SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY HEALTH OFFICER BRIEFING
TO FAITH LEADERS ON THE STATUS OF PUBLIC HEALTH ORDERS
AND PUBLIC WORSHIP

October 1, 2020

Earlier today, the San Francisco Interfaith Council (SFIC), supported by the COVID Command Center's Joint Information Center (JIC) Virtual Outreach Team, hosted the 25th in a series of weekly COVID-19 (Coronavirus) response briefings for faith leaders. Today's briefing featured San Francisco Health Officer Dr. Tomas Aragon, who briefed our City's faith leaders on how and why public health orders, directives and guidances are developed, their legal significance, what references the newly revised health order makes to worship, houses of worship and other religious facilities, and the relationship a County health order has to the guidances issued by the State of California. Following Dr. Aragon's presentation he responded to questions submitted in advance by San Francisco Faith Leaders. 

The briefing may be viewed in its entirety below:




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Also participating were Zoom Briefing Moderator/SFIC Executive Director Michael Pappas, SFIC Board Chair and Shanti Project Executive Director Kaushik Roy. Special appreciation is extended to SFIC Program/ Administrative Associate Cynthia Zamboukos and the COVID Command Center's Joint Information Center Virtual Outreach Coordinator John McKnight and Team: Producer Lynne Mayes, assisted by Leads Sharon Walton and Hafiza Salehbhai.

Please join us next Thursday, October 8, 2020, at 8:30 am, at which our "Online Briefings for Faith Leaders" will be devoted to consideration of the necessary precautions and protocols houses of worship will need to take to keep their congregants safe. 
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We invite you to review these best practices with care and, as appropriate, use them as examples to share with your faithful.



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As these links live on the SFIC website, we encourage you to continue forwarding any and all like communications you post on your respective websites and social media platforms to:

SFIC Program/Administrative Associate
Cynthia Zamboukos
czamboukos.sfic@gmail.com

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