Though local officials point to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s guidelines as part of the reason they felt it was the right time to reopen their counties, time will tell if the pace is too fast.
. “That question is foundationally a question for local health directors and local county officials.”
But for the first time in weeks, there was no significant decrease in weekly hospitalizations due to the coronavirus.The vast majority of Californians are still vulnerable to getting infection. The latestestimating the percentage of the population who hasn’t yet been infected in L.A. County suggests as much as 98% of people in the nation’s most populous county have not yet been infected with the coronavirus, which is deadlier and more infectious than the seasonal flu.
“It’s really about the size of the crowd,” Chin-Hong said. People should be circumspect about having vulnerable people such as the elderly and people with cancer, heart disease and other underlying conditions visiting reopened areas.Super-spreading events that have transmitted the coronavirus to many people have occurred at churches, as well as other mass events, such as conventions and Mardi Gras celebrations.
The Orange County Sheriff’s Department provided a security detail for Quick after she received what officials deemed to be a death threat during a county Board of Supervisors meeting last month. Later that week, Orange County Board of Supervisors Chair Michelle Steel condemned the threat, saying, “It should never happen again.”Health experts say face coverings can help slow the spread of the coronavirus by keeping infectious oral droplets of an infected person from spraying out while talking to others.Quick, who was hired as the county’s health officer last June, could not be reached for comment Tuesday.
Kim characterized the agreement Tuesday as “fairly standard practice for the county” when it comes to executive-level employees.“I had a very good working relationship and I thought she did very good work for the county as our health officer,” he said during a phone call with reporters.
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