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Today we are sharing more information on testing: Why it is important that you get tested? Who should be tested? Where can you get tested? And how can communities of color assist in slowing the spread of COVID-19 in Santa Clara County?
Recorded May 22, 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.
For more information regarding the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak in Cupertino, please visit https://www.cupertino.org/coronavirus
B
They
are
not
only
more
susceptible
to
getting
covin
19,
as
we
have
found.
They
are
also
more
likely
to
have
a
severe
case
of
kovat
19
and
while
Ricardo
is
a
Pio
here
in
the
EOC,
he
also
works
in
public
health
and
his
daily
job,
as
as
do
I,
he.
What
he
does
normally
is
works
in
health
equity
and
addressing
health
equity
in
our
community.
Now
health
equity
is
not
a
term
that
most
people
are
familiar
with.
B
C
Course
good
morning
and
thank
you
Mariana
and
thank
you,
everyone
who's
watching
today.
It
is
my
pleasure
to
be
here
again
and
yes,
so
health
equity
in
place
that
ideally,
everyone
should
have
a
fair
opportunity
to
obtain
their
full
health
potential
and
no
one
should
be
disadvantaged
from
achieving
this
potential,
regardless
of
race,
ethnicity,
socioeconomic
status
or
education.
As
we
know,
there
are
systemic
barriers
that
have
been
put
in
place
historically
that
limit.
They
are
access
that
our
community
members
have
to
certain
services.
C
A
C
For
people
to
actually
go
get
tested
or
accessing
a
doctor
who
can
refer
them
to
get
tested
so
those
that's
an
example
of
a
barrier
or
health
disparity
that
we
have
in
our
community.
So
what
we're
trying
to
do
here
in
the
county
at
the
Emergency
Operations
Center,
is
to
address
those
barriers
by
bringing
testing
to
their
community
to
where
they
are.
For
example,
let
me
put
my
coffee
down
because
otherwise
I'm
gonna
spill
it.
C
But,
for
example,
now
we
are
pilot
taste
testing,
one
of
our
mobile
testing
units,
the
FIR
mobile
test
unit
here
in
Santa,
Clara
County
that
we're
going
to
be
bringing
it
today
to
lateral
picanha
shopping
center
and
we're.
This
is
just
a
soft
lounge
for
this
and
we're
going
to
be
testing
the
workers
who
are
working
at
the
Tropicana
Plaza
today,
however,
we'll
be
expanding
that
testing
and
we'll
be
bringing
the
mobile
unit
to
the
neighborhoods
in
East,
Side,
San
Jose,
hopefully
by
next
week.
C
B
And
that
website
is
wwsz
c3
test
org
we've
made
it
pretty
simple
there
with
that
URL,
yes,
so
what
I'm
hearing
from
you
Ricardo
is
that
the
very
people
who
need
to
be
getting
testing
the
most
are
also
the
ones
who
are
facing
the
most
barriers
to
getting
testing
and
so
that
that's
why
the
county
is
working
so
hard
to
address
this
and
equity
that
we're
seeing.
Can
you
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
the
data
that
we're
seeing
on
our
dashboard?
That's
on
our
website
about
the
cases
absolutely.
C
Thank
You
Mariana
for
bringing
that
up,
so
we
eight
for
those
who
are
not
familiar
with
our
website.
We
have
dashboards
that
indicate
the
number
of
cases
that
we
are
having
day
by
day
as
well
as
now.
We
have
the
ability
to
desegregate
the
data
by
race
and
ethnicity,
by
age
groups
and
also
now
by
cell
codes.
Now
by
looking
at
that
data,
we
have
learned
that
the
majority
of
cases
that
we
have
in
our
county
are
among
the
Latin
x
community.
B
So
all
of
us
are
hearing
about
testing
non-stop.
It's
on
the
news.
It's
on
social
media.
You
hear
us
talking
about
it
a
lot
and
one
of
the
reasons
we
do
talk
about
it.
A
lot
is
because
it
is
one
of
the
five
indicators
that
our
health
officers
are
looking
at
here
in
our
County
and
also
in
the
Bay
Area,
to
help
determine
when
we
can
open
the
county
back
up
safely.
B
When
we
look
at
the
data
and
the
epidemiology
of
the
next
steps
that
indicate
which
next
steps
we
should
take
to
reopen
and
so
and
there
are
other
people
who
should
get
tested
and
besides
the
communities
that
are
the
vulnerable
people
we
have
mentioned
now
recently,
just
now,
I'm
sorry
and
those
people
include
people
who,
over
60
years
old
people
who
have
chronic
health
conditions.
If
you
work
in
the
front
lines,
I
think
you're
going
to
speak
to
this
a
little
bit
more.
B
C
So,
first
of
all,
I
think
many
of
us
are
excited
about
hearing.
The
testing
is
now
available.
Many
of
us
have
been
waiting
patiently
about
when
to
get
tests
or
where
to
get
tested,
and
now
it's
the
time,
especially
for
those
who
are
free
online
workers
who
are
interacting
with
the
public
and
where
it's
difficult
to
maintain
at
least
six
feed.
Apart
of
distance
between
between
the
public
and
yourself.
That's
when
we're
recommending
for
people
to
get
tested
at
least
once
a
month.
C
B
We
have
information
about
testing
in
multiple
languages,
on
our
website
and
once
again,
that
website
for
the
testing
is
sec,
free
test
org,
and
so
what
are
three
things
we
talk
about?
What
the
general
community
can
do
to
get
the
word
out
and
word-of-mouth
is
always
really
important
for
things
like
this.
What
are
three
things
that
people
who
live
in
these
communities
who
face
these
barriers?
What
can
they
do
to
to
get
help
to
kind
of
lessen
these
barriers
for
themselves?
Yes,.
C
You
know
for
minorities,
especially
for
like
next
community,
we're
very
big
and
sharing
what
the
vecina,
what
the
commodity
is
saying.
So
we
highly
encourage
you
to
do
that.
This
is
the
time
to
do
that.
Share
the
message
about
getting
tested.
We
now
have
a
flyer,
so
you
might
be
coming
around
or
you
might
be
seeding
this
flyer
around
in
where
we
are
explaining
the
testing.
C
First
of
all,
testing
is
easy
and
it's
safe
and
it's
free
and
confidential,
and
now
it
does
not
affect
your
immigration
status
and
it
does
not
require
a
doctor's
note
and
it
does
not
require
insurance
and
if
you
have
more
questions
about
getting
tested
or
how
to
get
tested
or
way
to
go,
get
tested.
Please
call
2-1-1
or
visit
our
website
at
SCC
free
test,
dough,
org.
C
So
if
you
are
actually
an
essential
worker
or
if
you
do
have
a
primary
care
physician,
my
recommendation
will
be
check
in
with
them.
First
give
them
a
call
see
if
you
can
go
get
a
test
through
your
primary
care
provider
and
then,
if
you
don't
have
a
doctor,
if
you
don't
have
a
primary
care
physician,
we
do
have
community
clinics
in
our
community
where
you
can
go,
get
tested
and
now
we're
going
to
start
having
a
mobile
unit.
That's
going
to
be
going
around
the
neighborhood's
to
go
get
tested.
C
B
B
B
So
we
want
to
remind
everybody
that
you
have
to
continue
to
stay
home
and
only
memorialize
the
people
that
we
have
lost
with
the
people
who
live
with
you
or
do
it
virtually
or
on
the
phone.
You
all
know
that
I
have
many
traditions
and
I'm
always
talking
about
my
family's
traditions
on
this
show.
But
this
is
another
day
where
I
am
NOT
gonna
be
able
to
see
my
family
and
we
do
have
a
very
long-standing
tradition
of
getting
together
for
this
day.