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Gloria Harper
From:Phil Gonshak
Sent:Tuesday, May 05, 2020 3:49 PM
To:Jennifer Reese
Cc:Jill Ingram; Gloria Harper; Nicholas Nicholas
Subject:RE: External Email : Beach Closures
Attachments:City of Seal Beach Press Release - Beach in Motion APPROVED.PDF
BCC: Seal Beach City Council
Hello Ms. Reese,
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Best,
‐Phil
Philip L. Gonshak
Chief of Police
City of Seal Beach Police Department
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From: Jennifer Reese [mailto:teamreese06@yahoo.com]
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Sent: Tuesday, May 5, 2020 3:40 PM
To: Joe Kalmick; Schelly Sustarsic; Thomas Moore; Mike Varipapa; massalavitt@sealbeachca.gov; Phil Gonshak; Jill
Ingram; gharper@sealbeach.gov
Subject: External Email : Beach Closures
Dear Council Members,
Firstly, thank you for your commitment and service to our community. As you know, Seal Beach is a special town and it is
with pride that we all get to call it our home. I realize that current times are charged with many perspectives and varying
degrees of stress for all and I believe you are doing your best to represent the collective. That being said, I will be brief
with your time.
I am asking that each of you consider a thoughtful solution to in fact open our beach. Certainly I wouldn’t expect such an
opening to resemble a typical beach day here in Seal. Safety parameters and thoughtful planning to facilitate a
successful result in consideration to our public health is a must. Health, however is the very reason I implore such a
request. Especially during our current times, mental health is of such great importance. Access to Mother Nature, our
beautiful beach, a vast open space too social distance would have a powerfully positive impact on the mental health of
our citizens. There is plenty of research to support the ocean/beaches affect on the human psyche for improved
psychological and physical states for that matter.
Lastly, I understand the fear that opening our beach will trigger a huge influx of beach goers, however; many
destinations city’s have implemented successful measures in avoiding out of town travelers. It is my hope that you, our
City Council Representative’s will consider all the solution based possibilities of opening our local beach. Below are some
figures I’d like to pass on in regards to mental health statistics with respect to our current state of affairs.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Kindly,
Jennifer Reese
(925)408‐8598
Maybe it’s time to shift gears...
From Robert F. Kennedy Jr., via Instagram:
Scientists are modeling the number of deaths from COVID‐19.
But who is modeling the number of deaths from quarantine?
THE BIG SHORT:
The more pessimistic HHS models predict 100,000‐240,000 COVID deaths.
A highly respected 1982 academic research book “Corporate Flight: The Causes and Consequences of Economic
Dislocation” by Bluestone, Harrison and Baker estimates that every additional 1% rise in unemployment causes 37,000
excess deaths (including 20,000 heart attacks ,920 suicides, 650 homicides)and 4,000 mental hospital admissions and
3,300 state prison admissions.
On 3/24/2020, the Fed predicted a 30% rise in unemployment from the CV Quarantine. That equals 1,100,000 additional
deaths ‐ almost 5 times the government’s worst predictions for CV‐19 deaths.
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Add additional deaths from disrupted supply chains for food and medicine and from deferred medical treatments for
non‐emergency ills like diabetes & hypertension.
Moreover,a growing body of research finds social isolation is lethal. #sayergmi Sayer Ji of #greenmedinfo has reprinted
13 studies showing dramatic increases in deaths from isolation.
"Social Isolation: A Predictor of Mortality Comparable to Traditional Clinical Risk Factors," found social isolation as strong
a factor in mortality risk as smoking, and higher than having high blood pressure.
Another article , "The Pandemic America Forgot About," concluded:
"Loneliness and social isolation have the same cardiovascular effects as smoking 15 cigarettes per day” and also increase
the risk of "all‐cause morbidity.”
Loneliness increases the risk of developing dementia by 50% and stroke by 32% while dramatically increasing cancer
risks, according to a 1997 JAMA study.
"Social Ties and Susceptibility to the Common Cold," researchers found that isolation increases susceptibility to the
common cold and respiratory infection.
More diverse social networks were associated with greater resistance to upper respiratory illness.
A 2015 study found that men experience an 85% increased risk of mortality following losing their jobs.
Moreover, a 2020 Lancet study on the "Psychological impact of quarantine and how to reduce it,” found ”most of the
adverse effects (suicide, anger and illness) come from ... restriction of liberty” and “separation from loved ones.”
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