), Lewis (577), Lincoln (823), Logan (1,784), Marion (2,084), Marshall (2,219), Mason (1,091), McDowell (1,028), Mercer (3,111), Mineral (2,145), Mingo (1,532), Monongalia (5,635), Monroe (700), Morgan (687), Nicholas (747), Ohio (2,642), Pendleton (331), Pleasants (595), Pocahontas (368), Preston (1,805), Putnam (3,128), Raleigh (2,914), Randolph (1,233), Ritchie (381), Roane (326), Summers (488), Taylor (751), Tucker (355), Tyler (393), Upshur (1,026), Wayne (1,773), Webster (171), Wetzel (742), Wirt (244), Wood (5,297), Wyoming (1,229).

From Reuters:    In the week ended Jan. 3, more than 18,400 people died from COVID-19, bringing the pandemic’s total to over 351,000 deaths, or one in every 930 U.S. residents, according to a Reuters analysis of state and county reports.   The country reported nearly 1.5 million new infections last week, up 16.5% from the previous seven days.

And in England, the whole !!!! place is locked down. You can't go out of your house over there. This is real.

   Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals:  Confirmed Cases  214; Active Probable Cases 10;  Confirmed Active 26;  Recovered 184; Deaths 4; Numbers updated: 12/22/2020 at  11:20 a.m.

   Let's see how dumb America gets this Christmas:  Moncef Slaoui, head of Operation Warp Speed, warned Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union" that the U.S. is likely headed for even higher numbers of new COVID-19 cases and daily deaths due to Christmas gatherings.   Slaoui told host Jake Tapper that the ongoing surge of cases was still a result of people gathering over the Thanksgiving holiday, adding that a similar surge from families gathering for Christmas would likely compound the issue in the weeks ahead.   "It will get worse, because we are still experiencing the outcome of the Thanksgiving holidays, and the gatherings, and unfortunately there might be more with the Christmas gathering...so there will be a continuing surge," he said.   "It will be higher than it is today," Slaoui said.

   There's a new variant of the Corony bug.   The new Covid-19 variant that has ripped through the South East is 70 per cent more contagious than the original strain, Boris Johnson revealed today.   The PM today revealed the "frighteningly transmissable" new variant was spreading rapidly - forcing him to put millions of Brits in Tier 4 lockdown for Christmas. Shocker.

   For all the non mask wearing folks, thanks a bunch and Merry Christmas if you live that long. AW

   Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals: Confirmed Cases 203; Active Probable Cases  13; Confirmed Active 31;  Recovered 169; Deaths 3;  Numbers updated: 12/18/2020 at  12:47 p.m.

  Around the state, all have been told to get the vaccine. But from Metro News:  West Virginia’s next allotment of Pfizer vaccine has been cut by almost half.  “We were told last night and had a conversation with the governor late last night,” ....  “We have been told our Pfizer allocation will be reduced for next week. We still are trying to get to the ground truth on that. I can tell you the governor was not very happy when I had to inform him last night. He is fully engaged.”

  Lots of West Virginians are saying, H no, I am NOT going to use the new COVID 19 vaccine. Those dumbarsses are examples of our failed educational system.  From MetroNews: More than 80 percent of West Virginia nursing home residents are opting in for vaccinations during the first week of the rollout, Gov. Jim Justice said today. But a little more than 60 percent of staff is electing to be vaccinated, the governor said.

   West Virginia’s daily positivity test rate for COVID-19 topped 10% in numbers released Wednesday by the state Department of Health and Human Resources.   The agency said 10.27% of residents tested for COVID-19 during the last 24 hours have tested positive. The DHHR also reported 1,141 new confirmed cases and 27 additional deaths. Overall deaths since the pandemic began are at 1,039.  Hospitalizations increased in Wednesday’s report to 766, a pandemic high. There are 197 patients between treated in intensive care. 
   Overall confirmed cases include: Barbour (575), Berkeley (4,745), Boone (841), Braxton (187), Brooke (1,069), Cabell (4,134), Calhoun (112), Clay (211), Doddridge (178), Fayette (1,407), Gilmer (258), Grant (606), Greenbrier (963), Hampshire (682), Hancock (1,378), Hardy (553), Harrison (2,123), Jackson (941), Jefferson (1,914), Kanawha (7,282), Lewis (359), Lincoln (578), Logan (1,261), Marion (1,310), Marshall (1,711), Mason (836), McDowell (755), Mercer (1,935), Mineral (1,900), Mingo (1,151), Monongalia (4,319), Monroe (491), Morgan (482), Nicholas (521), Ohio (2,067), Pendleton (193), Pleasants (219), Pocahontas (303), Preston (1,147), Putnam (2,528), Raleigh (2,166), Randolph (947), Ritchie (265), Roane (244), Summers (334), Taylor (516), Tucker (244), Tyler (250), Upshur (661), Wayne (1,391), Webster (111), Wetzel (541), Wirt (164), Wood (3,813), Wyoming (977). Here's the full MetroNews article.

   Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals: Confirmed Cases 186;  Active Probable Cases 14; Confirmed Active  27; Recovered 156; Deaths 3   Numbers updated: 12/15/2020 at  10:40 a.m.
  

  Now ten days until Christmas, the Corony bug is surging big time in County Clay. Yesterday the Courthouse was closed down.
  In the nation, yesterday, we surpassed the 320,000 Corona deaths with expectations of reaching 400,000 victims by Jan 1st.
  Back here in the Nation of Clay, Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals:  Confirmed Cases 185; Active Probable Cases  12; Confirmed Active 32; Recovered 150; Deaths 3    Numbers updated: 12/14/2020 at  11:50 a.m.

   Across the United States, state and local public health officials ... have found themselves at the center of a political storm as they combat the worst pandemic in a century. Amid a fractured federal response, the usually invisible army of workers charged with preventing the spread of infectious diseases has become a public punching bag. Their expertise on how to fight the coronavirus is often disregarded. Read the full AP article right here.

   Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals for County Clay:   Confirmed Cases  184;  Active Probable Cases  5 Confirmed Active  50;   Recovered  137; Deaths 3  Numbers updated: 12/13/2020 at  10:13 a.m.

  When the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources began tracking coronavirus cases around March, it took the state 110 days to record 100 deaths. Starting this past Saturday, it took just five days for the state to go from 799 deaths to 901. Another 20 COVID-19 deaths were added to the tally by the DHHR on Thursday morning, putting the total at 921. Here's the full story.

  The daily positivity rate for Covid 19 was back up above six percent in Saturday’s daily report from the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources and the cumulative rate has surpassed four percent.  The percent positive rate was 6.27 percent and the cumulative rate was 4.07 percent. West Virginia recorded 1,514 new cases of Covid 19 in the past 24 hours. West Virginia presently has 20,323 active cases. The agency reported 28 additional deaths. The total number of fatalities blamed on the virus stands at 966.   There are 697 people hospitalized, 190 in intensive care, and 83 of the patients are on a ventilator.   Saturday’s report included 15 counties in red on the county alert system map. Those included Wyoming, Mason, Clay, Wirt, Ritchie, Tyler, Brooke, Hancock, Preston, Grant, Mineral, Hardy, Pendleton, Morgan, and Berkeley Counties.

  From the County Clay Health Dept website:  Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals: Confirmed Cases 175; Active Probable Cases 5;  Confirmed Active 49; Recovered 123;  Deaths 3  Numbers updated: 12/10/2020 at  10:28 a.m.

  Many in Clayberry say they going to take the vaccine when it becomes available. Good. Step aside and make room for the survivors.  Senior Catholic leaders in the United States and Canada, along with other antiabortion groups, are raising ethical objections to promising COVID-19 vaccine candidates that are manufactured using cells derived from human fetuses electively aborted decades ago.

  In this week’s forecast, the CDC predicted that in the week ending Jan. 2, the U.S. could see anywhere from 12,600 to 23,400 new deaths due to the virus.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday predicted that the number of newly reported coronavirus-related deaths will likely increase over the next month, with the potential for a total death count of up to 362,000 by Jan. 2.  Read the facts please.

 

Here at home, from the Clayberry Health Dept:     Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals: Confirmed Cases 170; Active Probable Cases 7;  Confirmed Active 47;  Recovered 120; Deaths 3    Numbers updated: 12/9/2020 at  10:50 a.m.

   Instead of a case or two a week with gaps in between, in County Clay are infection rate is now jumping almost daily. You can see the pattern is pointing straight up now.  The numbers to watch are the active probable case and the confirmed active cases combined.  Even with schools shut down and even Clay Go Mart closed due to the Corony bug, we have many dumbarsses in the county believing there is no need to wear a mask.
  From the Clayberry Health Dept:  Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals:   Confirmed Cases  153; Active Probable Cases 13;  Confirmed Active 31;  Recovered 119; Deaths 3   Numbers updated: 12/8/2020 at  10:02 a.m.

  Yetserday, large swaths of California were shut down in an attempt to slow the spread. Sounding more like a sci fi movie or book, Californians were mandated to stay at home.
  Today, in England, the first of the Corony vaccine shots were administered. In this nation, we're still waiting on regulators to make sure the shot is safe. Many are speculating it will take until July 2021 for the vaccine to be readily available to the general population. In the mean time, stay home if you can and wear that mask!

  Our numbers are jumpin daily. from the local Health Dept: Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals: Confirmed Cases 148;  Active Probable Cases 6;  Confirmed Active 32; Recovered  113; Deaths 3;  Numbers updated: 12/6/2020 at  2:28 a.m.

   CARES  With a federal deadline approaching Dec. 30, state records show West Virginia still has $819,769,216 of its $1.25 billion.   Gov. Jim Justice has allocated the money, much of it to cover unemployment claims, but the bulk still appears banked rather than spent.   Justice on Friday made reference to watching invoices and monitoring expenses, so it’s likely the bills are still in process for some of West Virginia’s spending. West Virginia would need to spend $34 million a day over the next 24 days to come in on deadline. Here's the full scoop.

   Half of West Virginia’s schools will have remote learning this week because of heightened community spread of covid-19, and West Virginia hit its highest levels in deaths and coronavirus cases since the pandemic began. Gov. Jim Justice recognized such concerning trends this week and urged West Virginians to be careful. But Justice did not embrace any additional mitigation response.  “It’s not time to panic. It’s time to be cautious,” Justice said on Friday   Tens of millions of people in Southern California, the San Joaquin Valley and the San Francisco Bay Area will find themselves under new stay-at-home orders this week in an effort to slow the spread of Covid-19 and prevent hospitals from being overrun.   Roughly 33 million of California's 39 million residents, about 85% of the nation's most populous state, will be under the orders beginning Sunday evening.

   After the first cases of Covid-19 were confirmed in the United States on January 20, it took almost 100 days to reach 1 million infections. Now, the country has added more than 1 million cases to its grim total in just five days.  From Tuesday to Saturday, 1,000,882 new coronavirus cases were reported in the US, according to data from Johns Hopkins University, bringing the totals to more than 14.6 million confirmed cases and 281,513 deaths from the virus.  In 13 hours on Sunday from midnight to 1 p.m. ET, the country saw 53,574 new cases -- along with 327 deaths, about 25 people an hour.  Out of control!

 

   From the Clayberry Health Dept web portal: Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals: Confirmed Cases 140;  Active Probable Cases  2; Confirmed Active  31; Recovered 106; Deaths 3   Numbers updated: 12/4/2020 at  10:21 a.m. 

   As of Thursday, 100,667 COVID-19 patients were reported to be hospitalized, according to data compiled by The Atlantic's COVID Tracking Project.   According to forecasts received by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from 12 modeling groups, "For December 28, the forecasts estimate 2,300 to 23,000 new COVID-19 hospitalizations per day.  ... Current COVID-19 hospitalizations in the U.S. have surpassed 100,000. The number of people in hospital blew past the previous record level of 60,000 in early November, and has been rising ever since. Read more.

   The U.S. is already being hit with 150,000 new cases a day, as well as a record 100,000-plus coronavirus patients in hospitals and more than 2,500 deaths from the virus on Wednesday alone. Those numbers are expected to worsen as more people test positive after a surge of Thanksgiving travel and gatherings. The White House coronavirus task force sent a report, dated Sunday, to states sounding the alarm on several fronts, including that “a further post-Thanksgiving surge will compromise COVID patient care, as well as medical care overall” as hospitals are overwhelmed.  It also said state responses “remain inadequate” in “many areas” and called for measures like limiting or closing indoor dining, which many states have not done.  The report further warned that people over 65 and those with significant health conditions should avoid any indoor spaces where someone is not wearing a mask, and that they should get groceries and medications delivered instead of venturing out.    And, since Nov 3rd, the impeached King has said nor done one a darn thing.

   There were plenty of warnings last week. Stuff like, don't travel for Thansgiving and don't break bread with anyone other than immediate family members. People disregarded those warnings. Now we are seeing the aftermath of being dumb shirts.
  From the County Clay Health Dept website:  Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals: Confirmed Cases 129; Active Probable Cases 13;  Confirmed Active  25; Recovered 101, Deaths 3 Numbers updated: 12/3/2020 at  11:03 a.m.

   See that 13 number just above, those are the most likely additions coming in the next couple days. Add those to the 25 active cases, the spiral continues making life in Clayberry that much more treacherous.

   Wear your mask. It's mandatory and makes good sense too.

  It's official, yesterday was the deadliest day of this pandemic. Yesterday 2777 Americans were killed by the COVID 19 bug. Thank you impeached King Drumpf
  Yesterday, the U S of A added 205,000 new Covid cases.
   The trend is going the wrong direction and increasing hand over fist by the minute. Thank you impeached King Drumpf

  From the Clayberry Health Dept web portal:  Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals: Confirmed Cases  113; Active Probable Cases  13; Confirmed Active  10;   Recovered 100; Deaths 3   Numbers updated: 12/1/2020 at  2:54 p.m. 
  

   The U.K. has formally approved Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine, becoming the first Western country to OK its use for the general public.   The British regulatory agency, the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Authority, or MHRA, announced early Wednesday the approval of the vaccine from Pfizer and the German company BioNTech for emergency use. Here's the full story.

Here's Monday Nov 31st's Harvard Color Chart. Note, the entire state is in the red. Our daily level of infection remains above 45 cases per 1000 residents. That translates to out of control with no end in sight and many in this state, the Kool Aid drinkers anyway, refusing to wear a mask or social distance.

  From the Clayberry Health Dept website: Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals:   Confirmed Cases 113; Active Probable Cases  4;  Confirmed Active  10; Recovered 110;   Deaths  3  Numbers updated: 11/30/2020 at  9:45 a.m.

   West Virginia’s daily COVID-19 infection rate had climbed to more than seven percent in Monday morning reporting from the state Department of Health and Human Resources.  To start the last day of November, DHHR information showed 845 new active cases out of 8,518 returned test results bringing the total number to 16,787 statewide. The number of coronavirus patients in state hospitals was 597, higher than at any other point in the pandemic, as of Monday. Of those patients, 162 were said to be in intensive care with 76 on ventilators. The state death toll was at 735.

   CASES PER COUNTY: Barbour (422), Berkeley (3,268), Boone (648), Braxton (116), Brooke (654), Cabell (2,905), Calhoun (80), Clay (121), Doddridge (124), Fayette (1,172), Gilmer (206), Grant (389), Greenbrier (516), Hampshire (338), Hancock (708), Hardy (282), Harrison (1,417), Jackson (700), Jefferson (1,371), Kanawha (5,713), Lewis (242), Lincoln (427), Logan (1,055), Marion (899), Marshall (1,235), Mason (489), McDowell (629), Mercer (1,360), Mineral (1,322), Mingo (986), Monongalia (3,341), Monroe (379), Morgan (289), Nicholas (361), Ohio (1,576), Pendleton (105), Pleasants (98), Pocahontas (211), Preston (652), Putnam (1,983), Raleigh (1,613), Randolph (693), Ritchie (179), Roane (183), Summers (274), Taylor (350), Tucker (140), Tyler (138), Upshur (514), Wayne (1,030), Webster (68), Wetzel (413), Wirt (113), Wood (2,593), Wyoming (752).

  From the County Clay website:  Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals:109 cases confirmed; 1 active probable case;  12 confirmed active; 94 recovered; 3 dead.  Numbers updated: 11/27/2020 at  3:20 p.m.

  With so many disregarding mask mandates and willing to travel or have family members from afar at the T Day table, we can expect a spike in Covid cases in the next 14 days or so. Keep something in mind, the foreign visitors who catch Corony, those cases will NOT be lodged in Clayberry.

  From the Clayberry Health Dept website: Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals: 101 confirmed cases; 3 active probable cases; 9 confirmed active, 89 recovered and 2 deaths.  Numbers updated: 11/23/2020 at  10:05 am

   Researchers from HEC Paris business school and Bocconi University in Milan have reached a sobering calculation: the closures beginning at the pandemic's onset in March through May saved 29,000 lives -- at a cost of $169 billion, or around $6 million per person. Read the full article here.

  Now completely out of control and minus ANY leadership in DC, yesterday, this nation had nearly 200,000 new Corony cases. The death toll yesterday was right at 2000. Jan 20th can't get here quick enough!

  With coronavirus cases surging and families hoping to gather safely for Thanksgiving, long lines to get tested have reappeared across the U.S. — a reminder that the nation’s testing system remains unable to keep pace with the virus.   The delays are happening as the country braces for winter weather, flu season and holiday travel, all of which are expected to amplify a U.S. outbreak that has already swelled past 11.5 million cases and 250,000 deaths.  Laboratories warned that continuing shortages of key supplies are likely to create more bottlenecks and delays, especially as cases rise across the nation and people rush to get tested before reuniting with relatives.

    With the coronavirus surging out of control, the nation’s top public health agency pleaded with Americans on Thursday not to travel for Thanksgiving and not to spend the holiday with people from outside their household.....

  Be Safe. Wear a Mask everywhere you go!

We're seeing that long expected second wave of Corona. That so called wave is here even tho the first batch of the nasty stuff never went away.

   From the Clayberry Health Dept:  Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals: 98 confirmed cases; 2 active probable cases; 18 confirmed cases; 77 recovered; 3 dead.   Numbers updated: 11/17/2020 at  3:10 pm.

   The FDA has issued an emergency authorization for the first rapid coronavirus test that can be used at home and deliver results within minutes. The new test uses nasal swab samples and is authorized for ages 14 and older. It'll help people skip long lines as coronavirus cases skyrocket nationwide

   Even the Republicrap TV channel is letting Americans know,we're in trouble. Here's a run down on the new restrictions imposed by Governor's across the nation.

  There's no mention of changes made in West Virginia. Reason, we ain't doing crapola as our numbers increase daily and near the top of new case percentages in the country!

  Our govt has been very cautious when it comes to telling the public,cold foods, frozen foods can carry the COVID bug. Instead, they tell us, don't worry, be happy.
  China claims it has proven that it's possible to contract Covid-19 from food packaging and is doubling down on efforts to prevent it.  "More and more evidence is showing that frozen seafood or meat products can bring viruses from outbreak countries into China," Here's the real scoop.

   Gov Justice is starting mandate laws that should have been put in place back in March. West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice on Friday tweaked his mask mandate, but told West Virginia business owners and operators that it still was their responsibility to enforce the mandate at their businesses.   Justice urged business owners to call the police on people who refused to wear masks inside of their businesses and said the business owners and operators themselves could have officers called on them if they didn’t enforce the new executive order. New law on the book.

   A coronavirus outbreak has forced more than 130 U.S. Secret Service officers to isolate or quarantine themselves after either testing positive for the illness or coming into close contact with someone who has, The Washington Post first reported on Friday.  The outbreak, reportedly affecting some 10% of the Secret Service’s core workforce, appears to be the latest consequence of President Donald Trump’s refusal to consistently follow basic health and safety precautions during the pandemic.
  

 In the nation and County Clay, COVID 19 is absolutely rampant,out of control. The numbers are increasing daily.

   From the Clayberry Health Dept website: Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals: 89 confirmed cases; 6 active probable cases; 15 confirmed cases; 71 recovered; and three dead. Numbers updated: 11/13/2020 at  10:59 a.m.
Note: That a 6 case jump in just 24 hours.
 
  Per another executive order, student-athletes participating in winter sports – basketball, wrestling, swimming, cheer leading -- and children participating in pee-wee leagues, travel sports leagues, and any other sort of organized team sport would not be able to begin practice until Jan. 11 in an effort to slow the spread of the virus after the holiday season.   At the request of band directors throughout the state, Justice also canceled all marching band and concert band festivals for the rest of the year.   The announcement of the modified mandate and school and sport shutdowns came on a day when West Virginia reached its highest positivity rate to-date, 3.14%, representing 742 new cases of coronavirus, according to the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources.   As of 10 a.m. Friday, 565 West Virginians had died of COVID-19.

  CASES PER COUNTY: Barbour (249), Berkeley (2,098), Boone (492), Braxton (91), Brooke (346), Cabell (2,016), Calhoun (44), Clay (94), Doddridge (85), Fayette (923), Gilmer (169), Grant (222), Greenbrier (282), Hampshire (194), Hancock (332), Hardy (140), Harrison (828), Jackson (483), Jefferson (854), Kanawha (4,456), Lewis (189), Lincoln (333), Logan (889), Marion (545), Marshall (693), Mason (226), McDowell (237), Mercer (990), Mineral (496), Mingo (805), Monongalia (2,655), Monroe (288), Morgan (193), Nicholas (240), Ohio (924), Pendleton (80), Pleasants (54), Pocahontas (79), Preston (301), Putnam (1,285), Raleigh (1,074), Randolph (526), Ritchie (88), Roane (127), Summers (197), Taylor (200), Tucker (72), Tyler (98), Upshur (345), Wayne (743), Webster (44), Wetzel (306), Wirt (63), Wood (1,375), Wyoming (481).

742 new cases as of midnight yesterday in West Virginia, Thursday.

   Justice said Wednesday the time had come for tough decisions regarding slowing the spread of the virus in West Virginia. While affirming he’s the one who most likely will make those decisions, the governor also absolved himself of such responsibility, instead imploring businesses to do their own enforcement for masks and distancing. “We have had every opportunity in these counties [to slow COVID-19], and I’ve been out in front of you over and over saying, ‘test, test,’ and, in a lot of situations, we didn’t do it. I say, ‘wear your mask, wear your mask,’ [and] we didn’t do it,” Justice said. “We’re continuing in every way to look at each and every thing, as far as the possibility of shutting something down, whatever it may be. We sure don’t want to go that way if we can possibly avoid it.
“I don’t know what else I can do. I have given it everything I have. I don’t know what else I can do.”

  U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has pledged to make controlling the coronavirus a top priority and is likely to push for mask wearing mandates and more fiscal stimulus to keep businesses and workers afloat.
   But in the two months until inauguration day on Jan. 20, skyrocketing infections could add more than 8 million more cases and 70,000 deaths, representing a potential 80% increase in infections and a 29% rise in deaths, according to Reuters calculations.

   From the County Clay website: Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals: 83 confirmed cases; 11 probable cases; 11 active cases; 68 recovered; and 3 dead   Numbers updated: 11/12/2020 at  11:15 a.m.
 
  Statewide, 696 new cases in the last 24 hours in West Virginia.

  Statewide, the positivity rate stands at 3.87. Anything over 1 means, the virus is spreading out of control

  Nationwide we are losing almost 1000 people per day from the COVID 19 virus.

  Here's a pretty good DHHR web portal showing West Virginia stats. Just click on any county to see their standing.

  From the Clayberry Health dept website:  Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals: 76 cases; 5 probable cases; 6 active cases; 67 recovered, and 3 deaths. Numbers updated: 11/10/2020 at  3:30 p.m.

   In the U S of A, there are 10,556,714 cases of COVID
   19,077 victims are in critical condition
   245,775 have died from the virus
   Here's the reference chart.

That means, four new cases in one day! Wear your mask and wash your hands

How fast is the virus growing, here's the notes from the Pentagon:     November 10, 2020 - After consultation with the Clay County Health Department and in an effort to reduce community spread of COVID-19, all Clay County Schools will remain on distance learning through Friday, November 20, 2020.

November 10, 2020 – Clay County Schools were notified by the Clay County Health Department of a probable COVID-19 case at Clay County Middle School. Contact tracing is currently taking place. Updates will be provided in the coming days.

November 9, 2020 - Clay County Schools will continue distance learning on Tuesday, November 10, 2020. All schools will be closed on Wednesday, November 11, in honor of Veterans Day.

November 8, 2020, Clay County Schools were notified by the Clay County Health Department of a probable COVID-19 case at Clay Middle School. As a result, all Clay County Schools will be closed tomorrow, November 9, 2020, for distance learning. This will provide thorough time for contact tracing involving school and transportation. Updates will be provided in the coming days.

Friday, November 6th - Clay County High School will participate in distance learning through November 16 due to COVID-19. We will provide updates in the coming days.

Our Gov was reelected after water down the color chart scheme to make things look better. Justice's chart came from the Harvard chart. If you take a look at that Harvard chart, you will see, all of Mountain State is in the red.

    West Virginia’s coronavirus czar said Tuesday the country is headed in the wrong direction when it comes to COVID-19.    Dr. Clay Marsh said West Virginia and most every other state are showing a significant increase in cases. The state Department of Health and Human Resources reported 511 new cases Tuesday in the Mountain State. The state now has 7,271 active cases. Here's the full read.

  From the County Clay website: Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals: 72 confirmed; 1 probable case;  7 active; 62 recovered, and 3 dead.   Numbers updated: 11/7/2020 at 2:34 p.m.

   Many hopes for a return to a semi-normal life after COVID-19 revolve around vaccines, but those injections have limits — they’re harder to deploy in low-income and rural areas where there’s no guarantee of easy distribution. Science may offer a more accessible alternative, though. Columbia University researchers have developed a nasal spray that has successfully prevented COVID-19 infections in tests with ferrets as well as a 3D model of human lungs.

   And my oh my, that thang about rounding the corner on Corony..... After a week of dauntingly high numbers in all parameters of the pandemic, the United States has reached another sobering mark: its highest number of new daily Covid-19 cases since the virus entered the country.
On Saturday, there were 126,742 new coronavirus cases

   An Associated Press analysis reveals that in 376 counties with the highest number of new cases per capita, the overwhelming majority — 93% of those counties — went for Trump, a rate above other less severely hit areas.

From the Clayberry Health Dept.: Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals: 71 confirmed cases; 1 probable case;  8 active cases; 59 recovered; 3 deaths.    Numbers updated: 11/6/2020 at 12:04 p.m.

   Nothing is more important than playing football. Health does not factor into playing each Friday night. That season ends this evening.    From the Pentagon, 5pm: Clay County High School will participate in distance learning through November 16 due to COVID-19. We will provide updates in the coming days.

   From the County Clay Health Dept website:  Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals: 69 confirmed; 1 probable;  10 active;56 recovered, 3 dead.   Numbers updated: 11/5/2020 at 9:15 a.m.

  Talked about a screwed mess!  From the Pentagon: Clay County Schools will be dismissing at 12:00 p.m. on November 5, 2020. This early dismissal is due to notification from the Clay County Health Department of an additional positive COVID-19 case at Clay County High School. Clay County High School will be closed on November 6, to provide time for contact tracing. We will provide updates in the coming days.

  Let's see now, they knew on Monday they had a new positive test but held school
  On Tuesday they had another case but held school
  Wed was a clean up day. On Thursday, they brought the rug rats in  but sent em back home at noon.
  And with all that exposure, Yelp! we're playing football Friday night.

  From the County Clay Health Dept website: Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals: 68 confirmed cases; 3 probable cases; 9 active cases; 56 recovered; and 3 dead.   Numbers updated: 11/3/2020 at 5:54 p.m.

  For the first time ever during the pandemic, in this nation, the number of new cases topped, 100,000 in one 24 hour period. The actual number is a little over 103,000. Just one more reason while we need those vote counters to hurry up!

   From Clayberry's Health Dept:   Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals: 64 confirmed; 4 probable cases, 6 active cases, 55 recovered, 3 dead.   Numbers updated: 10/30/2020 at 3:53 p.m.

   Currently 8,924,548 cases in the U S of A
   228,000 Corona deaths so far in the U S of A
  That means, we're dropping like flies as we wait for Drumpf's promise, we're rounding the corner.

 From the Clayberry Health Dept site: Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals : 63 confirmed cases, 2 probable cases, 7 active cases, 53 recovered, and 3 deaths. Numbers updated: 10/28/2020 at 9:07 a.m.

  The U.S. government will pay Eli Lilly $375 million to supply 300,00 doses of its experimental antibody drug to treat the coronavirus, the company announced Wednesday....  The agreement with the U.S. came days after the company said a trial of the drug failed to show a benefit in hospitalized patients. The company said it is confident the drug is helpful to those earlier in the course of Covid-19.

   Across the nation, tens of thousands of new Corony cases are popping up daily. Wear a mask!

   In just one week, the fall surge in Covid-19 infections added nearly half a million cases to the national total.
The past seven days have been marked by daunting coronavirus records and upticks, with 489,769 new cases reported since October 20. More than 8.7 million people have now been infected since the pandemic again, according to Johns Hopkins University.
   The fall resurgence has led some local and state officials to rein in their reopening plans, as hospitalization numbers increase and states report case records. Building on already high case counts, health experts have warned this rise could be worse than any the US has seen before. Here's the full scoop.

  The White House science office listed "ending the COVID-19 pandemic" as the top accomplishment of President Trump's first term, even as the U.S. has set records for new daily infections and numerous hospitals across the country are stretched to their breaking points.    As of Tuesday, more than 226,000 people in the U.S. have died from COVID-19. The seven-day average of new cases is nearly 70,000, a record number that is only expected to get worse. Hospitalizations and deaths are also climbing steadily upward. According to the COVID Tracking Project, there are more than 42,000 people hospitalized with COVID-19, up from about 30,000 just a month ago.

  From the Clayberry Health Dept website:  Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals: 60 confirmed cases; 4 probable cases, 5 active cases, 52 recovered, and three dead.   Numbers updated: 10/26/2020 at 3:58 p.m.

   CASES PER COUNTY: Barbour (165), Berkeley (1,497), Boone (325), Braxton (56), Brooke (201), Cabell (1,293), Calhoun (33), Clay (58), Doddridge (69), Fayette (745), Gilmer (64), Grant (179), Greenbrier (167), Hampshire (123), Hancock (207), Hardy (102), Harrison (632), Jackson (368), Jefferson (554), Kanawha (3,459), Lewis (72), Lincoln (225), Logan (738), Marion (367), Marshall (274), Mason (170), McDowell (112), Mercer (644), Mineral (207), Mingo (546), Monongalia (2,259), Monroe (223), Morgan (123), Nicholas (180), Ohio (487), Pendleton (75), Pleasants (23), Pocahontas (68), Preston (192), Putnam (827), Raleigh (712), Randolph (399), Ritchie (34), Roane (94), Summers (92), Taylor (165), Tucker (61), Tyler (30), Upshur (234), Wayne (531), Webster (25), Wetzel (134), Wirt (37), Wood (519), Wyoming (216).

   The latest deaths included three men from Putnam County, ages 73, 95 and 83, and a woman from Brooke County, age 95.    State hospitalizations hit a pandemic high with 193 reported hospitalizations on Friday.   Of those patients, 68 patients were said to be in intensive care.

   On the daily DHHR County Alert System Map, Wyoming County remained red for what was defined as “substantial” coronavirus spread. The seven orange counties, where transmission was said to “heightened,” included Berkeley, Doddridge, Braxton, Wayne, Mingo, Boone and Monroe.

  Gov. Jim Justice and health experts urged West Virginians not to let down their guard as warnings grow more dire about the next few weeks of the coronavirus pandemic.
   “Masks equal vaccine,” Justice emphasized at the end of a Friday briefing.  The governor was referring to comments made by Clay Marsh, West Virginia’s coronavirus response coordinator.
   “Wearing a mask and physically distancing six feet or more from other people — if everybody does it, it is equivalent to having a vaccine today,” Marsh said.   “It is equivalent to having a vaccine today and we’re not doing it at the level we need to.”
   Those remarks came as Justice had talked about the likelihood of West Virginians letting down their guard with the pandemic now lasting more than half a year.

   More than 41,000 people are currently hospitalized from covid in the United States.

 At least 925 new coronavirus deaths and 85,085 new cases were reported in the United States on Oct. 23. Over the past week, there have been an average of 64,257 cases per day, an increase of 34 percent from the average two weeks earlier.    As of Saturday morning, more than 8,540,300 people in the United States have been infected with the coronavirus and at least 223,900 have died, according to a New York Times database.

  

   From the Clayberry Health Dept web portal: Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals: 59 confirmed cases, 2 probable, 7 active, 49 recovered, and 3 deaths  As of 9am this morning

  Our numbers are jumping up big time. From the County Clay website: Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals: 57 cases; 3 more probable cases, 8 active cases, 46 recovered, and 3 deaths.   Numbers updated: 10/21/2020 at 3:35 p.m. 

   West Virginia officials are warily watching numbers of coronavirus cases on the rise nationally.   The United States recorded more than 60,300 new cases Tuesday, and the national seven-day case average hit about 59,500. That’s the highest average since August 3.  “This killer is all across our land,” Gov. Jim Justice said today. National experts have warned that the increasing numbers, combined with people spending more time indoors as weather becomes cooler, could result in especially difficult months ahead.  “Odds are it’s going to get even worse,” Justice said. Read more.

 From the Clayberry Health Dept website:   Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals: 55 confirmed cases; 2 probable, 8 active cases, 44 recovered, 3 deaths.    Numbers updated: 10/18/2020 at 4:54 p.m. 


  According to NBC news, West Virginia has seen a 34% increase in Covid during the last two weeks.

   Coronavirus testing rates have fallen in several states where cases are increasing, an NBC News analysis of testing data has found.    As of Monday afternoon, 8.2 million people have contracted Covid-19 in the U.S., according to NBC News numbers. More than 733,000 of those cases have been confirmed in the last two weeks.

   On the original Harvard Global Health Institute risk map, the red color code signifies extreme COVID-19 spread, necessitating stay-at-home orders.     Monday’s Harvard Global risk map, using data from Saturday, has five West Virginia counties in red — Barbour, Brooke, Doddridge, Mingo and Randolph — and 31 counties in orange, including Cabell, Wayne, Putnam, Kanawha, Jackson and Roane.    Harvard Global measures risk based on the number of infections per 100,000 population. Last month, West Virginia adopted an “either-or” approach to its version of the map, following either the Harvard Global metric or the rolling daily average of positive tests, whichever is lower. Here's the true look.

   The country is about to experience “one of the darkest chapters in modern American history” thanks to the novel coronavirus pandemic.   Dr. Peter Hotez, the co-director of the Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, told CNN on Tuesday that the next three months were likely to be absolutely horrific when it comes to Americans’ health and well being. It's getting worser and worser and.....

  From the County Clay website: CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals: 51 cases; 2 probable cases; 8 active cases; 41 recovered; and, 2 deaths.      Numbers updated: 10/16/2020 at  7:58 p.m. 

   As the Trump administration ignores the pleas of its own health experts and embraces a “herd immunity” strategy that scientists have condemned as fringe and dangerous, researchers at the University of Washington School of Medicine are predicting an 80% spike in U.S. coronavirus deaths by February as cases continue to rise across the nation. For a reality check, click here.

  From the Clayberry Health Dept web page:  Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals: 49 confirmed cases; 1 probable case; 12 active cases' 34 recovered; and 2 deaths.    Numbers updated: 10/12/2020 at  11:18 a.m.

  Someone coughs / sneezes a big snot ball... Another wipes his nose on his hand and then opens a door, picks up a phone. How long does the Corony bug last ?   The coronavirus that causes COVID-19 can survive on items such as banknotes and phones for up to 28 days in cool, dark conditions, according to a study by Australia's national science agency. Researchers at CSIRO's disease preparedness centre tested the longevity of SARS-CoV-2 in the dark at three temperatures, showing survival rates decreased as conditions became hotter, the agency said Monday......    The scientists found that at 68 degrees Fahrenheit, SARS-CoV-2 was "extremely robust" on smooth surfaces — like cell phone and other touch screens — surviving for 28 days on glass, steel and plastic banknotes.

  Drumpf  keeps telling us, a Corony bug vaccine will be available before the Nov 3rd election day.  Johnson & Johnson said Monday that it had temporarily halted its COVID-19 vaccine trial because one of its participants had become sick. The impeached King is full of you know what.

   From the Clay Health Dept web site:  Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals: 47 confirmed cases, 1 probable case, 11 active cases, 34 recovered, and 2 deaths     Numbers updated: 10/8/2020 at  3:50 p.m.

  

    Boy ! Things are spiking. From the County Clay Health Dept site:  Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals:43 cases; 2 probable cases; 7 active cases, 34 recovered, 2 deaths.     Numbers updated: 10/7/2020 at  4:00 p.m.

   There have been 17,139 Corona cases in W Va., 369 deaths,  And, in the last 24 hours, 203 new cases.
  Two nurses in West Virginia have died in recent days due to COVID-19 complications.   WVU Medicine and the governor’s office confirmed the deaths Wednesday.  

   In the U S of A , there have been 216,784 Corona deaths

   From the Clayberry Health Dept website, another new case: Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals: 38 confirmed cases; 1 probable case; 3 active cases; 33 recovered; and, 2 deaths    Numbers updated: 10/4/2020 at 6:24 p.m.

   In West Virginia:  West Virginia has surpassed 4,200 active coronavirus cases with the number approaching 4,300.   The state Department of Health and Human Resources on Sunday reported 4,288 active cases in West Virginia, a 160-case increase from the department’s Saturday morning report.   The number of deaths associated with the pandemic increased to 358;

   President Donald Trump addressed the country Saturday night for the first time since he was admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, posting a four-minute video to his Twitter account reassuring the public that he was feeling "much better." Did you notice that pic of him signing a document? Look at it again. That was a blank piece of paper.
  And then on Sunday, Drumpf was seen riding around town wearing a mask. He's doing anything and everything to divert attention from...     The Prez wants us to stop thinking about his dismal leadership during the Corona invasion. Truth is, the number of cases continue to increase across the nation. Only three US states are reporting a decline in new Covid-19 cases compared to last week, as the country hit its highest daily rate of new cases in almost two months.

  From the Clayberry Health Dept website:   Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals: 37 Confirmed cases; 1 probable case, 2 active, 33 recovered, 2 dead.  Updated 10-2-2020- 10:23 am

   After months of down playing the Corona bug, our impeached King, Donny J announced, he has the virus as well as  his wifey and several members of his White House staff. That announcement came around 1 am on Oct 2nd.
   As the most guarded person on earth, if he can get it, what chance do we have? How bad off is the King?
  While normal citizens are told to stay at home till it's too late, the King was hospitalized Friday evening, Oct 2nd.
   If necessary, the President could also access Covid-19 therapies off-label under "compassionate use" protocols, said Dr. Paul Offit, director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and an expert in virology and immunology. That means he could be approved to access an experimental product outside a clinical trial.
   That boils down to, Drumf is on experimental drugs to try and keep him alive.
 
  102 years ago, another pandemic was killing millions of people around the world including 600,000 in the U S of A. A pandemic was ravaging America, thousands were dead or dying, and the president was infected.  His name was Woodrow Wilson and one century ago he was in a situation similar to the position Donald Trump finds himself in now.

   The world has changed readers, someone of importance has the virus.

From the Clayberry Health dept site:  Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals: 37 confirmed; 4 active, 31 recovered; and 2 deaths.     Numbers updated: 9/27/2020 at 1:14 p.m.

   After tinkering with the numbers (again) and under counting the number of Corona victims in the State's school system, West Virginia’s coronavirus map that determines whether classroom instruction can occur for the next week had no counties in red and just a couple — Kanawha and Wayne — shown as orange.  That means those two counties must continue with remote learning and can’t yet have extracurricular activities. More counties were gold. That means in-person instruction can occur with heightened precautions including face coverings for students in grades 3 and above. Extracurricular activities are permitted only in that county or with other gold counties. More from Metro News right here.

  The number keep going up and now adays, much more often
From the County Clay website:  Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals: 35 cases; 2 active; 31 recovered; 2 deaths.   Numbers updated: 9/23/2020 at 1:50 p.m.

  From the County Clay Health Dept website: Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals: 34 confirmed cases, 3 active cases, 29 recovered, and 2 deaths

  CASES PER COUNTY: Barbour (44), Berkeley (944), Boone (197), Braxton (10), Brooke (107), Cabell (718), Calhoun (24), Clay (35), Doddridge (18), Fayette (564), Gilmer (27), Grant (152), Greenbrier (120), Hampshire (100), Hancock (141), Hardy (81), Harrison (339), Jackson (247), Jefferson (419), Kanawha (2,297), Lewis (38), Lincoln (155), Logan (572), Marion (254), Marshall (158), Mason (136), McDowell (80), Mercer (399), Mineral (164), Mingo (354), Monongalia (1,876), Monroe (148), Morgan (51), Nicholas (87), Ohio (351), Pendleton (52), Pleasants (17), Pocahontas (59), Preston (149), Putnam (496), Raleigh (472), Randolph (234), Ritchie (10), Roane (49), Summers (41), Taylor (117), Tucker (15), Tyler (15), Upshur (60), Wayne (346), Webster (7), Wetzel (49), Wirt (10), Wood (348), Wyoming (101).
   Please visit the dashboard located at www.coronavirus.wv.gov for more information.

Around the world : 31,296,553 positive cases; 965,857 deaths.
In the USA: 7,005,893 positive cases; 204,125 deaths

In W Va there have been 311 deaths from Corona
  For those keeping track, we're moving in the wrong direction!

   Gov Justice pulled more hokus pokus this week in an attempt to placate dimly lit parents who want to come to high school football games. Justice waffles about every other day and comes up with the next version of throwing students under the bus. Most recently he came up with a new color for his color code chart. The new color is gold. If your county is labeled gold, that means , your gold schools can play other gold labeled schools.
  So.... tainted spit, coughs, blood, all get rubbed together from both teams on the field.
  From Metro News: There are now four counties with a ‘red’ designation on the state’s COVID-19 alert map.   The state Department of Health and Human Resources added Putnam, Fayette and Mingo counties to red Friday, joining Kanawha County which went red earlier this week.  Putnam, Fayette and Mingo counties how shown a steady increase in new cases this week. All three counties now top 25 cases for their rolling 7-day average per 100,000 population.   Red shuts down any and all extra-curricular activities involving schools along with other restrictions.
   West Virginia is nearing 300 pandemic related deaths.

Clayberry's Health Dept is reporting 33 cases; 1720 tested; 4 active; 27 recovered, and 2 deaths
Look done this page and you will will see how things are trending.... All in the wrong direction and quickening too

  And, this state holds the dubious distinction of having the greatest increase of cases in the nation. We're at the top of a poll!

   So what's important to Gov Justice, football season. It feels like education plays second fiddle to get Friday night contests on the schedule. For about the 100th time, our Gov has changed the color coded chart. Hands down he was reacting to parents who want their wittle cherubs to play football. This time around, an additional category, gold color, has been added to the color codes.
  For those that wind up in the gold color, Yelp, your school will be allowed to play other equally infected schools. So, out there on the field where spit, sweat, blood, saliva are flung around everywhere, it's just fine.
   The future of our kids is in the hands of an elected official who can't make up his mind from day to day.

  Here's the biggy for this Wed morning.
  What happens if someone that has tested positive for Corona , if that person refuses to self quarantine? Let's say the person operates a local business where scores of people enter daily and that person says H no to staying at home. Says H no even after several members of his immediate family have also tested positive!
  There's other fall out. Everyplace the guy entered or sat down to eat, those places, suffer the fall out. Word travels fast in Clayberry. Within an hour, those frequented places, their business suffered. As a matter of fact, customers stayed away in mass.
  So what is the policy for someone that refuses to self quarantine? We asked Health Dept Director Angela Brown who responded with:     We call daily to check symptoms, ensure needs are met, and to re-enforce education on importance to quarantine. The individuals with a confirmed positive exposure will need to quarantine for 14 days from last exposure, even with a negative test. The individual is allowed to access necessities-pharmacy, medical, and food. They must wear a mask and stay 6 feet away from others. They are also instructed to only go when it is necessary. 
  If an individual is an essential worker they can work but must wear a mask at all times while working. The individual would still need to quarantine at all other times. We provide all this information in writing also.
   If we receive a report of the individual not quarantining, we follow up with the individual and educate to follow instruction for public safety. This is followed with a letter to the same affect. If they still continue to fail to quarantine, we notify the prosecutor. 
  

From the County Clay Health Dept:   Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals: 31 confirmed; 1717 negative; 2 active; 27 recovered; and 2 deaths.   Numbers updated: 9/14/2020 at 11:40 a.m.

   From the County Clay Health Dept website:  Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals: 29 cases; 1651 negative; 8 active; 19 recovered; and 2 deaths     Numbers updated: 9/5/2020 at 11:50 a.m.

   Nearly two dozen high school football games have been canceled as a result of Saturday’s COVID metrics map. Monongalia County is in the red category. Fayette, Kanawha, Logan, Mercer, Mingo, Monroe, Putnam and Wayne Counties are listed as orange.

   Here's the Gov's color coded chart which is heading in the wrong direction.

   Here's a good explanation on how the color chart is working... or not working.
 
  Finally, instead of listening to noodle back school officials, there's a change toward listening to health experts in West Virginia. A group of human experts needs to be able to assess the raw data that will determine whether West Virginia schools open this week, said Bill Crouch, the state’s secretary of health and human resources.

  

New estimates released this week suggest the global impact of the coronavirus pandemic will reach even greater levels of awfulfulness before 2020 is over: A prominent forecasting team projects that between now and Jan. 1, the virus will kill an additional 1.9 million people worldwide, pushing the total death toll by year's end to above 2.8 million..... According to IHME, by year's end the death toll in the United States will top 410,000

   Down in the southeastern part of the Georgia, you'll never have to convince Mark Rose of the need for football. He played for the legendary coach Pat Dye at Auburn. He's been a high school head coach for 23 years, he's currently at Russell County High, and was the fifth fastest in Alabama to win 100 games.  So it's notable when Rose says kids shouldn't be playing during a pandemic.  Russell County High School football coach Mark Rose speaks to players during a spring game in 2019. He's against having his team play this season without state-mandated coronavirus testing. Alabama high school officials, like in many other states, say there's not enough money for tests.
   "I mean it's flat out child exploitation," Rose said. "Of course kids want to play. But we are charged to protect them."

    Mingo County's highest-ranking school administrator has COVID-19. So do others in the county school system's central office, and so do several staff members at Mingo Central High School.

  Recent outbreaks of COVID-19 cases in West Virginia have taken the state to the top of an undesirable list. Numbers released Friday afternoon show West Virginia with the highest Rt value, the rate of spread of the virus, in the nation at 1.28. The state had one of the lowest readings less than two weeks ago.

From the County Clay Health Dept site: Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals: 28 confirmed; 1637 negative; 7 active; 19 recovered; and 2 deaths.       Numbers updated: 9/4/2020 at 2:00 p.m.
 
 Recent outbreaks of COVID-19 cases in West Virginia have taken the state to the top of an undesirable list.  Numbers released Friday afternoon show West Virginia with the highest Rt value, the rate of spread of the virus, in the nation at 1.28. The state had one of the lowest readings less than two weeks ago. From MetroNews .

   The state Department of Health and Human Resources’ Tuesday morning report included 257 new cases in the past 24 hours along with eight additional COVID-19 deaths taking the state’s overall death number to 222. There have been 23 deaths in the past seven days. Active cases grew by 103 Monday to 2,122.   West Virginia’s daily positive test rate is at 6.85%, the highest since May 26 when the rate was 6.95%. Read Metro news article her.

  Word came today, Aug 29th, there are 6 more testing positive for Corona. The news was shocking to many. Social media posts from Lisa Slack indicate she is a victim of Corona bug and most likely the spreader at the old Courthouse . With her Asst Magistrate position, she has come in contact with many.
  Sources close are telling us that the nursing home in Big Otter has been locked down due to exposure at that facility.
  Early today came news that Corona was reported in the H E White neighborhood.
  Just above, we mentioned: the news was shocking.
  It shouldn't be. On Saturday, not a customer in Clay Go Mart was wearing a mask nor was there any demand by employees to put on the covering. Hard for employees to demand a face covering since most of them weren't wearing masks. We saw one employee wearing a mask but under her chin.
   We received word, during the Marshall Bailey and Eric Workman Memorial yesterday, few if any masks were being used. Maybe as many as 75 attended that service.
  Of course the Trump sucking  folks will still say, there's nothing to it, it's all a hoax, the media is full of BS, and or, that's probably not Corona.
 Dumbarss itus is growing in Clayberry.
 
From the County Clay Health Dept website: Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals: 26 positive; 1447 negative; 7 active cases; 2 deaths. Numbers updated: 8/29/2020 at 12:20 p.m.

   From the County Clay Health Dept website:  Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals: 20 positive; 1409 negative; a active; 17 recovered, 2 dead             Numbers updated: 8/27/2020 at 4:02 p.m.

   The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reports as of 10:00 a.m., on August 27, 2020, there have been 413,634 total confirmatory laboratory results received for COVID-19, with 9,633 total cases and 199 deaths.
   DHHR has confirmed the deaths of a 93-year old male from Fayette County, an 81-year old male from Clay County, a 90-year old female from Mercer County, a 67-year old female from Logan County, a 93-year old male from Logan County, an 81-year old female from Logan County, an 89-year old male from Monroe County, a 90-year old male from Monroe County, and a 72-year old female from Kanawha County. “The passing of these West Virginians is reported with a heavy heart and we extend our deepest sympathies to their loved ones,” said Bill J. Crouch, DHHR Cabinet Secretary.
   CASES PER COUNTY: Barbour (33), Berkeley (780), Boone (132), Braxton (9), Brooke (85), Cabell (502), Calhoun (8), Clay (19), Doddridge (6), Fayette (215), Gilmer (18), Grant (139), Greenbrier (99), Hampshire (91), Hancock (118), Hardy (70), Harrison (260), Jackson (198), Jefferson (336), Kanawha (1,294), Lewis (32), Lincoln (111), Logan (454), Marion (212), Marshall (133), Mason (94), McDowell (71), Mercer (287), Mineral (140), Mingo (224), Monongalia (1,075), Monroe (95), Morgan (37), Nicholas (47), Ohio (288), Pendleton (44), Pleasants (14), Pocahontas (42), Preston (136), Putnam (257), Raleigh (332), Randolph (221), Ritchie (3), Roane (24), Summers (18), Taylor (103), Tucker (11), Tyler (15), Upshur (43), Wayne (238), Webster (7), Wetzel (45), Wirt (9), Wood (298), Wyoming (61).

   Gov Jim Justice made his public game plan for reopening schools on Sept 8. The convoluted plan is a rubber stamp of what Washington is demanding in order to receive millions of dollars in new funding. Here's the Gov's plan from MetroNews reporting.
  The State Board of Ed under the Gold Dome has a bunch of re entry info on their web portal. Equally confusing and unthinkable.
  We're on the path to destruction.

I have the coronavirus,’ says W.Va. Delegate Staggers, an emergency room physician.

From the Clayberry Health Dept website:  Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals: 18 positive; 1286 negative; 1 active case; 16 recovered; 1 death.

In the U S of A, as of 9am there are 17,320 people in critical condition. 169,161 dead from Corona.

More than 20 million cases of Covid-19 have been recorded worldwide, including at least 734,000 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University data.   More than 97,000 children in the US tested positive for coronavirus in the last two weeks of July, a new report says.   The Cherokee County School District in Georgia reported Monday that 826 students are in quarantine due to possible exposure to Covid-19.   The school returned to in-person learning on Aug. 3.     There has been a 90% increase in the number of Covid-19 cases among US children over the last four weeks, according to a report published Monday by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association. Read the facts.

    From the County Clay Health Dept website:  Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals: 18 positive; 1229 negative; 1 active case; 16 recovered; and 1 dead.    Numbers updated: 8/7/2020 at 3:53 p.m.     Local testing available. Please call your primary care provider or the Clay County Health Department for more testing information

   Official reports of 8 more nursing home deaths fell through the cracks

   Nearly 100,000 children tested positive for the coronavirus in the last two weeks of July, a new report from the American Academy of Pediatrics finds. Just over 97,000 children tested positive for the coronavirus from July 16 to July 30, according to the association.    Out of almost 5 million reported COVID-19 cases in the U.S., CBS News' Michael George reports that the group found that more than 338,000 were children.

   A Boston homeless shelter had 147 infected residents, but 88% had no symptoms even though they shared their living space. A Tyson Foods poultry plant in Springdale, Ark., had 481 infections, and 95% were asymptomatic. Prisons in Arkansas, North Carolina, Ohio and Virginia counted 3,277 infected people, but 96% were asymptomatic.   40% of people with coronavirus have no symptoms.

   After dropping in June, Covid-19 deaths in nursing homes have begun to rise again, fueled by increases in states including Texas and Florida that saw coronavirus surges in the broader population, according to new federal data.    Nursing homes reported 1,046 deaths in the week ended July 26, the most recent available data show.

   The U.S. continues to have more coronavirus deaths than any other nation. With more than 162,400 deaths, the U.S., with about 4% of the world's population, accounts for roughly 22% of the worldwide death toll from COVID-19. The US case total went over 5 million!

   Here's a pretty good map showing where Corony cases are increasing. That map includes West Virginia.

   (Reuters) - Nearly 300,000 Americans could be dead from COVID-19 by Dec. 1, University of Washington health experts forecast on Thursday, although they said 70,000 lives could be saved if people were scrupulous about wearing masks.
   The latest predictions from the university's widely cited Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) comes as top White House infectious disease advisers warned that major U.S. cities could erupt as new coronavirus hot spots if officials there were not vigilant with counter-measures.
   "We're seeing a roller coaster in the United States. It appears that people are wearing masks and socially distancing more frequently as infections increase, then after a while as infections drop, people let their guard down," Dr Christopher Murray, director of the IHME, said in announcing the university's revised forecast.
   The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 stands at more than 159,000, the most of any country in the world, with nearly 4.9 million known cases.

   The Hill:  Dr. Birx said that the percentage of coronavirus tests coming back positive is increasing in nine U.S. cities as well as California's Central Valley.    "We are concerned that both Baltimore and Atlanta remain at a very high level. Kansas City, Portland, Omaha, of course what we talked about in the Central Valley,” Birx said. "We are seeing a slow uptick in test positivity in cases in places like Chicago, Boston and Detroit and D.C.”

  

   Gov. Jim Justice introduced more factors into return-to-school plans, saying students or teachers could select virtual options and outlining a color-coded map system that would depict whether the spread of coronavirus is safe enough to be in classrooms.

    COVID-19 Daily Update 8-4-2020   The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reports as of 10:00 a.m., on August 4, 2020, there have been 298,290 total confirmatory laboratory results received for COVID-19, with 7,051 total cases and 124 deaths.   DHHR has confirmed the deaths of a 70-year old male from Preston County, a 55-year old female from Taylor County, a 68-year old female from Kanawha County, a 73-year old male from Marshall County, a 92-year old male from Grant County, a 43-year old male from Mingo County, and a 91-year old male from Wood County. “Each death reported is a solemn reminder of the seriousness of this disease. We send our deepest sympathy to these families,” said Bill J. Crouch, DHHR Cabinet Secretary.
   CASES PER COUNTY (Case confirmed by lab test/Probable case): Barbour (29/0), Berkeley (637/24), Boone (88/0), Braxton (8/0), Brooke (60/1), Cabell (341/9), Calhoun (6/0), Clay (17/1), Doddridge (4/0), Fayette (131/0), Gilmer (16/0), Grant (80/1), Greenbrier (87/0), Hampshire (74/0), Hancock (100/4), Hardy (53/1), Harrison (198/1), Jackson (158/0), Jefferson (287/5), Kanawha (835/13), Lewis (26/1), Lincoln (68/1), Logan (157/0), Marion (174/4), Marshall (126/3), Mason (50/0), McDowell (45/1), Mercer (167/0), Mineral (112/2), Mingo (142/2), Monongalia (913/16), Monroe (18/1), Morgan (25/1), Nicholas (32/1), Ohio (259/1), Pendleton (40/1), Pleasants (7/1), Pocahontas (40/1), Preston (102/23), Putnam (173/1), Raleigh (191/7), Randolph (203/3), Ritchie (3/0), Roane (14/0), Summers (6/0), Taylor (52/1), Tucker (11/0), Tyler (12/0), Upshur (36/3), Wayne (189/2), Webster (3/0), Wetzel (40/0), Wirt (6/0), Wood (228/12), Wyoming (23/0).


   From the Clayberry Health Dept website:  Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals: 17 positive; 1198 negative; 1 probable case; 2 active cases; 14 recovered, 1 death.

   In West Virginia, there were 7 deaths yesterday and around 250 new cases reported.

 The Kanawha County Board of Education unanimously approved on Monday starting the fall semester with alternating in-person and online learning days for half of the students at a time, to reduce the number of students in buildings at once because of COVID-19.

  The president of the West Virginia School Board Association says he wonders if the state is playing ‘Russian Roulette” with school children, school staffs and communities by planning to go back to school in the midst of a pandemic.   Pat Murphy  “This virus doesn’t have a timeout and you’re worried,” Pat Murphy, association president and 13-year member of the Berkeley County Board of Education told MetroNews Tuesday. “Will we gain as much as we’re risking? That’s a scary, scary question to try and answer.”

  A New survey shows that 82% of parents are more worried about sending kids back to school than ever before. A quarter say they absolutely will not allow their children in a classroom.

  The British government has procured "millions" of two separate coronavirus tests that can detect not only coronavirus but several other viruses common in autumn, winter and spring, the UK's Department of Health said Monday. The tests will be rolled out in hospitals, care homes and labs across the UK from next week.

   The state DHHR reported a daily positive test rate Wednesday evening of 2.64 percent. Hospitalizations continue to climb in West Virginia with 98 with 40 patients in intensive care and 13 being treated on ventilators. Read more on the growing numbers of Corona in West Virginia nursing homes.

   West Virginia added three more COVID-19-related deaths Tuesday afternoon, bringing the day’s total number of deaths associated with the virus to five. The state Department of Health and Human Resources confirmed in a news release that a 77-year-old woman from Mercer County, an 87-year-old woman from Mercer County and a 60-year-old woman from Preston County have died from virus-related causes.  Earlier in the day, the DHHR announced that two other residents, an 87-year-old woman from Wood County and a 47-year-old woman from Berkeley County, have died from virus-related causes. Tuesday’s five deaths brings the state’s death total from virus-related causes to 111.   Meanwhile, the state added 54 new positive coronavirus cases Tuesday afternoon, bringing the state’s daily total increase to 119 cases. The state had a total of 6,173 positive cases as of 5 p.m.
   The number of active cases declined 47 cases from Tuesday morning’s report and was listed at a total of 1,581.  More than 269,000 tests have been conducted, and the overall positive test rate was at 2.29%. The daily test rate was at 3.18%.  The number of hospitalizations has climbed and was at 94, with 37 in intensive care and 15 on a ventilator. Recoveries were listed at 4,481.

  How's your A/C this Summer? Feels pretty darn good when you go in a store and it's nicely cooled. Right? How about, what if the Corony bug gets recirculated thru air conditioning duct work? More than 200 researchers have urged the World Health Organization to recognize the disease can spread through air currents.   A study this spring led by researchers at the University of Oregon found the presence of the virus in a quarter of HVAC systems in hospitals that treated Covid-19 patients. The findings suggest the potential for transmission from shared air from locations separate from the infected person, the authors said. Here's the bad news readers.

  From the Clay County Health Dept website: Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals:  17 positive; 1142 negative; 3 active cases; 13 recovered; and 1 dead.

  From the W Va DHHR site:  The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reports as of 10:00 a.m., on July 27, 2020, there have been 263,669 total confirmatory laboratory results received for COVID-19, with 5,999 total cases and 106 deaths.   DHHR has confirmed the deaths of a 60-year old female from Wyoming County, an 84-year old female from Mineral County and a 93-year old female from Brooke County. “The passing of these three West Virginians is reported with great sadness and we extend our sympathies to their loved ones,” said Bill J. Crouch, DHHR Cabinet Secretary.
   Yes, we see it too. According to the official DHHR site, Clayberry has had no deaths. Why they haven't corrected their problem, we don't know.

Total COVID-19 cases in the Sunshine State rose by 9,300 to 423,855 on Sunday, just one place behind California, which now leads the country with 448,497 cases. New York is in third place with 415,827 cases.   Still, New York has recorded the most deaths of any U.S. state at more than 32,000 with Florida in eighth place with nearly 6,000 deaths.   On average, Florida has added more than 10,000 cases a day in July while California has been adding 8,300 cases a day and New York has been adding 700 cases.  More.

All the Rage:  Michigan's face mask mandate has triggered a tsunami of rage in recent months, with people on both sides of the issue growing further and further apart over whether the face coverings can and should be mandated as a way to stop the spread of COVID-19.

   The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources announced a 103rd death related to the coronavirus pandemic Thursday evening. More here.

    From the Clayberry Health Dept website: Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals: 17 Positive; 1090 Negative; 4 Active cases; 12 Recovered; and 1 death.    Numbers updated: 7/22/2020 at 7:58 AM

   How bad is it getting? Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) issued an executive order Wednesday requiring residents to wear masks outside of the home as the city battles rising coronavirus cases.  "Basically what it says is, if you leave home, you should wear a mask," Bowser said at a press conference. “This means, if you’re waiting for a bus, you must have on a mask. If you are ordering food at a restaurant, you must have on a mask. If you’re sitting in a cubicle in an open office, you must have on a mask.”   The order, which allows for fines of up $1,000 per violation

  A new coronavirus mutation has become the most dominant strain of the virus — and is causing outbreaks to spread more quickly across the world, an expert said.

For the first time in 30 years, Walmart, the nation's largest retailer, will be closed on Thanksgiving, the company announced this week, saying it wants to give a break to essential staff who have been working during the pandemic.

  Clayberry's Corony cases continue to expand. From the County Clay Health Dept website: Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals: 17 Positive; 1058 Negative; Active 4; Recovered 11; and one death.

   Florida reported 10,347 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, the sixth day in a row the state has announced over 10,000 new infections.
Florida reported 92 new deaths on Monday, bringing the state's death toll to 5,183

  Before June 15, Idaho was reporting fewer than 50 new cases a day. On Sunday, it reported 550, and more than 700 cases last Thursday.

   The clues have been mounting for a while. First, scientists discovered patients who had recovered from infection with Covid-19, but mysteriously didn’t have any antibodies against it. Next it emerged that this might be the case for a significant number of people. Then came the finding that many of those who do develop antibodies seem to lose them again after just a few months.   In short, though antibodies have proved invaluable for tracking the spread of the pandemic, they might not have the leading role in immunity that we once thought. If we are going to acquire long-term protection, it looks increasingly like it might have to come from somewhere else. 
  Read about the little known about, T cells.


    During the coronavirus pandemic, the Houston Methodist emergency department separates people by symptoms after they are temperature-checked at the entrance. Photo: Contributed/Houston Methodist Creative Services.   The COVID-19 surge in rural Texas has escalated into a deepening public health crisis for Hidalgo County, where officials issued an order Sunday requiring those who test positive for the virus to not leave home for 14 days under threat of criminal prosecution. The whole enchalada right here.

   "What (kept) Fauci up at night is the emergence, usually jumping from an animal reservoir to a human, of a brand new virus that no one has ever seen before," Fauci says of his decades long career working on infectious diseases. Enter COVID-19, which meets a third criteria: It can be deadly. "Bingo," he says. "The worst nightmare comes true."

West Virginia has had 4557 positive cases of Corona; 121 new this week; and 98 deaths.

   From the Clayberry Health Dept website: Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals: 16 positive; 1,009 negative tests; 5 active cases; 10 recovered; and , 1 death

From Health Dept Director Angela Brown: ... Clay County received three (3) CoVID-19 cases since Friday evening. Please be aware of the increase cases across the state. Encourage all individuals to wear face covering and social distance. I have included a link to an article showing how face coverings were effective in preventing spread from two hairstylist to 139 clients. Read the full story right here.

    From the County Clay Health Dept web portal:  Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals: 14 Positive; 991 Negative; 4 Active; Recovered 9; and 1 death

  Worldwide 13,494,287 cases; 582,115 deceased; 154 vaccines in development

  In West Virginia: 4407 cases; 97 deceased; 1792 active cases.

   Gov. Jim Justice announced tightened restrictions because of the spread of coronavirus, including a 10-day closure of bars in hot spot Monongalia County and limiting crowd sizes statewide to 25 people or fewer.   And the governor called an end to fairs and festivals — unless any happen to exist with fewer than 25 people.

  The United States is being ravaged by a deadly pandemic that is growing exponentially, overwhelming health care systems and costing thousands of lives, to say nothing of an economic recession that threatens to plague the nation for years to come.    But the American public seems to be over the pandemic, eager to get kids back in schools, ready to hit the bar scene and hungry for Major League Baseball to play its abbreviated season.

   Florida surpassed its daily record for coronavirus deaths Tuesday amid rising global worries of a resurgence, even as researchers announced that the first vaccine tested in the U.S. had worked to boost patients’ immune systems.   Florida’s 132 additional deaths topped a state mark set just last week. The figure likely includes deaths from the past weekend that had not been previously reported.   The new deaths raised the state’s seven-day average to 81 per day, more than double the figure of two weeks ago and now the second-highest in the United States behind Texas.



                      

We have a new one! From the Clayberry Health Dept web portal: Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals: Positive 11; Negative 932, Recovered 9, Deaths 1   Numbers updated: 7/6/2020 at 9:50 a.m.   Local testing available. Please call your primary care provider or the Clay County Health Department for more testing information

It should be pretty plain on the Federal approach to the Corona bug. That is, return to business and let em die. Survival of the fittest is the game plan. We're on our own readers.

 From TV-8 News:  Saying the state is seeing a disturbing rise in coronavirus numbers, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice Monday said he is going to require the mandatory wearing of face coverings or masks when people are inside buildings in public outside their home.
     The governor made the announcement Monday during a news conference after he had hinted last week that he may have to require mask wearing. Numbers continued to rise over the weekend, with more than 300 positive coronavirus cases reported in the state since his news conference Thursday afternoon last week. Active case numbers have jumped during the period by nearly 250 – from 580 to 826.
   “As far as wearing some level of face covering, absolutely it is at this point in time, in my opinion, the only thing you can do," Justice said. "The only smart thing to do.”  Justice he is signing an executive order that takes effect at 12 a.m. Tuesday, July 7.

    We're in scary times with well over 50,000 new Corona cases coming daily. That 50,000 number is expanding daily. And now, and now, Dr. Anthony Fauci, a key member of the White House's coronavirus task force, warned Thursday that a new strain of the coronavirus found to be dominant around the world may contain a mutation that allows it to spread from person-to-person with more ease.   In an interview with The Journal of the American Medical Association, Fauci referenced an article published in the peer-reviewed scientific journal Cell that pointed to a new, prevalent virus strain thought to have first been seen in Italy. He said it is possible this strain carries a higher viral load in the respiratory system, thereby making human transmission more likely. “The data is showing there’s a single mutation that makes the virus be able to replicate better and maybe have high viral loads,” Fauci said. Here's the full article.

  From Clayberry Dept of Health website:  Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals: 10 Positive; 895 Negative, 9 Recovered, 1 dead     Numbers updated: 7/2/2020 at 11:08 a.m.    Local testing available. Please call your primary care provider or the Clay County Health Department for more testing information

  Many in West Virginia refuse to wear a face mask. Something about the Govt can't tell me to do it! I refuse to no matter what. From Jimmy Justice: Gov. Jim Justice, describing himself as “terribly concerned,” said Thursday he’s seriously considering mandating masks to be worn in public buildings in West Virginia where social distancing cannot be achieved.
Gov. Jim Justice:    Justice said he’ll make the decision early next week after seeing where the state’s COVID-19 numbers go over the weekend.   “I wanted to give you notice of something that may be coming,” Justice said.   He said the possible mandate wouldn’t include outdoor activities or the privacy of one’s home.

  23 states are now requiring the wearing of face masks. It's mandatory!

This Corona thing is really growing.
   In an about-face, Arizona's Gov. Doug Ducey has ordered the states bars, gyms, movie theaters and water parks to shut down for at least 30 days amid thousands of new coronavirus cases in the state.    Ducey issued the order Monday to go into effect from 8 p.m. local time, citing concern over a recent spike in new cases – including a one-day record of more than 3,800 in the state on Sunday.

   The head of the World Health Organization is warning that the COVID-19 pandemic is actually speeding up and he criticized governments that have failed to establish reliable contact tracing to stop the spread of the coronavirus.   Speaking at a briefing in Geneva, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said: "We all want this to be over. We all want to get on with our lives. But the hard reality is this is not even close to being over."   "Although many countries have made some progress, globally the pandemic is actually speeding up," he said.

   Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly (D) said Monday she is ordering residents to wear masks in public in an effort to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus.

   In the U S of A: 2,637,077 confirmed Corona cases; 128,437 deaths; 1,919.000 active infections

  In Clayberry: Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals: Positive 10; Negative 868; Recovered 8; 1 death

  Only two US states are reporting a decline in new coronavirus cases compared to last week -- Connecticut and Rhode Island.  A rise was reported in a staggering 36 states, including Florida, which some experts have cautioned could be the next epicenter for infections.  Why face mask guidance has changed so much -- and how wearing masks can protect the economy  Why face mask guidance has changed so much -- and how wearing masks can protect the economy   Florida reported 9,585 new coronavirus cases Saturday, a single-day record since the start of the pandemic. The number rivals that of New York's peak in daily cases in early April. ....   The daunting numbers could be the tip of the iceberg: A survey by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests the total number of coronavirus infections across the US could actually be six to 24 times greater than reported.  READ MORE.

   THE Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has revealed three new coronavirus symptoms including diarrhea and runny nose.  Congestion or runny nose, nausea and diarrhea were added to the wide range of possible COVID-19 symptoms listed on the federal agency's website. ... It appears the official change to the list of symptoms were secretly added to the CDC website on May 13. Here's the scoop.

Remember when the impeached King told us to drink bleach / Lysol? Three people died and one is permanently blind from methanol poisoning after drinking hand sanitizer in New Mexico, health officials said.   An additional three people are in critical condition, the New Mexico Department of Health said in a statement. "All seven people are believed to have drunk hand sanitizer containing methanol," it said.  Full article here.

Los Angeles County California has spiked thru the roof. The county also reported 23 coronavirus-related deaths, bringing its total to more than 95,500 cases and nearly 3,300 deaths. There were 1,698 confirmed coronavirus patients in county hospitals, an increase from the 1,350 to 1,450 daily hospitalizations the county was seeing two weeks prior, officials said. 

  The CDC has previously warned that people over 65 were especially vulnerable to severe illness if they became infected by the coronavirus. And that is still true.    But more recent data from across the United States shows that younger adults are also at risk and should not assume they will be spared from a serious case of the disease.

And finally, The daunting numbers could be the tip of the iceberg: A survey by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests the total number of coronavirus infections across the US could actually be six to 24 times greater than reported.

 
   From CNN   California, Texas and Florida all set records for the number of new coronavirus cases in one day, which one expert said is not due just to increased testing.  The three most-populous US states set those records while nationally, 34,720 new cases were reported Tuesday in the US -- the third-highest number of new cases reported in one day since the beginning of the pandemic, based on a data archive kept by Johns Hopkins University. The two days with more cases were both in April.

   From MetroNews:    West Virginia is closer to reaching 2,600 total coronavirus cases after the state Department of Health and Human Resources released updated numbers Tuesday evening.   The department has recorded 2,593 total cases since the pandemic began and 92 deaths. Two deaths were reported Tuesday morning: an 88-year-old woman from Lewis County and a 66-year-old Clay County woman.   The daily percent rate of positive cases was 1.58% compared to a 1.67% cumulative rate.The department also updated the number of confirmed and probable cases in each county: Barbour (15/0), Berkeley (420/18), Boone (19/0), Braxton (3/0), Brooke (6/1), Cabell (88/3), Calhoun (2/0), Clay (10/0), Fayette (59/0), Gilmer (10/0), Grant (15/1), Greenbrier (51/0), Hampshire (40/0), Hancock (18/2), Hardy (41/1), Harrison (49/1), Jackson (141/0), Jefferson (211/5), Kanawha (262/8), Lewis (15/0), Lincoln (5/0), Logan (21/0), Marion (53/2), Marshall (38/1), Mason (16/0), McDowell (6/0), Mercer (23/0), Mineral (52/2), Mingo (12/3), Monongalia (146/14), Monroe (8/1), Morgan (19/1), Nicholas (7/0), Ohio (74/0), Pendleton (12/1), Pleasants (4/1), Pocahontas (23/1), Preston (52/12), Putnam (43/1), Raleigh (33/1), Randolph (154/0), Ritchie (3/0), Roane (11/0), Summers (1/0), Taylor (13/1), Tucker (6/0), Tyler (3/0), Upshur (11/1), Wayne (106/1), Wetzel (9/0), Wirt (4/0), Wood (55/4) and Wyoming (7/0)

  What do you do when you don't like the numbers?...   Charleston Gazette:  Dr. Cathy Slemp, the commissioner for the Bureau of Public Health and state health officer who helped guide West Virginia through its initial response to the COVID-19 pandemic, resigned from her post Wednesday after Gov. Jim Justice publicly criticized reporting errors at her office during his daily press briefing hours earlier.    Department of Health and Human Resources Secretary Bill Crouch asked for and received Slemp’s resignation after Justice “expressed to [Crouch] his lack of confidence  Read the full report here.

   The first wave of Corona attacks has never ended. Instead of the virus slacking off during warm weather months, it's growing and killing. About the only defense is to wear face masks and washing hands often. Did you know, Federal funding for testing supplies is scheduled to end June 30th.
  
  The governor of Washington state on Tuesday ordered residents to wear face masks in public as officials across the country sought new means to control the coronavirus pandemic while easing clamp-downs on residents and reopening the economy.  Read more.

 

May 30 2020  From the Clayberry Health Dept: Clay County CoVID-19/Corona virus Case Totals: 4 positive; 531 tests; 2 recovered
May 30 2020 104,000 + and counting have now died due to Corona. Across the nation, the number of cases have been increasing dramatically since business reopened.

May 27 2020 We did it! Under the dismal DC leadership, America has busted 100,000 deaths due to the Coron Beer Bug.
May 27    The first tragedy of America's bleak coronavirus milestone is that 100,000 people didn't have to die. The second is that no one knows how many more will perish before the pandemic fades.   The desperate toll passed into six figures on Wednesday afternoon: 100,000 victims, who were living Americans several months ago, when the viciously infectious virus made landfall. The landmark is a story of lost mothers, fathers, grandparents, siblings, spouses and even children. Families are shattered, and the dying expire alone. They can't even be mourned owing to social distancing — one of Covid-19's cruelest impositions.
May 27  West Virginia is on the verge of reaching 1,900 confirmed coronavirus cases following additional numbers reported Wednesday evening. According to the state Department of Health and Human Resources, 1,899 cases have come back positive out of 89,460 tests. Seventy-four West Virginians have died.
May 27  Following are the cases per county (case confirmed by lab test/probable case): Barbour (9/0), Berkeley (280/10), Boone (9/0), Braxton (2/0), Brooke (3/0), Cabell (57/2), Calhoun (2/0), Clay (2/0), Fayette (46/0), Gilmer (10/0), Grant (10/1), Greenbrier (9/0), Hampshire (21/0), Hancock (16/2), Hardy (38/0), Harrison (39/1), Jackson (135/0), Jefferson (158/3), Kanawha (213/2), Lewis (5/0), Lincoln (5/0), Logan (16/0), Marion (50/0), Marshall (28/0), Mason (15/0), McDowell (6/0), Mercer (13/0), Mineral (38/2), Mingo (4/1), Monongalia (121/7), Monroe (6/1), Morgan (17/1), Nicholas (10/0), Ohio (40/0), Pendleton (8/1), Pleasants (4/1), Pocahontas (23/1), Preston (17/5), Putnam (33/0), Raleigh (15/1), Randolph (82/0), Ritchie (1/0), Roane (8/0), Summers (1/0), Taylor (8/0), Tucker (4/0), Tyler (3/0), Upshur (6/1), Wayne (97/0), Wetzel (8/0), Wirt (4/0), Wood (50/3), Wyoming (3/0).

May 26 2020  From the Clay County Health Dept and as of  8:20 am: Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals:   Positive 2                    Negative    513 

May 26         The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reported an additional COVID-19 related death in the state on Monday, bringing the total to 73.    The DHHR confirmed the death of a 74-year old male from Mineral County in its evening update.   The DHHR also reported 1,782 total cases of COVID-19, up eight from Monday morning. There were 547 additional tests added, bringing the statewide total to 86, 872.
    Cases per county (Case confirmed by lab test/Probable case): Barbour (7/0), Berkeley (277/10), Boone (9/0), Braxton (2/0), Brooke (3/0), Cabell (57/2), Calhoun (2/0), Clay (2/0), Fayette (45/0), Gilmer (10/0), Grant (10/1), Greenbrier (9/0), Hampshire (21/0), Hancock (16/2), Hardy (37/0), Harrison (38/1), Jackson (135/0), Jefferson (154/3), Kanawha (210/2), Lewis (5/0), Lincoln (5/0), Logan (16/0), Marion (50/0), Marshall (27/0), Mason (16/0), McDowell (6/0), Mercer (13/0), Mineral (36/2), Mingo (4/1), Monongalia (121/1), Monroe (6/1), Morgan (17/1), Nicholas (10/0), Ohio (40/0), Pendleton (8/1), Pleasants (3/1), Pocahontas (23/1), Preston (17/5), Putnam (32/0), Raleigh (15/1), Randolph (36/0), Ritchie (1/0), Roane (8/0), Summers (1/0), Taylor (8/0), Tucker (4/0), Tyler (3/0), Upshur (6/1), Wayne (97/0), Wetzel (8/0), Wirt (4/0), Wood (49/3), Wyoming (3/0).  

May 26  Nation wide and still climbing: 99, 738 deaths; 1,704,000 cases. That's up over 9000 cases in the last 24 hours.  Some much for VP Pence's promise, all Covid 19 will be gone by Memorial Day weekend

May 26 For those thinking wearing a mask is dumb. Wrong-O It's dumb not to wear the shield.



May 6 2020 Our first known positive


Due to the Coronavirus………  The Governor has changed the May 12, 2020 Primary Election to June 9, 2020
   We still are combining the following polling places into one area.  As of today, schools are closed and If a poll worker is not able to work on Election day, we can open the precinct with less than five workers.
Pct. 4 – Widen/Dille and Pct. 1-Harrison will be open at Norman Johnson’s Garage
Pct. 12-Clay, Pct. 17-Dundon/Two Run and Pct. 33/Bickmore will open at the Courthouse
Pct. 15-Valley Fork, Pct. 24-Nebo and Pct. 25-Ivydale will open at the Big Otter Volunteer Fire Dept.
Pct. 36-Bomont and Pct. 37-Dulls Creek will open at Horners Fork Baptist Church Fellowship Hall
Pct. 29-Lizemore will open at the Lizemores Volunteer Fire Department

May 6    Are you ready for a big juicy hamburger at Wendy's? The answer is, Nope, they ain't got em.

May 6    New confirmed infections per day in the U.S. exceed 20,000, and deaths per day are well over 1,000, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University. And public health officials warn that the failure to flatten the curve and drive down the infection rate in places could lead to many more deaths

May 4 2020 There will be no in-person Democratic County Conventions this month for obvious reasons. Instead, the State Democratic Party is taking State Convention Delegate  applications online. We are required to post this publicly before May 11. I am attaching a graphic. If you would be so kind as to post it on Clayberry we would be "legal" to take delegates from Clay Co.  If you can't do the graphic, let me know and I can send you a text version.   Keith Lahti

April 30 2020 County Clay Corona Beer Bug scoreboard from the local Health Dept as of Noon April 30th 189 tests given, 0 positive results.  Please call Clay County Health Department with any questions: 304-587-4269  You may also call CoVID-19 Hotline 1-800-887-4304

April 30     3.2 million have been infected by the Corona Bug worldwide and 233,144 have died worldwide from the disease.  In the US of A  1,085 million have the bug with 63,277 dead. In West Virginia  as of noon today, we have 1,118 cases and 41 deaths.

April 30 2020 Gov Jimmy's plan to re open West Virginia in steps. Here's his plan of attack.

April 30 2020 There is no vacine nor real treatment for Corona as of this date. Yesterday it was announced, there is a glimmer of hope at reducing the affects of the  disease.

April 30 2020 On this date many states are already opening up their states for business. Experts are advising something else.    As antsy Americans show growing signs of “quarantine fatigue” and officials face pressure to ease coronavirus restrictions, factories, malls and state governments in many parts of the country are taking steps toward reopening.   But Anthony S. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said a second wave of infections is “inevitable” in the United States, which has recorded more than 1 million confirmed cases — nearly one-third of the global total. Fauci also warned that “we could be in for a bad fall and a bad winter” if the right countermeasures aren’t put in place.  Here's the full story.

April 30 2020 No Americans remain alive today that can remember the Great Depression brought on by the Republicrat Prez Hoover. There are signs today that a Second Depression is heading our way.

April 30 2020 AS reported on MetroNews, date April 28th: Thousands of self-employed individuals have already applied for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, WorkForce West Virginia announced Monday.   More than 11,000 independent contractors and freelancers have the opportunity to receive up to 39 weeks of compensation. WorkForce West Virginia will review applications and determine eligibility based on the federal economic relief measure passed by Congress in March.

April 30 2020    Rumors run rampant during critical times. Here's a notice from the Mid Ohio Valley Health Dept: wants to assure the community that we did not require McDonald’s restaurant to close. The management out of concern for the community and due to rumors on social media decided to close today and hire a firm to deep clean the facility.   Their staff have the proper protocol for protecting themselves and the customer and are working towards maintaining a safe environment for their staff and customers.

April 26 2020  Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals: Positive 0   Negative 147 .  Numbers updated: 4/26/2020 at 11:16 AM

April 24 2020  Our impeached King once again demonstrated his ignorance. Mr King:  “Supposing we hit the body with a tremendous — whether it’s ultraviolet or just very powerful light,” Mr. Trump said. “And I think you said that hasn’t been checked, but we’re going to test it?” he added, turning to Mr. Bryan, who had returned to his seat. “And then I said, supposing you brought the light inside the body, either through the skin or some other way.” Apparently reassured that the tests he was proposing would take place, Mr. Trump then theorized about the possible medical benefits of disinfectants in the fight against the virus.   “And then I see the disinfectant where it knocks it out in a minute — one minute — and is there a way we can do something like that by injection inside, or almost a cleaning?” he asked. “Because you see it gets in the lungs and it does a tremendous number on the lungs, so it would be interesting to check that.” Read the full embarrassment.

April 24 On this date we have no tested positive Corona Bug cases in County Clay. Some are wondering if the figure is correct. If some cases have been kept secret. We spoke with Health Dept Director Angela Brown for the scoop.
 Question:  When you get word of a case (death), how soon do you post the info to your Health Dept website?
Ms Brown: I usually update the site multiple times each day.
 Question: How do you get your info to put on there?
  Ms Brown: Anyone that is tested is suppose to report it to the Health Dept. Sometimes, not local providers, people that are at hospitals, or drive thru, they are not reported until they have a negative result. The State lab sends us all results, negative or positive. We eventually see it. If we know before hand, that they have been tested, we will follow up making sure they are following isolation precautions. If the out of county providers don't call us, we don't protocol them.
  Question: Is Primary Care providing information to you all?
   Brown ; They are.
  The Communicator received what sounded like a legit email.. something like and with many details, for sure, there was a positive test in this county at Primary Care.
  Brown: We have not had any "positives" for our county. If there had been, they would have been reported to the county that they pay taxes in. And, then it would go to the State and they would report it on their website.


April 21 2020  ❗️❗️❗️ATTENTION ❗️❗️❗️   I have organized a first responders parade as something fun for the kids in our county.  It will be this Wednesday 4/22/2020 at 2 pm and will run from the big gravel lot at Wallback to the Lizemore post office.  During this time of social distancing we ask people to stay in there vehicles.  You can come out and park somewhere along the route and let the kids see all the emergency vehicles go by.  We will come down 36 to route 4 at Carols Crossroads, and then to route 16 at GoMart to Lizemore post office!!! Let’s let the kids enjoy the parade and remember to social distance!  🚒 🚑 David Schoolcraft

April 21 Noon: TV-8  West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice announced Tuesday that children in West Virginia will not return to in-person classes for the rest of the year.    “We are not going to be able to go back to school in buildings that exist now,” Justice said Tuesday during a news conference.   Justice urged school systems across the state to continue distance learning alternatives and to feed children. He also urged all schools to find a place where seniors could still walk across the stage and receive their diplomas and recognition.

April 21 2020 NBC : Life as a grave digger during the Corona Bug pandemic.

April 21 2020  Six more COVID-19 related deaths have been reported in West Virginia.    According to the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, three of the deaths are elderly women who were patients at Eldercare Nursing Home in Ripley. Their deaths bring the total at the Eldercare facility, located in Jackson County, to five.  Department of Health and Human Resources officials say a 98-year-old patient at Wayne Nursing and Rehabilitation Center has also died. That's the fifth death associated with that nursing home in Wayne County.  The other deaths reported Monday include a 53-year old man in Wood County and an 85-year-old woman in Monongalia County.  This brings the state's total deaths to 26.  The DHHR says to date, there have been 22,357 laboratory results received for COVID-19, with 908 positive, 21,449 negative and 26 deaths.

CONFIRMED CASES PER COUNTY: Barbour (4), Berkeley (113), Boone (2), Braxton (1), Brooke (3), Cabell (34), Fayette (5), Grant (1), Greenbrier (3), Hampshire (6), Hancock (7), Hardy (3), Harrison (30), Jackson (101), Jefferson (61), Kanawha (133), Lewis (2), Lincoln (1), Logan (8), Marion (43), Marshall (8), Mason (10), McDowell (6), Mercer (8), Mineral (9), Mingo (2), Monongalia (89), Monroe (5), Morgan (8), Nicholas (4), Ohio (23), Pendleton (2), Pleasants (2), Preston (10), Putnam (15), Raleigh (7), Randolph (4), Roane (3), Summers (1), Taylor (5), Tucker (4), Tyler (3), Upshur (4), Wayne (78), Wetzel (3), Wirt (2), Wood (31), Wyoming (1). Officials say case surveillance at the local health department level may reveal that those tested in a certain county may not be a resident of that county, or even the state,as an individual in question may have crossed the state border to be tested.

April 21 Noon from the Clayberry Health Dept: Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals:  Positive   0    Negative  83

April 21 Noon: World Wide Corona Bug Scoreboard: 2,515,731 Bug cases; 172,465 deaths

April 23 Charleston Gazette:   Elective surgeries soon might resume in the first “baby steps” to reopen the West Virginia economy, Gov. Jim Justice announced Monday.   Hospitals must submit plans to the state health department beginning April 27 showing how the facilities will comply with multi-step criteria for safely resuming elective procedures, the governor said. The agency must approve the plans.         

April 20 AS of April 19th and according to the Clayberry website: Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals: Positive    0 Negative 77               

  Life under coronavirus means staying home as much as possible -- but you'll likely need to make a trip to the grocery store or pharmacy at some point.
With the help of physicians and infectious disease experts, we built a tip sheet to make sure you don't bring the virus back with you. Everything you need to know about keeping the Corona Bugs  out of your home.    




April 14 2020 From the County Clay Health Dept website: Clay County CoVID-19/Coronavirus Case Totals:
Positive                    Negative                   Pending
     0                                47                              6

Please note Lab Corp has a 3-5 day results turnaround time for CoVID-19 testing.
Numbers updated: 4/14/2020 at 4:00 PM
April 14 2020  President Trump announced Tuesday that the U.S. will be withholding funding for the World Health Organization. Read more on King Drumpf.

April 13 2020 from Reuters:   New York City’s death toll was revised to over 10,000 on Tuesday to include 3,700 deaths that are presumed to be due to the novel coronavirus but never tested, the city health department said.    “Behind every death is a friend, a family member, a loved one. We are focused on ensuring that every New Yorker who died because of COVID-19 gets counted,”


April 10  from the BDA website

April 7 From the Clayberry School Website, homepage

All Clay County Schools will be closed through April 30, 2020. All staff will receive work schedules from building administrators and supervisors. Meal deliveries will take place each Monday for students who attend Clay County Schools. 5 days worth of breakfast and lunch meals will be delivered on Mondays.   Meal Service times will be 10:30 - 12:00.    There will be no drive-thru locations    Buses will start delivering at 10:30 A.M......

Snow Packet and Re-Imagined Time Packet Information     During this difficult time, it is essential that students stay engaged and learning.  At present time, packets will not be required for completion.  However, many students are going above and beyond by communicating with teachers and finding ways to turn in packets.  While we will not mandate completion of packets or penalize students for not turning them in, we will grade and give credit to those who complete and turn in packets under the direction of their teachers.  Packet grades will only be computed if they improve a class grade.  We hope that all children stay engaged in the learning process during this time.  We will continue to be flexible and work with our students in any way possible to maximize learning.

   Dual Credit/AP and Virtual Classes will continue with modifications provided by instructors.

    Students should continue learning packets. Reimagined time packets day 9 - 16 are now posted. One packet should be completed daily. Paper learning packets will be available for pick up on Monday, March 30th, 2020, 10 Am to 12 PM, at each school location.


April 5 from Charleston Gazette:   The fast-spreading novel coronavirus is almost certainly killing Americans who are not included in the nation’s growing death toll, according to public health experts and government officials involved in the tally.     The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention counts only deaths in which the presence of the coronavirus is confirmed in a laboratory test. “We know that it is an underestimation,” agency spokeswoman Kristen Nordlund said.     A widespread lack of access to testing in the early weeks of the U.S. outbreak means people with respiratory illnesses died without being counted, epidemiologists say. Even now, some people who die at home or in overburdened nursing homes are not being tested, according to funeral directors, medical examiners and nursing home representatives.


April 1 Reported by Metro News, Gov Justice: Gov. Jim Justice is using his emergency powers to delay West Virginia’s Primary Election until June 9, past the anticipated peak of the coronavirus outbreak.  The governor also extended the closure of state K-12 schools until the end of April.  Both moves put West Virginia in line with federal social distancing guidelines that last until April 30. The most recent goal was April 20.   “It’s a tough situation to extend an election date. No one wanted to do that, but it has to be done,” Justice said during a Wednesday morning news conference.  On the election, Justice said he asked state health leaders if the original May 12 date would be safe for voters and workers to gather at polling places. “The answer was unequivocally no,” he said.  The new June 9 date is the first Tuesday after schools originally would have been closed for the summer in West Virginia.


April 1 2020  From MetroNews:  Data analysis of all 50 states by The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, which is affiliated with the University of Washington, predicts that West Virginia will reach peak use of resources to cope with the virus in early May.   That model anticipates 16 coronavirus-related deaths per day in West Virginia at peak and 495 total deaths in West Virginia over the course of the outbreak.


April 1 2020  When Gov. Jim Justice announced an executive order this week forbidding elective medical procedures to save supplies for response to a coronavirus outbreak, he did not mention abortion.  That left citizens to read the order to determine its effects. At the very end of another news conference today, Attorney General Patrick Morrisey offered his interpretation.   “This declaration is broad-based and applies to all facilities,” Morrisey said. “We’ve had some questions: Yes, it also applies to abortion facilities as well.” Federal Appeals Judges have ruled differently.

Darn good Corona Bug dashboard

Here's some good reading on Dr Anthony Fauci.

The April 28th Health Fair has been Cancelled for now

Home Cleaning Tips
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BINGO at Big Otter Volunteer Fire Department is CLOSED until further notice!


CLAY COUNTY BANK NOTICE

   Effective March 16, 2020, the Governor of West Virginia declared a state of emergency for our area.  Additionally, health officials have reduced guidance on the maximum number of people for safe “Social Distancing”.  In response to this health threat, Clay County Bank has determined that as a precautionary  measure for the health safety of all,  our lobbies will close to walk-in traffic beginning Monday, March 23, 2020 until health officials release additional guidance on social distancing.    This change is for our lobby services only.   Our Drive-Thru facilities will continue to be open and available to transact business and answer service questions Monday-Thursday, 8:00am to 5:00pm; Friday 8:00am to 6:00pm; Saturday 8:00am to 12:00pm.   Appointments for new accounts, loans and safe deposit boxes will be available by appointment only by calling 304-587-4221.   Our main telephone support lines will continue as normal throughout these special hours of operations.
As an added reminder, we encourage you to use our 24/7 eBanking for added convenience and self-service.
•    Online Banking:  Manage your accounts online at www.claycountybank.com.
•    Mobile Banking:  Manage your accounts using our mobile app. -Download available in device app store.
•    OnCal24:  Manage your accounts using our automated telephone service by calling 1-877-662-2524.
•    Billpay:  Pay utilities and other bills online or in app.
•    E-Statements: Have your monthly statements emailed to you.
•    Direct Deposit: Have recurring funds deposited directly into your account.
•    Debit Cards: Cleaner than cash; safer than checks.
   If you are not enrolled in Online or Mobile Banking and/or you need assistance with any of the above digital products, you can visit www.claycountybank.com or call us.
Special Hours of Operation effective Monday March 23, 2020







The Hub Restaurant is closed

Big Otter Community Center is closed til further notice

The March 28th County Democratic Nominee  Convention has been postponed due to you know what

If you have business needs at the Courthouse or other county owned facility, try calling, faxing, emailing.
County Commission 304 587 4259
County Clerk 304 587 4259
Assessor 304 587 4258
Sheriff's Office 304 587 4260
Circuit Clerk 304 587 4256
Prosecutor 304 587 2702
OES Director 304 587 2849

The March 21st Gun Show has been canceled due to you know what.

The March 21st Business Conference Meeting has been postponed

CLAY PUBLIC LIBRARY CLOSED
March 17
All library events and public meeting reservations are canceled until further notice
Online Library resources remain accessible: clay.lib.wv.us
Due dates are extended
Fines due to closure will be waived
Return drops remains available
We continue to monitor the situation

Due to COVID-19 (Coronavirus)
Town Hall  will be closed to the public until further notice.  For the safety of our employees, we are taking this precaution.   If you have an issue with Town, Water or Sewer you can reach us at the following numbers.
Town Hall – 304-587-4233    Clay Water – 304-587-2429    Clay Sanitation – 304-587-7175
There is a drop off box on the front porch to leave payments.   Check, cash, or money order only!  We have left envelopes to put your payment in, if you need one. Be sure to either leave your card with your payment or put your name on the envelope. If you choose to leave cash make sure it is the exact amount. If you leave more than what the bill is then it will be credited to your account.  Payments will be collected daily!
 You can also mail your payment to P.O. Box 55 Clay, WV 25043
Sorry for any inconvenience!!
3-17-2020

   Back in 1918, the Feds ordered newspaper to stop reporting on the two years that "Spanish Flu" ravaged the earth, a fifth of the world's population was infected. The flu was most deadly for people ages 20 to 40.  This pattern of morbidity was unusual for influenza which is usually a killer of the elderly and young children. It infected 28% of all Americans.  An estimated 43,000 U.S. soldiers died due to the virus, roughly half of those who were killed in action in Europe.  An estimated 675,000 Americans died of influenza during the pandemic.
  Here's a brief on what you weren't told in high school history class.