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When the lockdown orders were put in place, there really wasnвЂ™t much to lock down. The county screens and quarantines migrant farmworkers and seasonal firefighters when they first arrive. Most people here work for the government managing federal lands that make up a large portion of the county. Unlike the Bay Area, there are fewer residents in each household, so not many live in cramped quarters. Unlike communities across the state that have suffered severe COVID outbreaks at nursing homes, Modoc County has just two skilled nursing facilities - and they remain on lockdown with no visitors allowed. Unlike neighboring Lassen County, where cases spiked into the low 200s when infected inmates from San Quentin transferred to the state prison in Susanville, Modoc County has only a 43-bed county jail, where temperatures are checked with every new inmate. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group)ДЄlong with all those, uh, natural benefits, Modoc County is removed from many of the factors that have contributed to the coronavirus escalation in the Bay Area and elsewhere. Taryn Burns, 20, works on her familyвЂ™s cattle ranch in Alturas, Calif. вЂњWhen youвЂ™re shoulder-deep in a cow, you get good at washing your hands,вЂќ said Taryn Burns, 20, who has had her share of pulling calves on the familyвЂ™s ranch outside the county seat of Alturas. Social distancing is a way of life here - driveways are often longer than CedarvilleвЂ™s Main Street - and with all the dirty work on the ranch, people tend to clean up several times a day. вЂњWe got a fence there to keep it out,вЂќ joked retired rancher Bill Heryford, 88.ДЇolks in this county - outnumbered by cattle four to one - say they have natural advantages against the virus. вЂњClean livinвЂ™,вЂќ said Tony Frutuozo, 66, the countyвЂ™s cattle brandВ inspector, drinking coffee at the Country Hearth in Cedarville. вЂњWeвЂ™re stubborn,вЂќ said Gerry Gates, sitting outside his Gates Gallery and Trading Post on Main Street in Alturas. and San Francisco to camp along the Pit River and sling back beers at the Round Up Saloon havenвЂ™t carried COVID with them. Even the influx of вЂњcoronavirus refugeesвЂќ who fled their urban confines in L.A. TedвЂ™s Barber Shop, the Brass Rail restaurant, the Country Hearth Bakery and other beauty shops and restaurants in the larger towns of Alturas and Cedarville have been up and running for two-and-a-half months, but still, Modoc CountyвЂ™s place on statewide coronavirus dashboards remains a perfectly flat line. Sheriff Tex Dowdy said he has no intention of enforcing state mask-wearing rules. Gavin NewsomвЂ™s lockdown orders and reopened, without permission, in early May - a renegade act that sparked a threatening letter from the state. But county officials were also some of the first to defy Gov. It canceled the 100th anniversary of the county fair set for later this summer. The county established its emergency operations centers early and sheltered in place like everyone else. Mostly, though, weвЂ™re ready and very, very prepared.вЂќ вЂњWeвЂ™re all shocked we donвЂ™t have it yet,вЂќ said Modoc County spokeswoman Heather Hadwig.

MODOC COUNTY CLASSIFIEDS FACEBOOK FREE

ItвЂ™s the only county in California that appears to be coronavirus free - one of only five in seven Western states that can still make that claim, at the moment. Of the stateвЂ™s 58 counties, only Modoc has reported no cases of coronavirus. The wide open spaces of Modoc County вЂ“rich in hay fields and clear dawn skiesвЂ“ are perfect for comet viewing and social distancing in the time of pandemic.

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