President Bill Bolster rang the bell at 7:30, followed by a quick review of last week’s meeting.
- Pledge of Allegiance at 7:32 by Susan Cole
- Song: John How – LOVE by Nat King Cole
Inspiration: Doug Williams by George Washington Carver
- “It is not the style of clothes one wears, neither the kind of automobile one drives nor the amount of money one has in the bank, that counts. These mean nothing. It is simply service that measures success.”
Visiting Rotarians: None
Guest of Rotarians
Chris Austria: Guest Speaker
Phillip Kiboneka
Devin Murray: Redwood Food Bank
Mathew McWhorter: Interested in joining our Rotary Club
Rotarian of the Month
Diane Brabetz: Club chair for Windsor Rotary International Foundation
The Future
Presidents looking forward:
- 2021 – 2022 Pam Moulton
- 2022 – 2023 Glenn Sugden
- 2023 – 2024 Brian King\2024 – 2025 Doug Williams
Windsor Rotary Clipboard
- Song Leader – Chris Landwehr
- Scribes – Tom Boylan
- Vaccine Registration – Good Collection on online registration sites:
Membership – Everyone!!!
Upcoming Club Stuff!
Friday, Feb 19th, – 2021 Grant Application Deadline – Carol Martin.
Thursday, Feb 25th, 5:30 PM – Cloverdale SCARC – Beijing Antique Car Race
Friday & Sat., April 16 & 17 – District 5130 Virtual Training
Saturday, May 8th, – Rotary Club of Windsor Virtual Fundraiser
Saturday thru Wednesday, June 12 -16, Rotary International Virtual Convention
Michael Juric updated us on the Auction. The date changed to May 8th.
Major Projects
Mike McQuire will be the Auctioneer.
Leaders Needed: Promotion, Program, Gathering Items for Silent – Live Auction
Wally Krutz and Carol Martin. Build Project
Covid Vaccination Scorecard
Why do you want to be Vaccinated?
Answer: We go back to Charlie’s and Hug!
Vaccinated
Diane Brabetz
Carol Martin
Leslie Lewis
JB Leep
John Hackenburg
Barbara McChesney
Michael Juric
Wally Krutz
Pam & Ken Moulton
Susan Cole
Bill Arnone
Kind of:
Glen Sugden
Catherine Hanron
Allison Huber
Chris Landwehr
Tom Boylan
Guest Speaker
JB Leep introduced Chris Austria, a photographer, and owner of Chris Austria Safari. Spectacular pictures and information.
website: chrisaustria.com
Here is the latest COVID information from your Rotary Nurse:
02/16/21
COVID UPDATE
Total Cases: 27,361 (last week 26,909)
New Cases: Fri 77
Sat 10
Sun 162
Mon 112 This is a total for 4 days of 361 (last week was 479)
Deaths: 287 (last week 277) – seeing a greater number of fatalities in people at home and even younger – this relates to greater widespread transmission. Across the nation, they are seeing young people dying of complications of organ failure due to COVID.
Hospitalized: 48 confirmed and 1 suspected (last week 67 confirmed and 2 suspected) 26 Available ICU beds so we are seeing fewer hospitalized patients with COVID. This is quite a drop in hospitalized individuals and the number of available ICU beds, but we do continue to see people practice unsafe habits. Unfortunately, the flip side of people getting the vaccine is they do not realize it cannot completely prevent someone from contracting the virus; however it will prevent real illness and possible death. But you can still be a carrier and expose those who have not gotten the vaccine. Until 85% of our population is vaccinated, we do not have herd immunity and we continue to have several other stronger strains of the virus that has been detected here in the US.
We have tested a Total of 514,892 and 24,065 recovered (last week 499,506 in our county with 22,588 people recovered)
Still seeing the largest number of cases in the Latinos (65% with them only being 27% of the populations and whites are only 27% with them being 63% of the population )
Still seeing the largest level of positivity in Service and sales (18.4%), then those unemployed and home care (my industry) at 2.5%.
Close contact (meaning close family or friend spread) is still a great risk as with household exposure and unknown being high. We are seeing in our own employees’ positivity in our Latinos/Hispanics and being exposed by family members working in other industries or ignoring travel or gathering warnings.
Vaccines were begun…. As of Feb. 14th, 92,196 residents in Sonoma County have received the vaccine (last week 67,745). Vaccination rollout continues to be slow and chaotic and disorganized. The County is trying to work with all of the players supplying vaccines to have a centralized system of registration for vaccinations and appointments, but it is not there yet. In addition, the registration form has gotten more difficult to complete and difficult to find. Seniors continue to have many issues finding and scheduling appointments because of lack of computer skills, poor vision, decreased mental/cognitive skills and even if they obtain an appointment, many need transportation to get there.
Remember, outside family members or close friends are not part of your bubble and unless they have been tested and isolated for 10-14 days before being with you and you the same, it can be risky. And if you see others from outside our county, have them and you quarantine for 10-14 days after. We cannot be too careful! The County continues to ask that we stay home and practice the 3 W’s – wash your hands, wear your mask and watch your distance. And, they continue to request we not travel where we can become exposed at restaurants, restrooms, hotels even if it is outside activities. There are many other variants of this virus that have now been identified and until we have enough immunity, it is best for all of us if we stay home.
Please do not let your guard down; even receiving the vaccine means until we have the majority of our community vaccinated we need to practice safe habits and stay in our bubbles. Remember it does take time for any antibodies to form and only one vaccine only promises about 40% efficacy. Efficacy is greatly increased with the second dose and we need to strive for “herd immunity”. Do not let COVID fatigue get to you and get sloppy in protecting yourself and those that you love. And do not think this is still not serious. Please become a believer – the life you save could be someone dear to you!
Thanks
Di
