The general public health officer in one of California‘s biggest counties cautioned today that the state was unwinding reopening guidelines too rapidly, increasing the threat of a spike in COVID-19 cases.
Santa Clara Public Health Officer Dr. Sara Cody, whose county is house to Silicon Valley and was one of the very first in the nation to set up a shelter-in-place order, voiced her concerns at a county Board of Supervisors conference on Tuesday after California Gov. Gavin Newsom(D) revealed that counties might allow demonstrations and reopen locations of praise, in-person retail and beauty parlor, with some capability restrictions. Hairdresser reopenings are restricted to 47 and the state’s 58 counties.
” The rate at which the state has actually made these adjustments is worrying to me,” Cody said, keeping in mind that it takes anywhere from 14 to 21 days for authorities to see whether previous actions towards reopening caused an uptick in COVID-19 cases.
” The state modifications are being made without a genuine understanding of the effects of what the last move has been,” risking “a rapid development in cases, and for that reason a risk to social and economic wellness,” she stated.
Enabling counties to resume in-person praise and demonstrations is “pa