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Coronavirus by the numbers and local updates Compiled by Kamala Kirk Cases and deaths by neighborhood as of December 5: Culver City: 3,098 (deaths 116); Del Rey: 41 (deaths one); El Segundo: 1,161 (deaths 10); Marina del Rey: 755 (deaths four); Mar Vista: 3,101 (deaths 37); Palms: 3,619 (deaths 67); Playa del Rey: 197 (deaths one); Playa Vista: 932 (deaths 12); Santa Monica: 7,166 (deaths 196); Venice: 2,937 (deaths 19); Westchester: 3,826 (deaths 59) Total Westside cases: 26,833 Total Westside deaths: 522
Total confirmed cases in LA County: 1,536,351 Total deaths in LA County: 27,246 Total new cases as of December 5: 1,642 Total new deaths: Four Hospitalizations: 610 Positivity rate (seven-day daily average): 1.67% Total number of people tested: 9,504,500 (Source: Los Angeles County Department of Public Health)
End the feud Editor: Enough already! I think it’s time to discontinue the weekly platform that you give to the ongoing feud between William Hicks and David Kay concerning the Ballona Wetlands Restoration Project. Their differences of opinion are never going to be resolved in these pages, and I think that it’s time to give this limited space to other readers who want to express their opinion on a variety of other subjects of local interest. Steven Jayson Playa Vista Ballona Wetlands Editor: I respect the opinionated volleys from Walter Lamb of the Wetlands Land Trust and Dr. David Kay on what happens to our wetlands well down the road. I feel a much more pressing issue confronting the Ballona Wetlands today is the motor vehicle, tent encampment along W. Jefferson Boulevard just west of Lincoln Boulevard. We have an ecological, societal and human health hazards occurring now. The misplaced persons settlement threatens the Wetlands with unsightly trash, litter, and undoubtedly human feces creeping into the marsh areas in abundance. I don’t suspect it’s the fertilizer needed for the area. I hope the city and our council members recognize the plighted area and take action
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– just as they have done recently to address the crisis at Westchester Park. We need to address this issue and crisis immediately. Ted Lux Playa del Rey Failures of the medical system Editor: I read Ms. Redman’s cover story in the November 18 issue of the Argonaut and was shocked and disappointed by the failure of the medical system in treating Ms. Giese’s simple injury. It’s important to highlight this story and how to avoid such disasters in the future. Despite being the largest tendon in the body, the Achilles is plagued by poor blood supply, making an otherwise simple surgery of repair a risky endeavor. Tendon repairs in other parts of the body are protected by ample soft tissue, bringing about additional blood supply alongside a physical barrier from the external environment. The Achilles has little room for error, with only a few millimeters of soft tissue covering, necessitating careful repair of the paratenon layer over the Achilles for healing, as well as impeccable soft tissue management before, during and after surgery. While smiling portraits of Ms. Giese show her resilience in this article, it highlights the need for transparency in advertising of physician credentials to avoid such disasters in the future. Twenty years prior to this injury, the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society had just begun to work on
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