Shasta County

Hundreds of Shasta County Locals Participated in Clinical Trials That Helped Authorize COVID Vaccines

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June 21, 2022

A representative of Paradigm Research Clinic said the local for-profit clinical research company conducted COVID vaccine trials for Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson beginning in August 2020. Paradigm is one of hundreds of clinical research organizations across the country that provided medical research in cooperation with the FDA, the Institutional Review Board (IRB) and vaccine manufacturers as part of the “warp speed” rollout of COVID vaccines.

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COVID Transmission Rates In the Red Signal Risk to Shasta County’s Vulnerable
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June 18, 2022

Despite transmission rates that have almost quadrupled over the last month, Shasta County is still considered low-risk according to relatively new metrics, because new cases haven’t yet significantly affected hospitalizations or hospital capacity. High transmission rates are most dangerous to the vulnerable. Here’s what you should know about how you can help reduce risk in Shasta County right now.

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Public Health Caught Up In National Mistrust Of Government and Science, Ramstrom Says 
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May 1, 2022

Shasta County's Public Health Officer is facing possible dismissal by county supervisors. Shasta Scout interviewed her after she released a public statement Friday saying she has received no specific information that her job performance has been unsatisfactory. Ramstrom has been the focus of public complaints about county COVID restrictions over the last two years.

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 COVID Explained: What’s VAERS?
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April 16, 2022

Those who oppose the use of COVID-19 vaccines frequently cite data from VAERS, a federal vaccine harm reporting system. But while VAERS data can provide an important early warning of potential vaccine harm, raw data from the system can't show us whether a vaccine is actually unsafe.

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Sherri Papini May have Lied About Her Kidnapping But Research Shows Most Women Tell the Truth about Sexual Assault
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March 15, 2022

News broke recently that Redding’s Sherri Papini, who went missing for 22 days in 2016, is accused of faking her kidnapping, repeatedly lying about it to investigators, and taking over $30,000 in victim compensation for a crime that never occurred. Those allegations, if true, make Papini an outlier in a sea of research that documents women’s high risk of assault, their hesitancy to report it, and how often they tell the truth.

Local Businesses Received Millions in County CARES Act Funds. Here’s What We Know.
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February 27, 2022

The Redding Chamber of Commerce distributed $4 million of the county's $18 million in CARES Act COVID-19 relief funds to local businesses in 2020. Little is publicly available about how that distribution occurred and some have criticized the process. With new federal funds becoming available, Shasta Scout reached out to the Chamber and the county for more information on how previous funds benefited businesses.

Shasta County’s Disease Detectives And the Fight Against COVID-19
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February 20, 2022

Over the early months of 2022, Shasta County’s COVID-19 positivity rate soared as the Omicron variant spread. For county epidemiologists it was yet another leg of what has been a multi-year sprint to keep up with an unpredictable and deadly virus. Shasta Scout went inside Public Health to learn more about the disease detectives whose quiet diligence is slowing COVID’s spread.

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More Trust-Based Funding Will Promote Racial Equity Across California’s North State
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January 27, 2022

The North State Equity Fund seeks to combat stark disparities in philanthropy. Organizations in nine North State counties are invited to apply for a new round of funding.

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“Not About A Vaccine”: In Shasta County, Marathon Eight Hours of Public Comment Centers on Feared Loss of Freedoms
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October 21, 2021

Some also expressed concerns about the potential for violence as local unrest against Newsom’s COVID mandates swells.

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Facts and Fears: What Shasta County Needs to Know About COVID Vaccines
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September 8, 2021

Misinformation abounds. We've fact-checked. Here's What You Need to Know