By Samuel Strait – Reporter at Large – October 23, 2021 Looks like our local Lord, Aaron Stutz, the County's Public Health Officer, can't take the time to read anything beyond CDC guidelines and pronouncements, and therefore; is unaware of happenings in the broader world. Just as an update for Lord Stutz and any other disciples of Dr. Fauci and the media, the Omicron Variant is a very weak version of the Corona virus. At last report only 1.7% of those who had received its attention are candidates for hospitalization and very few deaths having occurred. In fact the single death in Texas that may have been associated with the Omicron Variant is not the likely cause of death being reported in the media. While our governor is spouting off about increasing virus counts, he is failing to mention that very few people infected with the Omicron version are going to hospitals to be treated as such. Our local bag over his head, Lord Stutz, keeps bleating the same old mantra since he was hired and doesn't seem to get it. Masking, vaccinations, boosters, and being tested at the drop of a hat, is not changing the course of events. It has long been established, not that you would know it from Lord Stutz's inarticulate ramblings, that masks do not work to stop the virus. Multiple studies have confirmed that fact. Here in California, the most draconian of the Masked States, there has been no evidence that masks work. Vaccines have begun to resemble therapeutics rather than anything that remotely resembles a preventative against Covid-19. Most of current infections by the Omicron Variant of Covid-19 are vaccinated. In some cases boosted as well. Granted the vaccine does represent a therapeutic which has prevented many hospitalizations, but there is a growing number of vaccinated cases, no longer being referred to as breakthrough, that have resulted in death. Oregon has reported over 600 deaths of fully vaccinated people. Being boosted beyond the first two jabs does not appear to change the dynamic. It is important to note that being vaccinated and becoming infected with an asymptomatic case of the Omicron Variant has greatly enhanced the opportunity for others to become infected. Stutz also recommends being "tested" before attending family gatherings and large group events. He recommends taking the antigen test, highly unreliable, or the RT-PCR test, equally unreliable. Great advice. Recently the often used PCR test was to be removed as a protocol for determining Covid-19 positivity by December 31, 2021. Naturally this announcement by the CDC received little notice by the media or medical establishments. No reason was given beyond speculation which included unacceptable levels of false positives or the protocol could not distinguish the Covid virus from fifteen other viruses. All tested positive using the PCR protocol. Bottom line is that Lord Stulz's pronouncements do not appear to have much credibility in the real world. People are going to have to use good judgement when confronting the virus as Stutz's endless talking points are getting a bit frayed around the edges. He merely has to say, "same thing as last week" and be done with it. Only the fearful will give him much attention. There are currently 46 "active cases" in the County, what ever that means, with no hospitalizations.