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From YouTube: County of Santa Clara Public Health: Risks of Indoor and Outdoor Gatherings - November 4, 2020
Description
Santa Clara County Deputy Health Officer Dr. George Han discusses the risk levels involved when gathering both indoors and outdoors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Han also reviews State guidelines and directives regarding gatherings and what is currently allowed in Santa Clara County.
Recorded November 4, 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.
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C
This
morning
we
want
to
spend
some
time
discussing
keeping
our
community
safe
with
small
and
large
gatherings
and
also
share
additional
information
with
our
gatherings
directive.
Also,
please
note
that
this
information
will
be
available
on
our
website
santa
clara
county
covid19
website.
We
know
that
there
are
some
questions
when
it
comes
to
risk
associated
with
face
coverings.
We
have
an
expert
with
us,
dr
george
hahn,
our
deputy
health
officer
for
santa
clara
county
health
public
health
department.
C
Do
you
mind
sharing
a
little
bit
about
how
you
support
here
in
santa
clara
county
and
how
you're
supporting
us
now,
with
our
cover
19
pandemic.
D
Well,
I'm
the
deputy
health
officer
for
the
santa
clara
county
public
health
department
and
what
that
means
is
I've
been
working
on
the
covet,
19
pandemic
response
since
january,
and
currently
I
am
the
operations
chief
for
the
department
operations
center,
which
is
the
main
unit
in
our
county
that
is
responding
to
the
pandemic
from
a
public
health
perspective.
C
D
Yeah,
I
was
thinking
about
that
recently.
As
I
know,
many
folks
are
what
are
we
going
to
do
and
I
think
what
we'll
be
doing
is
a
lot
of
phone
calls
and
sort
of
video
chats
with
relatives
from
around
the
around
the
country
really
and
we'll
be
doing
that
for
for
the
holidays.
D
You
know
it
does
you
know,
I
know
a
lot
of
people
are
thinking
about,
should
they
gather
and
should
they
travel
and
and
the
thing
with
gathering
and
traveling
is
they
do
have
some
risk,
because
we
know
that
kova
19
is
on
the
upswing
in
many
parts
of
the
country
and
even
here
in
santa
clara
county
in
the
bay
area,
it's
it
might
be
trending
up
a
little
bit
at
this
point
and
what
we're
trying
to
do
is
is
do
our
best
to
keep
it
as
low
as
possible,
but
we
know
that
we're
not
an
island.
D
D
I'm
thinking,
for
example,
you
know
if
traditionally
the
week
around
thanksgiving
is
a
really
heavy
flying
week,
lots
of
people
flying
everywhere,
and
so,
if
you
imagine
a
lot
of
people
going
to
the
airport
sitting
in
the
terminals
being
on
the
planes,
it
may
not
be
the
safest
thing
to
do
so.
You
know
the
way
to
reduce
the
risk,
might
be
this
year
to
travel
by
private
car
or,
like
I
said
you
know
what
I'm
doing
is,
is
to
not
travel
at
all
and
just
have
sort
of
virtual
gatherings.
D
You
know
with
the
understanding
that
the
reason
we're
doing
this
is
to
protect
each
other.
You
know
I
care
about
my
my
family
and
friends,
health
and
they
care
about
my
health
and,
and
so
the
best
thing
to
do
is
to
you
know,
stay
distant
and
connect
virtually
if
possible,
but
yeah.
That's
that's
my.
C
Plan,
thank
you.
Thank
you,
know,
wonderful
and
I
plan
to
do
the
same.
Definitely
staying
home,
making
cookies.
You
know
with
my
sons
and
just
you
know,
having
pajama
parties
within
our
home,
so
it'll
be
a
party
for
in
our
household,
but
definitely
like
trying
to
maximize
family
time,
whether
it's
virtually
or
just
with
the
individuals
in
your
household.
I
think
that's
that's!
What's
safest
right,
and
hopefully
you
know
this
time
next
year,
we'll
be
able
to
hug
our
loved
ones.
Absolutely.
C
But
that
being
said,
we
also
do
want
to
remind
our
our
community
that
gatherings
at
this
time
are
allowed
for
allowed
for
the
purposes
of
cultural,
political
or
religious
events
such
as
weddings
and
funerals.
C
Of
course,
these
gatherings
must
comply
with
our
gatherings
directive
here
in
santa
clara
county,
as
well
as
our
social
just
submit
a
social
distancing
protocol
and
the
guidelines
to
with
that
being
said,
dr
han,
do
you
mind
sharing
about
the
risk
of
attending
a
gathering.
D
Definitely
so
you
know
there
are
the
gatherings
that
are
sort
of
more
formal
right,
like
the
like,
as
I
mentioned,
weddings
and
funerals
and,
and
that
kind
of
thing
and
and
when,
when
that
kind
of
gathering
happens,
definitely
there
needs
to
be
the
host
needs
to
set
out
expectations
in
advance
so
that
people
know
that
they'll
be
wearing
masks.
D
The
whole
time
that
they'll
be
distanced
the
whole
time
that
they're,
you
know
going
to
keep
it
short
because
the
the
shorter
the
event
the
the
better
the
safer
and
then
you
know
limit
the
number
of
people,
because
the
fewer
number
of
people
again
the
safer,
and
so
I
know
that
folks
have
been
creative
about
coming
up
with
other
solutions,
like
maybe
having
a
small
group
at
the
actual
venue,
but
then
like
stream.
It
live
for
other
folks
to
to
view
at
home.
D
So
there's
those
kind
of
gatherings
and
then
they're
they're,
the
more
informal
gatherings
you
know,
dinner
parties
or
backyard
barbecues
and-
and
you
know
anytime,
you
have
a
gathering
with
someone
from
outside
of
your
household.
There
is
some
risk
of
covid,
and
the
reason
for
that
is
because
covet
is
widespread
throughout
our
country
and
and
including
in
the
bay
area,
and
so
because
of
that
we
need
to
be
thoughtful
about
what
kind
of
measures
we
take
to
to
reduce
our
risk,
and
I
think
them.
D
You
know
the
important
thing
to
understand
about
these
safety
measures
is
that
no
single
one
of
them
works
100,
but
when
you
put
them
in
combination
and
you
layer
them
on
top
of
each
other,
that
becomes
more
and
more
safe,
and
so
what
I
try
to
tell
everyone
is
do
as
many
of
these
safety
precautions
as
you
can,
because
the
more
you
do,
the
safer
you're
you're
going
to
be.
D
C
It
must
be
a
two
minimum
of
two
layers
of
material
fits
snugly
around
the
nose
mouth
and
chin
area
and
hooking
around
the
ears
and
or
behind
the
head,
and
do
not
wear
face
coverings
below
your
nose
or
under
your
chin.
Also,
please
note
that
there
are
some
face
coverings
that
are
not
recommended
and
those
would
be
the
neck
gaitors
as
we
spoke
about
earlier,
the
ones
that
go
up
to
the
neck,
as
well
as
the
face
coverings
with
a
valve.
C
Those
are
not
recommended
at
the
moment,
but
that
being
said,
dr
han
is
someone
that
attends
a
gathering
with
a
so
we
talked
about
a
little
bit
so
say
you
wear
face
covering
you're
gonna,
go
to
a
gathering.
How
much
protection
does
that
offer
you.
D
So
if
the
the
the
face
covering
offers
some
protection-
it's
not
100,
as
I
mentioned,
so
it
helps
protect
you
from
breathing
any
virus
out
and
spreading
it
to
others,
and
it
does.
D
It
also
helps
to
a
certain
extent,
if
there's
virus
in
the
air,
from
others
from
from
you
getting
as
big
of
a
dose
of
virus,
and
so
that's
very
helpful,
because
the
the
more
virus
that
you
can
block
from
your
your
your
body
from
entering
your
body,
the
better
because
your
body
has
a
better
chance
of
fighting
it
off
and
you
might
not
get
as
sick
if
you're
wearing
a
mask
and
exposed
than
if
you
never
wore
a
facial
covering
so
definitely
keep
a
face
covering
on
at
all
times
as
much
as
possible.
D
You
know
six
feet
is
the
number
that
we
get,
but
really
you
know
as
much
as
you
can
even
more
than
six
feet
is
even
better
and
the
reason
for
that
is
because,
when
you're
in
an
for
example,
let's
say
you're
indoors,
which
is
a
risky
place
to
be,
if
there's
no
ventilation,
then
what
happens?
Is
the
virus
just
keeps
building
up
inside
in
the
indoor
air?
D
D
D
C
Right
and
and
how
you
mentioned
earlier,
just
you
know
protecting
our
loved
ones
protecting
ourselves.
We
have
tools
in
place
that
we
can
utilize.
You
know
when
attending
these
gatherings,
but
also
keeping
in
mind
that
you
know,
and
there
are
other
options
we
can
instead
of
having
gatherings.
Having,
like
you
said,
a
virtual
event,
which
is
you
know
now,
technology
is
stupid
better,
so
we
can
have
different
backgrounds,
you
can
you
know
facetime
your
family
or
zoom
your
family,
while
in
paris.
C
So
people
have
been
getting
very
creative,
so
we
definitely
want
to
encourage
that.
But
yes,
definitely,
if
you
are
attending
a
face
covering
dr
hunt,
provided
excellent
guidance
in
addition
to
that,
under
the
current
order,
the
county
allows
up
to
200
individuals
at
an
outdoor
gathering,
but
just
because
it's
allowed
is
it
safe.
D
Yeah,
I
think
those
are
really
specific
kind
of
guidelines
that
you
know
are
kind
of
modeled
over
the
state.
After.
D
I
think
that
you
know
the
more
that
you
can
avoid
large
gatherings
the
better
and
that
you
know
you
kind
of
have
to
make
your
own
decision,
and
I
think
it's
very
true
what
our
health
officer,
dr
cody,
has
said
many
times,
which
is
just
because
it's
allowed
doesn't
mean
it's
safe
or.
D
C
Great
thank
you,
and
also,
let's
talk
about
a
little
bit
about
testing
so
when
requesting
to
when,
when
should
people
get
tested
before
attending
a
gathering
after
attending.
D
Yeah
well
in
general,
if,
if
you're
kind
of
not
staying
at
home,
it's
good
to
get
tested
regularly.
D
For
example,
at
least
once
a
month,
if
you're
an
essential
worker,
let's
say
and-
and
you
know
perhaps
up
to
every
once
every
couple
of
weeks,
depending
on
the
nature
of
your
job
and
and
the
interactions
that
you're
having
if
you're
you
know,
if
you
do
attend
a
gathering
and
you're
concerned
that
you
may
have
been
exposed
or
that
there
you
know
that
distancing,
wasn't
practiced
or
or
face
coverings.
Weren't
used.
D
D
One
of
the
things
that
I
I
can't
emphasize
enough
is
that,
because
there's
covet
everywhere
in
our
community,
any
one
of
us
could
have
it
at
any
time
and
not
know
it
yet
right
and
the
reason
for
that
is
some
people
get
infected
and
never
get
symptoms,
but
they
can
still
spread
it
to
other
people.
D
Other
people
do
get
symptoms,
but
they
were
actually
contagious
in
the
two
days
before
their
symptoms
started,
and
so
you
know
that's
why
it's
safer,
even
though,
like
you
might
be
feeling
fine,
but
you
could
be
carrying
the
virus,
you
don't
know
and
that's
why
it's
safest
to
sort
of
practice
all
the
measures
that
we
were
talking
about,
which
include
the
face
coverings
and
the
distancing
and
being
outside
as
much
as
possible.
Wonderful.
C
B
D
That
may
possibly
happen.
I
think
it's
important
for
people
to
know
that
it's
a
covet
is
not
just
a
virus
that
you
get
and
then
get
over.
You
know
for
some
people,
it
looks
like
they
get
coveted
and
they
never
recover
back
to
their
their
normal,
healthy
self
that
they
were
before
they
got
covered
and
so
yeah.
Unfortunately,
you
know
some
people
actually
die
from
covet
and
we
definitely
are
doing
our
best
to
avoid
that.
D
But
then
even
the
people
who
survive
some
of
them
actually
have
have
longer
courses
of
illness,
and,
what's
concerning
to
us,
is
that,
because
this
is
a
totally
new
virus,
we
are
not
yet
sure
what
the
we
don't
yet
know
what
the
long-term
health
effects
of
having
the
infection
might
be.
You
might
have
gotten
sick
for
a
week
and
then
you
know
seem
to
have
recovered,
but
who
knows
what
kind
of
long-term
health
effects
might
be
left
behind,
because
the
virus
has
only
been
around
for
a
year
less
than
a
year?
D
C
C
We
do
have
facebook
live
english
and
spanish,
wednesday
and
friday,
and
also
live
in
vietnamese
at
on
thursdays,
so
make
sure
to
tune
in,
and
also
as
a
reminder
for
our
community
here
in
santa
clara
county,
if
you're
gathering
outdoors
outdoors
is
safer
than
indoors
wear
a
face
covering
practice,
good
hygiene,
social,
increased
social
distancing
and
get
tested
at
sec,
free
test,
dot,
sec,
free
test,
dot,
org
and
on
behalf
of
santa
clara
county.
We
want
to
thank
you
for
your
continued
efforts
in
minimizing
the
spread
of
covert
19.
D
And
I'll
just
mention
one
one
last
thing
which
is
you
know:
we've
been
talking
about
a
lot
of
these
messages
for
some
time
and
it
can
get
you
know.
A
lot
of
us
are
kind
of
tired
of
doing
doing
these
things
and
that's
totally
understandable,
but
it's
important
to
know
that
the
virus
is
still
in
our
community,
and
so
we
can't
let
our
guard
down
one
of
the
things
that
I've
done
is
actually
taken.
D
A
look
at
some
of
the
our
cases
of
covet
in
our
county,
and
I
found
out
that
you
know
the
team
found
out
that
the
reason
a
lot
of
folks
get
sick
or
got
infected
was
because
they
left
their
guard
down.
You
know
they
they
were
around
friends
or
family
and
then
they
didn't
wear
a
mask.
They
went
to
a
gathering,
they
didn't.
You
know
practice
all
the
different
things
that
we've
been
talking
about
to
protect
yourself,
and
so
you
know
it's
it's.
D
You
know
you
might
get
lucky
once
or
twice
but
like
you
know,
it's
a
little
bit.
You
know
rather
than
depending
on
luck,
it's
it's
better.
If
you
can,
you
know
try
to
as
much
as
possible
consistently
practice
the
combination
of
as
many
of
the
different
safety
measures
as
you
can.
C
Thank
you.
Thank
you
so
much
dr
han.
Thank
you
for
joining
us.
You
heard
it
if
this
is
what
you
know
straight
from
our
doctors
here
in
santa
clara
county.
These
are
the
best
guidelines.
These
are
the
tools
that
we're
presenting
to
you
to
again
keep
yourself
and
your
family
members
safe
in
your
household
in
our
community
as
a
whole.
Thank
you.