Eden Health District COVID-19 Bulletin
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Message from the Board Chair & Chief Executive Officer
At this unprecedented time for our planet, we at Eden Health District ("EHD") are focusing our work on public education and outreach in response to the COVID-19 crisis for the residents of the Eden Area (Hayward, San Leandro, Castro Valley, San Lorenzo, Ashland, Cherryland and Fairview) and East Bay. For as long as it’s needed, we will publish this news bulletin that synthesizes an almost overwhelming amount of information into more manageable chunks with an emphasis on the East Bay.
We’ll share daunting challenges, hopeful signs, and inspirational work and gladly include any information local, county and state governments and local nonprofit organizations want to communicate through this vehicle. In addition to sending the bulletin directly to you, each issue will be available on our website at
www.ethd.org
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We welcome your feedback at
badranly@ethd.org.
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Together as a community we will face this challenge and make sure we all have the information necessary to make the best available policy and personal choices possible.
In service,
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Gordon A. Galvan
Chair, EHD Board of Directors
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Mark Friedman
Chief Executive Officer, EHD
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By the Numbers
Confirmed cases
: 135 Alameda Co. 86 Contra Costa Co. 2,566 Calif. 53,740 US
Deaths:
2 Alameda Co. 1 Contra Costa Co. 51 Calif. 706 US
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East Bay Times, March 23, 2020
Hundreds of sick people lined up near Fire Station No. 7 in Hayward on Monday hoping to get tested right then and there for coronavirus at a first-of-its-kind testing center. To qualify, they had to have a fever of 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit or higher, officials said.
East Bay Citizen, March 23, 2020
Alameda County has only 112 confirmed cases of the coronavirus, but the numbers are expected to significantly rise as early as this week, county health officials suggested during an Alameda County Board of Supervisors health committee meeting on Monday morning. The number of hospital beds and Emergency Room availability is “stable,” said Colleen Chawla, Alameda County Health Care Services Agency director. “Our system is not being strapped at the moment and has capacity for any health care needs we may have,” Chawla told Supervisors Wilma Chan and Nate Miley.
SF Gate, March 23, 2020
At a Monday afternoon press conference, San Francisco Public Health Chief Dr. Grant Colfax suggested the peak may be just around the corner, saying the number of patients infected with COVID-19 in the city will escalate in a week or two. "I am sad to have to say the worst is yet to come," Colfax said. "Every community where the virus has taken hold has seen a surge in coronavirus patients who need to be hospitalized. We expect that to happen in San Francisco in a week or two or perhaps less."
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Sacramento Bee, March 23, 2020
New modeling shows California needs 50,000 additional hospital beds to meet the incoming surge of coronavirus patients, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Monday. It’s a dramatic jump from the 20,000 extra beds Newsom said the state needed just two days ago, and reflects what the governor describes as dynamic modeling that’s constantly changing as new numbers about coronavirus infections pour in.
Mercury News, March 23, 2020
Tough social distancing measures to stamp out the coronavirus’ spread may need to last two or three months in California, Gov. Gavin Newsom suggested on Monday, in a drastic contrast with President Trump, who just minutes earlier had predicted the U.S. economy could reopen for business in weeks, not months.
Order, March 23, 2020
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Newsday, March 24, 2020
New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said the rate of coronavirus infections in the state “is doubling about every three days,” a dramatic increase that requires a more vigorous response from the federal government, during a Tuesday morning news conference where he pleaded for needed critical equipment. Cuomo said the state has not been able to slow down the rate of infections as had been projected and he compared it to a freight train that had become a bullet train. He said this means the apex of the disease could get here in as soon as 14 to 21 days and require more resources to be in place sooner.
NY Times, March 24, 2020
The president is questioning whether stay-at-home orders have gone too far. But relaxing them could significantly increase the death toll from the coronavirus, health officials warn.
Politico, March 23, 2020
President Donald Trump on Monday said he planned to pull the U.S. economy out of its coronavirus-induced slumber in a matter of weeks, and refused to commit to following the advice of his handpicked health experts—many of whom have warned that it will be a matter of months before it will be safe to reopen the country again—when reassessing guidelines for social isolation.
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Bloomberg, March 24, 2020
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has imposed a three-week long nationwide lockdown and allocated an extra $1.97 billion for health care to contain the spread of coronavirus infections which are now spiking in the South Asian nation.
USA Today, March 24, 2020
“On the basis of the information the IOC has, postponement has been decided,” International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound said in a phone interview. “The parameters going forward have not been determined, but the games are not going to start on July 24, that much I know.”
The Guardian, March 23, 2020
Under the terms explained by Boris Johnson in his TV address, people will be allowed to leave home only for the following reasons: 1) shopping for necessities, as infrequently as possible; 2) one form of exercise a day, such as running or cycling, alone or with household members; 3) for medical or care needs, for example to help a vulnerable person; 4) traveling to and from work, but only if you cannot work from home. Meeting friends, shopping for anything beyond essentials, and gathering in crowds are now banned.
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Editorials and Opinion Pieces
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Dr. Ezehiel Emanuel, Vice Provost of global initiatives at the University of Pennsylvania, NY Times, March 23, 2020
These decisive measures can prevent a decade of dislocation and extraordinary levels of deaths.
Nicholas Kristoff, NY Times, March 20, 2020
Will we endure 2.2 million deaths? Or will we manage to turn things around?
Kimmie Fink, Editor, We Are Teachers, March 19, 202
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Personal Health and Practical Information
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March 24, 2020, SF Gate, Interview with San Francisco pediatrician Dr. Lisa Dana
IRS, March 21, 2020
Washington Post, March 23, 2020
Note: Current deadline of October 1, 2020 has been suspended. A new deadline has not yet been set.
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For more information about Eden Health District,
please visit our website at
www.ethd.org
or call us at (510) 538-2031.
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