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California Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly provides an update on the state's efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19 in California.
Recorded August 18, 2020.
For more information regarding the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak in Cupertino, please visit https://www.cupertino.org/coronavirus.
C
Good
afternoon
again,
it's
nice
to
be
with
you.
Thank
you
for
joining
us
on
this
tuesday,
where
I'll.
C
So
to
start
just
we
today
reporting
4
636
new
cases
in
california.
I
want
to
remind
you
that
that
represents
really
cases
reported
on
sunday
into
early
morning.
Monday.
Insomnia
is
typically
our
lowest
reporting
day
for
a
lot
of
reasons
related
to
to
the
weekend.
So
we're
not
surprised
to
see
what
is
a
lower
number.
I
we
worked
with
the
team
to
make
sure
that
all
of
our
data
systems
are
working
appropriately
and
feel
confident
that
they
are
so.
C
We
look
forward
to
making
sure
that
all
the
numbers
continue
to
be
complete
and
accurate
and
timely,
and
we
feel
that
way
about
this
new
new
case
number
also
reporting,
sadly,
that
we
have
a
hundred
new
deaths
in
california
related
to
covid,
as
well
as
after
seeing
two
weeks
roughly
two
weeks
of
day
over
day
decreases
in
our
hospital
numbers.
C
We
saw
a
small
increase
in
hospitalizations
related
to
86,
new
individuals,
hospitalized
overall
or
the
numbers
86
higher
than
it
had
been
reported
yesterday,
which,
as
the
governor
reminds
us
one
day,
is
not
a
trend,
but
it's
important
number
that
we'll
continue
to
watch
to
ensure
that
it
doesn't
become
a
trend
reaching
out
to
some
of
our
hospital
partners
to
try
to
understand
what
what
might
have
led
to
the
increase
if
it's
a
real
increase.
So
we'll
keep
everyone
posted
on
that
very
important
number.
C
As
I
said,
flu
system
flu
season
excuse
me
is
right
around
the
corner
and
we
must
be
prepared.
C
We've
been
planning
for
flu
in
a
much
more
aggressive
way
this
season
because
of
covet
19
and
the
risk
of
having,
on
the
one
hand,
a
coveted
19
pandemic
in
a
number
of
cases
and
transmission
and
in
a
very
similar
transmission
pattern,
flue
coming
in
the
late
fall
and
parts
of
winter,
which
we
typically
deal
with
in
california.
C
We
know
that
it
has
the
ability
to
stress
our
hospital
systems
on
its
own,
but
this
year,
together,
flu
and
covid
make
us
particularly
worried
and
have
caused
us
to
jumpstart
some
of
that
flu
plan
outbreaks
of
flu
and
covid
together
will
certainly
cause
a
drain
on
already
scarce
healthcare
resources.
C
If
you
can
keep
your
likelihood
of
having
upper
respiratory
tract
type
of
symptoms
and,
in
fact,
of
a
upper
respiratory
tract
infection
to
a
minimum,
and
we
know
that
additional
movement
into
emergency
rooms
and
urgent
care
centers
might
actually
create
an
exposure
risk
to
covet
19..
C
As
I
mentioned
just
quickly.
I
want
to
talk
to
you
a
little
bit
about
what
has
been
the
impact
of
covid19
on
children.
We
have,
as
a
state
reported
just
about
62
200
cases
of
covet
19
in
young
people
0
to
17..
C
This
is
represents
about
10
of
our
state's
cases,
just
as
by
way
of
comparison
about
22
percent
of
californians
are
aged
0
to
17.,
so
relative
to
the
number
of
young
people
in
our
population.
C
We
have
a
much
lower
percentage
of
the
cases
of
covet
19
in
the
state
that
said
about
570
young
people,
0-17
have
been
admitted
to
hospitals
with
kovid
and
about
60
of
those
have
been
admitted
to
an
icu
I'll.
Tell
you,
in
a
recent
publication
nationally
that
looked
at
about
570
young
people
who
were
hospitalized
with
covid19
about
a
third
of
those
across
the
nation,
were
admitted
to
the
icu.
C
C
Latino
children
across
the
state.
This
slide
here
looks
at
one
of
the
other
what
I
will
just
say:
troubling:
challenges
of
covet,
19's
impact
on
young
people
and,
frankly,
adults
as
well.
But
this
slide
shows
that
one
of
the
key
vaccines
that
you
know,
kindergarten
aged
children,
receive
on
their
way
into
school,
the
mmr,
the
measles,
mumps
and
rubella
vaccine.
C
Looking
at
this
year,
you
can
see
the
gray
shaded
area
is
what
we've
seen
in
2019.
You
see
a
steady
flow
of
young
children,
four
to
six,
getting
that
second
mmr
vaccination
throughout
the
year.
You
see
a
peak
in
august,
which
represents
kids
returning
back
to
school
and
then
sort
of
this
downward
trend
around
the
holidays.
C
In
2020
we
saw
the
beginning
of
the
year
start
out
just
like
2019,
but
when
we
went
to
a
stay-at-home
order
and
many
of
our
healthcare
facilities
went
to
more
tele
or
virtual
visits,
fewer
in-person
visits,
we
saw
what
we
expected,
which
was
a
significant
decrease
in
vaccinations
for
young
people,
and
we
now
hope
to
have
a
period
of
increased
levels
of
vaccinations
as
more
pediatric
and
family
practice.
Clinics
open
up
their
services
and
they
control
the
movement
into
the
clinic,
but
they
have
available
appointments.
We
hope
to
see
that
number
increase.
C
The
fact
that
we
are
still
fairly
low
relative
to
the
peak
in
august
gives
us
concern
and
allows
me
to
encourage
families
and
caregivers
parents
who
can
schedule,
use
this
time
to
schedule
that
critical
appointment
to
catch
up
on
some
vaccinations
that
this
is
a
perfect
time
to
do
that,
so
that
we
don't
lose
some
of
the
important
gains
that
california
has
made
in
really
keeping
a
high
level
high
number
of
our
children
vaccinated
for
many
of
the
important
infectious
diseases
that
we
want
to
protect
our
families,
children
and
communities
from
this
looks
a
little
bit
beyond
mmr
the
measles,
mumps
and
rubella,
and
looks
at
vaccines
all
together
for
children
0-18.
C
You
can
see
that
over
the
course
of
2020
compared
to
2019
that
we're
running
at
about
two-thirds,
our
vaccination
level
for
all
groups,
race,
races
and
ethnicity
across
the
state,
and
that
this
is
a
pattern
that
we
hope
to
use
the
next
many
weeks.
The
next
eight
to
ten
weeks
really
before
we
start
to
see
flu
season
become
a
more
credible
risk
to
catch
up
on
this
number.
C
I
know
that
many
of
you
may
feel
a
little
uneasy
about
going
to
the
doctor's
office
these
days.
I
think
that
health
care
providers
have
shared
with
me
and
I've
seen
it
firsthand
the
wonderful
protective
measures
that
they
put
in
place
to
keep
families
and
patients
safe,
while
they're
in
waiting
rooms
and
going
into
their
physicians
offices.
C
I
think
many
visits
that
can
still
happen
through
telehealth
or
virtual
visits
are
occurring
that
way,
but
if
there
is
a
critical
need
for
you
to
come
in
person
for
any
reason,
including
to
receive
vaccinations,
we
know
that
health
providers
across
the
state
have
taken
extraordinary
measures
like
many
sectors
to
protect
their
patients
and
ensure
that
there's
no
increased
risk
to
covet
19
or
other
communicable
diseases
at
this
critical
time,
and
we
know
that
this
is
important
because,
as
we
consider
returning
back
to
school,
that
had
certain
social
distancing
measures
ease
of
it,
that
we
want
to
make
sure
that
kids
are
protected
against
common
childhood
illnesses.
C
I
also
just
want
to
say
that,
with
flu,
we
know
that
this
is
the
period
and
just
right
now
many
big
health
systems.
Many
clinics
are
starting
to
receive
their
flu
vaccine
shipments
that
it's
worth
a
call
now
to
your
provider,
to
see
if
it's
available
and
how
you
can
best
receive
the
flu
vaccine
so
that
you
can
check
that
off
your
list,
get
it
done
now.
C
So
you
avoid
any
rush
in
the
next
many
weeks
and
you
are
protected
against
one
of
our
two
big
worries
as
we
enter
the
fall
and
winter
with
flu
and
covet
together
and
as
we
always
do,
I
just
want
to
take
a
moment
before
we
get
into
a
series
of
questions
to
remind
us
that
it's
these
simple
acts
that
can
make
a
big
difference,
not
just
for
covid19,
but
flu,
also
wearing
your
mask.
C
Maintaining
that
six
feet
of
physical
distance,
washing
your
hands
and
minimizing,
mixing
and
I'll
add
also
both
for
flu
and
covid
that,
if
you're
having
any
sort
of
symptoms
like
that
are
consistent
with
covid
or
flu,
that
we
recommend
that
you
stay
home,
seek
medical
attention.
If
you
need
it,
but
really
try
to
avoid
mixing,
especially
when
you
have
symptoms
like
fevers,
cough
runny,
nose,
etc.
E
Trying
to
find
out
if
the
the
backlog
and
the
data
has
been
cleared
and
the
counties
have
all
the
data
that
they
were
waiting
for
number
one
and
number
two
is
when
the
county
falls
off
the
watch
list.
What
does
that
mean
practically?
Does
that
mean
it's
gonna
start
going
back
to
the
classroom?
Does
that
mean
businesses
can
open
more
for
like
in-person,
dining
or
anything
like
that?
What's
the
practicality
of
it.
C
Yeah
phil
thanks
for
both
questions,
so,
as
I
mentioned,
even
as
we
looked
at
today's
number,
we're
doing
constant
quality
checks
at
both
our
rate
and
ability
to
get
the
data,
the
information
on
labs
in
cases
through
our
cal
ready
system,
and
we
have
no
current
backlog
and
very
few
no
unusual
number
of
cases
waiting
to
be
processed.
So
at
the
state
level,
we
have
identified
those
cases
that
I
talked
about.
You
know
roughly
10
days
ago
that
295
or
250
to
300
250
000
to
300
000
records.
We've
worked
through.
C
All
of
those
we've
sent
the
positive
cases
to
the
counties
who
then
need
to
add
some
additional
information
like
race,
ethnicity,
whether
it's
a
person
who
works
in
a
health
care
setting,
etc.
As
much
of
that
information
that
we
can
have,
so
we
enrich
our
data
at
the
state
level,
and
then
we
report
it
as
a
case.
So
we
feel
fairly
confident
that
we
have
seen
the
majority
of
those
cases
show
up
in
our
numbers.
The
governor
shared
a
definitive
number
yesterday
and
we
feel
today
that
that
is
the
right
number.
C
We
continue,
as
we
have
throughout
this
entire
response,
to
work
with
our
counties
to
ensure
that
they
have
all
the
data
that
they
need
or
that
they're
expecting
that
we
have
good
comparisons
and
they
don't
have
more
than
we
do,
and
we
don't
have
more
than
they
do
to
ensure
that
all
the
systems
are
running
as
they
should
and
as
always,
there
are
some
questions
here
and
there
and
we
track
them
down
with
our
county
partners
to
make
sure
we
fulfill
those
needs
and
right
now
there
are
some
questions
open
with
a
a
couple
of
counties
that
we
continue
to
work
through,
but
not
necessarily
more
than
we
normally
have.
C
So
we
feel
confident
that
the
worry
that
we
had
two
plus
weeks
ago,
with
the
data
that
we
work
through
those
systems
and
that
our
cal
ready
system
is
working
as
it
should,
but
I'll
remind
you,
as
the
governor
has
pushed
me
and
us
as
a
team,
to
identify
a
replacement
system
that
will
allow
us
to
more
confidently
without
as
many
it
issues
potentially
occurring,
create
a
new
covenant.
C
We
said
in
our
july
13th
order
public
health
officer
order
that
counties
will
that
were
on
the
list
had
to
implement
some
sector
closures
and
modifications,
and
that
as
counties
came
off
the
list,
we
would
consider
what
the
update
to
the
state
health
officer
order
would
be.
That
would
then
allow
certain
sectors
to
begin
to
move
from
where
they
are
today
to
potentially
a
degree
of
being
reopened,
whether
that's
more
outdoors
or
some
beginning
indoors.
C
We
are
working
through
that
internally,
looking
at
the
data
closely
ensuring
that
the
timing
is
right
with
our
case
levels
across
the
state
in
specific
counties
working
with
those
county
leaders,
both
in
public
health
and
local
electeds,
to
ensure
that
we
put
together
a
system
that
is
simple
and
allows
us
to
move
forward
with
confidence.
F
F
Thanks
for
taking
the
question,
I'm
sorry
if
you
talked
about
this
earlier
and
I
missed
it,
but
can
I
get
a
breakdown
of
that
backlog?
How
many
were
actually
covered
test
results,
how
many
positive
and
negatives,
and
if
you
happen
to
know
how
many
might
be
from
l.a
county
and
then
also
I'm
wondering
how
quickly
the
replacement
system
can
get
up
and
running.
Thank
you.
C
Yeah,
so
I
I
went
through
some
of
that.
I
don't
have
all
of
that
information
handy
right
at
my
fingertips,
but
I
will
we
will
work
to
get
you
the
data
I
don't
have
at
the
moment
we
had
roughly
295
000
backlogged
messages.
F
C
Every
one
of
those
messages,
and
I'm
key
on
using
the
word
messages
because
they
don't
all
represent
a
case
either
positive
or
negative.
Many
are
duplicates
so
after
deduplicating
those
295
000
records,
we
send
all
of
the
unique
records
into
another
system
of
which
about
14
000
believe
it
was
800
were
positive,
positive
test
results.
Those
have
all
gone
to
the
counties.
To
do
the
process
that
I
mentioned
earlier,
where
they
enrich
each
case
with
additional
demographic
and
other
information
that
helps
us
understand
the
impact
on
different
groups
across
the
state.
C
We
can
get
to
you
the
exact
number
of
negative
tests
from
that
295
000
backlog
messages
and
we
feel
confident,
as
I
said
and
I'll
reiterate,
that
we
have
worked
through
that
backlog
successfully,
the
specific
number
for
los
angeles
county.
I
don't
want
to
give
you
the
wrong
number.
So
we'll
get
back
to
you
that
on
that
as
well,
I
will
tell
you
our
process,
which
is
multi-step
to
make
to
have
the
replacement
system
available,
is
going
well.
C
I
want
to
thank
our
partners
at
the
california
department
of
technology
and
amy
tong,
in
particular
my
team
at
health
and
human
services,
working
with
the
california
department
of
public
health
I.t
leadership
to
really
aggressively
but
thoughtfully
choose
a
system
that
can
function
and
manage
the
level
of
records
that
we're
seeing
with
covert
19
and
without
putting
an
exact
deadline.
I'm
very
pleased
with
the
progress
and
think
we're
weeks
away,
not
months
away
from
that
replacement
system.
D
Hi
doctor,
thank
you
for
your
time.
So
gavin
newsom
has
said
that
hospitalizations
are
going
down,
but
the
state
is
adding
even
more
counties
to
the
to
the
watch
list.
Are
we
starting
to
go
in
the
wrong
direction
again.
C
So
what
what
we
have
seen
in
the
counties
that
have
been
added
over
you
know
really
yesterday,
as
a
result
of
working
through
some
of
those
backlog
numbers
and
reassessing
the
day-over-day
changes.
Those
largely
were
smaller
counties,
more
rural
northern
counties
and
we
absolutely
have
seen
a
greater
reduction
in
cases
and
hospitalizations
in
the
southern
part
of
the
state
versus
the
northern
part
of
the
state.
C
So
the
fact
that
a
few
smaller
counties
have
been
added
to
the
county
data
monitoring
list
should
not
be
either
surprising
or
an
issue
of
major
concern.
C
When
you
look
at
the
overall
statewide
trends
which
we
do
see
coming
down,
both
in
cases
and
in
hospitalizations,
so
we
don't
feel
like
we're
moving
in
the
wrong
direction.
We
also
think
that
the
county
data
monitoring
list,
which
gives
us
an
opportunity
to
work
more
closely
with
each
county,
to
ensure
all
of
the
different
tools
that
we
have
at
our
disposal,
like
testing
disease
investigation
and
contact
tracing,
are
indeed
robust
enough
to
manage
what
is
the
reality
of
some
places,
seeing
even
slight
increases
in
cases.
C
So
we
don't
feel
like
that's
at
all
a
mixed
message.
We
see
that
overall,
the
state
picture
is
stabilizing
and
coming
down
some,
but,
as
we've
always
said,
this
is
not
about
the
aggregate
it
is
about
what's
experienced
at
the
county
level
at
the
regional
level
and
continuing
to
look
at
some
regions
that
are
having
increases
and
making
sure
we
use
our
data
monitoring
program
to
assist
counties
and
support
counties
in
a
successful
response.
G
G
C
C
We
see
that
other
counties
are
able
to
do
more
disease
investigation
and
really
help
support
individuals
to
ultimately
do
what
is
very
important,
which
is
isolate
when
they're
sick
that
really
helps
cut
down
transmission.
Others
are
able
to
identify
some
of
our
congregate
settings
and
outbreaks
there
and
keeping
those
tamp
down
into
a
minimum.
So
I
would
say
that
all
our
counties
are
doing
certain
things.
Well,
santa
cruz,
san,
diego,
some
others
that
are
nearing
you
know
coming
off
the
county
data
monitoring
list.
C
They
have
likely
been
at
some
of
these
efforts
potentially
a
little
longer.
They
have
been
able
to
work
with
skilled
nursing
facilities,
other
jails
and
prisons
and
other
congregate
facilities,
their
essential
workplaces
in
the
agricultural
and
the
textile.
In
the
you
know,
poultry
and
meat
packing
areas
in
different
ways,
so
all
of
those
strategies
are
additive
and
together
come
and
help
a
specific
county,
improve
its
trajectory
and,
as
we
hope,
will
be,
the
results
not
just
in
santa
cruz
and
san,
diego
and
others
that
all
counties
improve
transmission
that
we
see
and
enjoy.
C
What
we've
seen
over
the
last
many
days
is
some
reductions,
and
certainly
stabilizations
in
these
numbers
that
we
see
that
statewide.
So
those
are
the
tools
I
mean
in
many
ways.
The
things
that
we've
all
been
talking
about
are
exactly
the
ways
that
we
reduce
transmission
and
not
just
have
individuals,
experience
less
risk,
but
counties
as
a
whole
have
a
lower
rate
of
transmission
happening
as
a
result
coming
off
the
county
data
monitoring
list.
In
terms
of
our
look
at
refining
our
approach
to
data
monitoring,
we
we've
learned
a
great
deal
across
our
response.
C
We
understand
how
hospitalizations
as
a
number
impact
and
tell
us
what
we're
experiencing
just
like.
We
understand
testing
and
case
numbers,
so
our
purpose
of
ensuring
that
we
modify
the
approach
so
that
it
is
more
targeted,
more
specific
and
allows
us
to
stay
in
front
more.
C
I
think,
gives
us
a
degree
of
confidence
that
we
will
do
better
in
anticipating
potential
increases
in
transmission
and
intervene
to
ensure
that
those
higher
rates
of
transmission
don't
go
up
so
high
that
it
puts
a
material
risk
to
our
health
care
system's
capacity
to
serve
people
when
they're,
sick
and
at
all,
create
additional
concern
for
people
who
move
about
their
communities
in
a
modified
normal
way
that
we
anticipate
will
be
doing
for
many
many
months
to
come.
G
H
I
want
to
ask
you
about
a
testing
update,
but
first
I
just
wanted
to
ask
you
about
this.
I'm
just
now
reading
about
the
first
case
of
flag
in
five
years
in
south
lake
tahoe.
So
I
wanted
to
see
if
there's
any
additional
information
you
can
provide
about
that
issue
and
whether
you're
concerned
about
that.
Yet
another
concern
about
that.
H
C
Yeah,
so
on
on
the
play
question
I'll
just
say
you
know,
I've
been
notified,
our
cdph
team
is
is
digging
in
and
understanding
how
big
a
risk
that
is,
I
mean
anytime.
You
have
a
human
case
which
we
haven't
had
in
a
number
of
years.
Our
vigilance
goes
up,
not
even
because
it's
coveted
in
our
discussion
about
flu,
but
any
any
infectious
disease
that
you
aren't
seeing
and
then
you
begin
to
see
raises
your
risk,
tolerance
or
or
at
least
your
focus
on
mitigating
the
risk
of
spread.
C
So
we
are
absolutely
doing
that
and,
as
as
concerns,
come
up
happy
to
share
that
information,
as
we
do
on
our
websites
and
through
notifications
about
any
any
concern
is,
and,
as
I
say
often
as
we
get
worried,
I
say
to
my
patients,
you
know
I'll,
tell
you
when
I'm
worried,
so
you
can
worry
with
me
we'll
do
the
same
as
we
have
with
many
of
these
other
issues
along
the
way
as
it
goes
with
covid19
testing.
C
We
are
starting
to
see
the
fruits
of
some
of
our
laborers,
and
I
I
think
that
it's
both
what
we've
done
in
the
state,
but
also
what's
happening
nationally.
If
you
look
a
month
ago,
we
had
a
swell
of
cases
in
many
big
states
that
really
put
a
pressure
on
the
national
testing
supplies.
C
Big
corporations
like
labcor
and
quest,
were
seeing
more
tests
than
they'd
ever
seen,
because
a
number
of
states
that
weren't
testing
at
the
volume
that
california
has
typically
tested
at
we're
starting
to
test
more
and
you
were
beginning
to
see
backlogs.
Those
backlogs
have
improved
because
fewer
tests
probably
being
done.
Those
bigger
lab
corporations
have
increased
their
own
capacity
to
handle
more
tests.
C
So
I've
heard
that
directly
from
our
lab
core
and
quest
partners,
as
well
as
in
california,
efforts
to
align
where
tests
are
being
collected
to
labs
that
are
able
to
process
them
more
quickly.
We've
done
that
not
just
in
community
testing
sites
that
the
state
runs,
but
also
for
some
of
the
prisons,
certain
skilled
nursing
facilities
so
doing
that
sort
of
supply
demand
matching,
has
been
effective
and
paid
off
in
terms
of
ensuring
that
we
get
testing
to
the
right
people.
C
C
The
state,
under
their
guidance
and
leadership,
is
near
finalizing
a
competitive
rfp
request
for
proposals
to
increase
our
ability
to
do
more
mobile
testing
in
certain
more
rural
communities
where
we
might
be
able
to
pull
up
testing
right
to
the
front
door
of
a
factory
or
a
farm,
so
that
individuals
who
one
reason
or
another
don't
feel
like
getting
tested
at
a
more
formal
site
or
a
clinic
can
get
tested
there.
C
That
not
only
gives
us
a
chance
to
do
more
testing,
but
it
gives
us
a
chance
to
provide
more
information
and
education
and
to
give
guidance
to
people
who
might
have
symptoms
to
in
fact
go
and
isolate
while
or
or
quarantine.
While
we
wait
for
those
results,
so
all
of
these
things
are
efforts
that
I
think
are
improving
testing
turnaround
time,
improving
the
likelihood
that
a
test
result
is
useful,
meaning
that
it
gives
people
more.
I
I
C
Yeah
no
thank
you
for
the
question
you
know.
First
and
foremost,
I
think
it
starts
right
now
with
flu
vaccine
and
really
getting
the
message
out
making
sure
that
we
set
up
infrastructure
not
just
in
the
traditional
places
where
flu
vaccine
is
often
available,
often
anchored
to
sometimes
you
can
get
it
at
work,
sometimes
you'll
be
able
to
get
it
in
or
often
you'll
be
able
to
get
it
connected
to
your
regular
provider.
C
Your
nurse
practitioner,
your
physician's
assistants,
your
doctor's
office,
all
of
these
places
really
working
with
our
healthcare
partners
to
increase
the
sites
and
availability
of
where
the
vaccine
could
be
available,
making
sure
that
we
have
no
risk
of
our
supply
and
really
trying
to
increase
penetration
of
the
flu
vaccine
so
that
we
might
actually
reduce
the
number
of
people
who
are
at
risk
because
they're
protected.
C
Secondly,
it
is
what
I
would
say
is
doubling
down
on
the
message:
those
protective
measures
about
the
wear,
your
mask
physically
distance
watch,
your
hands
avoid
unnecessary,
mixing.
All
of
those
same
things
that
help
at
coving.
C
We
want
to
really
shift
and
make
sure
that
it's
not
just
a
covert
response,
that
people
understand
that
it's
a
flu
response
and
then
things
like
protecting
our
most
vulnerable,
unlike
co,
unlike
flu
covid,
has
not
had
as
of
yet
as
significant
an
impact
on
young
people,
although
we
are
because
we're
seeing
more
young
people
get
tested,
we're
identifying
some
more
cases.
Flu
is
notorious
for
having
a
grave
impact
on
our
youngest
californians.
C
You
know
infants
toddlers
so
making
sure
that
we
deliver
the
message
strongly
about
the
need
to
protect
around
flu
and
not
just
thinking
about
covert,
and
then
there
is
the
planning
around
our
surge
capacity
and
making
sure
that
hospitals
are
not
just
thinking
about
covet
alone,
but
are
also
planning
around
the
potential
for
increased
cases
needing
hospitalization
flu.
C
Just
as
a
a
quick
data
point
in
the
2017-2018
flu
season,
we
estimated,
based
on
extrapolating
the
center
for
disease
control
data
that
roughly
5.6
million
californians
may
have
been
infected
by
flu
that
this
led
to
over
a
hundred
thousand
hospitalizations
and
nearly
or
over
7
500
deaths
in
california.
So
flu
is
not
to
be
taken
lightly
and
together
flu
and
covid
create
double.
You
know
a
a
doubly
risky
situation
so
pushing
forward
all
of
our
messages
and
ensuring
that
hospital
preparedness
is
really
as
strong
as
it
can
be.
C
So
again,
thank
you
for
the
questions
and
the
opportunity
to
share
a
little
bit
about
where
we
are
as
a
state
to
give
you
a
view
on
how
this
has
impacted
children
and
to
really
make
a
strong
plug
for
focusing
on
your
own
health
that
it's
as
much
about
covid
as
it
is
about
flu
as
we
move
into
the
fall
months,
and
then
we
all
have
a
responsibility
that
we
can
all
do
this
together
to
reduce
not
just
the
impact
on
covid
but
flu
together
and
get
through
the
fall
and
winter.