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Today, Dr. Sara Cody discusses the County's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the County's approach for moving forward.
Recorded May 27, 2020.
The City of Cupertino would like to express its thanks to the County of Santa Clara for the use of their video materials during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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B
Good
morning
and
welcome
to
live
with
the
County
of
Santa
Clara,
my
name
is
David
Campos
and
I
serve
as
the
public
information
officer
for
the
county's
Emergency
Operations
Center
and
today,
I'm
here
with
dr.
Sarah
Cody,
the
public
health
officer
for
the
county
of
Santa
Clara.
We're
gonna
have
a
brief
conversation
with
dr.
Cody.
So
thank
you
for
being
here
before
we
do
that.
B
But
following
the
conclusion
of
this,
we
will
be
putting
our
face
coverings
back
on,
but
in
terms
of
cases,
as
of
yesterday,
the
County
of
Santa
Clara
had
2675
26
75
cases
of
people
that
tested
positive,
a
hundred
and
thirty
nine
deaths
and,
of
course,
our
hearts
go
out
to
the
families
of
those
who
have
died,
and
luckily
no
deaths
reported
in
the
last
24
hours
and
that's
as
of
5:26.
And
let
me
begin
with
that.
Dr.
B
Cody,
a
hundred
and
thirty
nine
deaths
in
the
county
of
Santa
Clara,
and
you
know
one
death
is
one
death
to
many,
but
as
we
are
facing
that
the
country
has
close
to
a
hundred
thousand
deaths
right
now
and
you
are
credited
with
really
leading
the
effort
to
shelter
in
place
as
a
way
of
saving
lives.
How
does
that
make
you
feel?
Knowing
that
you
know
you
literally
save
the
lives
of
so
many
people.
C
Well,
what
what
I
would
say
is
that
we
have
a
remarkable
community
in
our
County,
and
people
have
really
come
together
and
the
collective
action
that
everyone
has
taken
has
slowed
the
spread
and
prevented
many
deaths.
At
the
same
time,
I
want
to
acknowledge
that
this
has
been
hard
really
hard
and
as
we
go
into
I've
lost
track
of
the
weeks
we've
been,
we've
been
sheltering
in
place
since
the
middle
of
March
we've
had
some
easing
people
have
been
able
to.
B
I
know
that
all
of
us
have
been
making
sacrifices
and
I
think
that
a
lot
of
people
don't
know
that
you
know.
Maybe
they
don't
think
about
it,
but
you
actually
live
in
this
community
and
you
have
a
family
and
you
and
your
family
are
also
going
through
these
challenges.
Has
that
been
easy
for
you
for
your
family
I.
C
Think
what
I
would
say
is
that
this
pandemic
has
not
been
easy
for
anyone
and
I
want
I,
want
us
all
to
remember
that
we're
going
through
a
global
crisis,
the
likes
of
which
we
haven't
seen
since
World
War
two,
so
many
of
us
haven't
seen
in
their
lifetime.
So
all
of
us
are
experiencing
this
together
and
and
I
am
too
I
live
in
this
community.
C
I
too
am
exhausted
and
my
family
is
tired
of
being
at
home.
My
kids
are
tired
of
being
out
of
school
and
we're
all
tired.
It's
not
M
and
I.
Think
what
we're
trying
to
do
here
in
our
community
is
trying
to
find
a
path
forward
that
is
least
harmful.
That
is
most
health
protective
and
it's
a
very
difficult
course
to
chart
where
we
are
doing
our
very,
very,
very
best
in
a
really
really
tough
time
and
again,
everyone
has
has
has
hung
in
there
for
quite
a
long
time
and
it's
it's
made
a
difference.
C
B
We
wanted
to
take
this
opportunity,
dr.
Cody,
for
you
to
let
our
viewers
know
and
I
know
that
you
present
it
yesterday
at
the
board
of
supervisors,
sort
of
your
thinking.
You
know
in
sort
of
looking
at
that
path
forward,
how
you
look
at
at
sort
of
what
the
next
steps
are.
What
do
you
want
people
to
know
in
terms
of
how
you
look
at
that?
Your
approach
so.
C
I
think
there's
three
things
so
top
level.
We
want
to
prevent
infections,
we
prevent
infections
to
prevent
people
from
becoming
hospitalized
and
prevent
people
from
dying.
The
second
thing
is
that
we
want
to
prevent
illness
in
general,
so
we're
also
mindful
of
the
fact
that
sheltering
in
place
and
the
fear
of
kovat
has
its
own
health
harms
and
we're
trying
to
minimize
those
as
much
as
we
can
and
and
finally
and
I
think
this
is
really
important
and
sometimes
get
gets
lost.
C
We
are
trying
to
keep
our
economy
and
our
society
healthy
and
I
think
that
the
best
way
that
we
can
do
that
is
to
not
just
make
people
feel
safe,
but
to
ensure
that
they
are
safe
so
that
the
the
level
of
virus
transmission
in
our
community
has
been.
We've
really
suppressed
it
and
we're
creating
an
environment
that
is
safer
and
safer,
so
that
people
can
come
out
and
they
can
participate
in
the
economy.
C
So
again,
we're
trying
to
make
sure
that
we
prevent
infections
that
we
minimize
the
other
health
harms
from
kovat
and
from
sheltering
in
place
and
that
we
make
it
safe
so
that
when
we
do
come
out
and
gradually
ease
and
get
our
economy
going
again,
that
is
safe,
it'll
feel
safe
and
that
it
is
safe.
In.
B
Explaining
that
process,
dr.
Cody,
you
have
talked
about
the
timeline
of
two
to
three
weeks,
which
is
the
incubation
period
being
the
time
that
you
need
to
take
to
really
understand
the
consequences
of
some
of
the
actions
that
you
have
taken
before
and
that
you
really
have
to
give
that
time.
Have
that
time
before
you
move
to
the
next
step,
can
you
explain
that
a
little
bit
for
our
viewers?
That's.
C
Right
so
the
way
that
we're
working
here
as
well
as
in
much
of
the
bay
area
is
a
phased,
gradual
reopening
and
that's
because
after
we
make
a
change
and
we
an
activity
picks
up,
we
want
to
ensure
that
we're
not
creating
harm
and
that
we're
not
putting
people
at
risk.
So
we
take
an
action
such
as
bringing
construction
back
online
and
then
it
takes
at
least
two
weeks,
sometimes
three
to
really
understand
what
the
impact
is.
We're.
C
B
C
I
mean
is
that
if
we
make
a
change
and
then
we
don't
pause
and
wait
to
see
what
the
impact
has
been,
then
we're
blind.
We
can't
we.
We
can't
see
what
our
next,
what
our
next
action
may
do.
We
know
that
this
is
like
Kovan
very
much
behaves
like
a
fire
and
fire
season,
and
so
we
have
dry
tinder
everywhere
and
we
do
not
want
to
have
a
large
fire
again.
We
know
that
we
are
going
to
have
little
spot
fires.
C
We
are
now
much
better
resourced
in
terms
of
testing
and
contact
tracing
to
be
able
to
address
those
spot
fires.
But
what
we
don't
want
is
a
fire
burning
out
of
control
that
we
can't
see.
So
that's
why
we're
gonna
move
slowly,
we're
going
to
look
and
see,
put
out
our
spot
fires
and
not
be
blind
to
a
larger
fire
that
might
be
burning.
One.
B
C
Think
something
that
that's
really
really
really
important
to
understand
is
that
kovat
19
has
unmasked
some
very
severe
pre-existing
inequities
in
our
community.
If
we
let
the
virus
just
go
and
don't
stay
on
top
of
it,
the
people
that
are
going
to
be
hurt.
The
most
are
people
who
are
living
in
places
where
they
are
working
low-wage
jobs.
C
They
live
in
crowded
households,
they
may
have
less
access
to
care
barriers
to
accessing
care,
and
they
say
these
are
frequently
poor
communities
and
frequently
communities
of
color,
and
we
can't
just
let
the
virus
go
and
forget
that
the
people
that
are
going
to
be
disproportionately
impacted
or
people
are
living
in
those
communities
that
that
is
the
group
of
people
that
will
be
disproportionately
in
the
hospital
and
that
will
see
disproportionate
numbers
of
deaths
and
that's
not
acceptable.
So
we
are
going
to
keep
at
it.
C
B
Cody
I
know
that
since
I
started
this
role,
you
have
been
very
clear
that
it's
important
for
us
to
communicate
with
our
diverse
communities
in
different
languages.
We
have
Spanish
Vietnamese,
Tagalog,
Chinese
I,
know
that,
speaking
for
myself,
the
Latin
X
community
has
been
hit
hard
by
this
pandemic
in
santa
clara's.
You
know,
even
though
latin
ex
folks
make
up
about
27%
of
the
population
there
about
39,
maybe
higher
percent
of
the
cases,
any
any
thoughts
that
you
want
to
convey
to
that
community.
B
C
C
This
is
where
we
need
to
be
in
community
listening
to
community
ensuring
that
people
are
getting
tested,
and
also
this
is
really
important
that,
just
because
someone
learns
that
they're
positive
and
just
because
we
advise
hey,
you
need
to
you,
know
you're,
you
need
to
stay
home
or
you
are
contact
and
you
might
get
sick.
You
need
to
stay
at
home.
C
B
Cody
I
know
that
it
can
be
confusing
for
folks
at
times,
because
we
have
our
local
health
order,
we're
working
with
the
other
counties
and
jurisdictions
in
the
bay
area.
But
you
also
have
the
state
order,
and
so
there's
a
local
and
a
state
framework.
How
does
that
work
in
terms
of
your
thinking
where
there's
a
state
and
what
it's
doing
fit
into
how
we
as
a
county,
will
forward
so.
C
A
couple
things
around
the
state
order
in
the
county
order.
The
first
thing
to
know
is
whichever
order
is
most
restrictive,
is
the
one
that
controls
so
as
a
county,
we
can
be
more
strict
in
the
state
order,
but
we
can't
be
looser
than
a
state
order,
and
this
was
pretty
straightforward
in
town
early
May,
when
the
state
published
its
resiliency
roadmap
and
the
state
has
been
opening
things
up
at
a
pretty
brisk
clip.
So
for
the
most
part,
now
many
of
the
parts
of
our
County
order
are
more
restrictive.
C
This
has
been
challenging
both
to
communicate
to
the
public
what's
allowed
and
what's
not
allowed,
and
it's
also
been
challenging
in
that
it's
difficult
it's
difficult
to
articulate
the.
Why?
Because
the
state
is
opening
things
at
a
very
brisk
clip,
not
waiting
to
see
what
the
impact
is,
and
so
that's
been
challenging
as
well,
but
as
far
as
what
we
can
do
in
the
county,
it's
as
it's
basically
like
looking
at
a
buffet,
so
the
state
may
lay
out
a
buffet.
C
You
can
pick
from
these
things,
but
you
can't
yet
pick
from
those
things
and
then
we
as
the
county
can
go
to
the
buffet
and
say
this
is
what
we
think
is
most
health-protective
at
large
for
our
community
and
then
we
adopt
those
and
make
them
clear
in
our
County
order.
What
what
I
also
want
to
say
about
going
slow
and
how
we're
what
we
may
be
doing
differently
here
in
the
county
is
that
when
we
make
a
change
and
we
open
a
sector.
C
So,
for
example,
when
we
opened
curbside
retail
logistics
and
manufacturing,
we
had
very
clear
social
distancing
protocols
and
we
gave
businesses
some
time
to
read
them
and
to
implement
them.
Because
when
we
have
our
community
our
businesses
open.
We
want
the
workers
to
be
safe
and
to
be
protected
and
we
want
the
customers
to
be
safe
and
to
be
protected.
So
they
can
feel
good
about
shopping
and
do
so
safely.
And
it
takes
a
little
bit
of
time
to
put
those
details
into
place.
Just.
B
C
C
You
know
what
kind
of
face
covering
do
they
need
to
wear,
etc,
etc,
etc,
and
so
the
more
specific
that
we
can
be
in
our
guidance
are
actually
our
orders
to
businesses
or
our
protocols
that
they
need
to
adopt
I,
think
the
easier
it
is
for
people
to
to
follow
along.
So
it
both
takes
time
to
develop
the
guidance
as
well
as
takes
time
for
businesses
to
put
their
plans
into
place
to
implement
it.
A
couple.
B
Of
more
questions,
one
area
that
I
know
is
really
important
to
parents
and
members
of
our
community
is
the
schools
and
I
know
that
you
have
work
very
closely
continue
to
work
closely
with
the
superintendent
of
schools.
So
can
you
tell
folks
a
little
bit
about
what
your,
what
we're
doing
with
respect
to
the
the
prospect
of
opening
schools,
how
we're
approaching
that
effort?
Yeah.
C
So
we
at
our
Emergency,
Operations
Center
and
our
public
health
workforce
have
been
working
closely
with
the
County
Office
of
Education,
both
in
the
steps
that
ultimately
resulted
in
closure
of
schools,
but
also
in
the
planning,
for
how
can
we
reopen
schools
and
we
actually
have
new
staff
on
board
in
the
public
health
department
who
are
solely
dedicated
to
working
with
schools
to
work
through
all
of
those
different
trade-offs
and
think
about?
How
might
we
most
safely
get
kids
back
to
school
and
resume
something
resembling
a
normal,
normal
educational
experience
for
them?
Well,.
B
Thank
you
I
know
that
a
lot
of
parents
will
appreciate
hearing
that
one
last
question
about
the
heat
and
we
were
talking
earlier
as
we
were
walking
over
to
the
studio
that
it
is
hot
and
I
know
that
you
have
been
very
concerned
about
making
sure
that
there
are
options
for
people.
We
notify
cities
that
the
public
health
holder
allows
cooling
centers
to
be
open.
Anything
you
want
to
say
about
that.
I
know
that
for
a
lot
of
folks,
that's
a
challenge
because
it
gets
so
hot
in
Santa,
Clara,
County,
yeah,.
C
So
we
are
experiencing
a
heatwave
and
we
know
that
many
many
homes
and
residences
in
our
County
don't
have
air-conditioning
and
you
can't
stay
and
bake
in
your
home
in
your
home
and
you
need
to
get
some
relief
and
you
need
to
go
to
a
cooling
center.
So
this
is
all
about
trade-offs
and
balancing
harms.
But
during
a
heatwave
it
is
important
to
get
to
a
cooling
center.
C
If
you
don't
have
another
way
to
cool
off
and
we
have
opened
cooling
centers,
there's
nice
detailed
guidance
from
the
Centers
for
Disease,
Control
and
Prevention
about
how
to
do
so
safely
and
how
to
maintain
social
distancing
within
a
cooling
center.
So
it's
hot
and
we
do
encourage
people
to
seek
relief
at
a
cooling
center
if
they
don't
have
a
way
to
do
so
in
their
home.
Last.
B
C
Are
so
again,
one
of
the
challenges
of
the
state
order
is
that
some
things
are
not
on
the
menu.
So,
for
example,
pools
at
the
moment
are
not
on
the
menu
of
things
that
were
allowed
to
to
pick.
We
are
anxious,
especially
when
it's
hot
and
also
is
a
form
of
exercise.
Many
people
cannot
exercise
need
to
exercise
for
physical
health
and
for
mental
health,
and
a
pool
is
a
great
way
to
do
that.
So
we
have
a
lot
of
ideas
about
how
we
could
reopen
pool
safely.
B
C
I,
what
I
want
to
say
to
everyone
who
lives
in
our
County
is
is
really
thank.
You
and
and
I
know
that
this
has
been
extraordinarily
hard.
There
is
no
one
that
has
been
untouched
some
people,
it's
been
much
harder
for
some
than
for
others,
but
it's
it's
been
hard
for
everyone
and
for
the
most
part,
people
have
hung
in
there
to
protect
their
families
and
their
communities,
and
it's
pretty
amazing
what
our
county
has
accomplished.