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From YouTube: Governor Newsom's COVID-19 Update (Protecting from the Omicron Variant) - December 22, 2021
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Governor Gavin Newsom announces new booster requirements and testing measures to better protect all Californians as the Omicron variant becomes the dominant COVID-19 strain in the nation. The COVID-19 booster requirement for health care workers will mitigate potential staffing shortages while helping to safeguard the state’s hospital capacity and protect the health and safety of Californians. Combined with the new federal policies, these actions will help ensure everyone in California has access to testing throughout the holiday season and that K-12 public school students can return to school safely.
By February 1, 2022, health care workers and all employees in high-risk congregate settings, including nursing homes, will be required to get their booster. In the interim, all health care staff that have not received their booster must test for COVID-19 twice weekly until they are up to date on their vaccines.
To help mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in our schools, the state is also increasing the availability of at-home COVID-19 tests across California so K-12 public-school students can be tested as they return to school from winter break. In early December, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) distributed approximately 2 million tests to schools for this purpose. CDPH will expand those efforts by providing 1-2 rapid tests for every student. CDPH will work with local education and health partners to distribute those test kits as quickly and efficiently as possible.
To ensure every Californian has access to testing, the state will also be expanding antigen test availability and expanding hours of operation at state-sponsored OptumServe sites that are already at capacity. Today, 90% of the population lives within a 30-minute driving distance of a site. Over the course of the pandemic, the state has established 6,288 testing sites statewide, comprising 31% of the nation’s testing sites. In support of this effort, since August, the state has purchased over 12 million over-the-counter tests. CDPH is distributing an additional 6 million tests to community partners serving disproportionately impacted Californians and 4 million to local health jurisdictions.
California has led the nation’s fight against COVID-19, implementing the most robust vaccination and testing programs in the country. To date, California has administered over 64 million vaccination doses and over 116 million tests, with an average turn around of just 48 hours. In recent months, Governor Newsom implemented a series of measures to slow the spread of COVID-19, including first-in-the-nation vaccine and masking measures requiring that workers in health care settings be fully vaccinated, announcing plans to add the COVID-19 vaccine to the list of vaccinations required to attend school in-person when fully approved, requiring masking in schools and implementing a standard that all school staff and all state workers either show proof of full vaccination or be tested. These decisive actions have resulted in California being labeled the safest state to live in during COVID-19 and a national leader in preventing school closures.
While we are still learning about the severity of illness caused by Omicron, it is clear that individuals who are up to date on their vaccines, including a booster, are most protected. To help slow the spread of COVID-19, Californians are encouraged to get vaccinated, get boosted, wear a mask indoors and get tested if sick.
Recorded December 22, 2021
For more information regarding the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak in Cupertino, please visit https://www.cupertino.org/coronavirus
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B
B
98
percent
of
the
native
american
community
are
vaccinated,
that's
an
incredible
number
and
it
makes
me
feel
proud
to
be
a
part
of
this
dedicated
and
committed
team
at
the
nato
american
health
center.
I
would
like
to
acknowledge.
Bonnie
trent
clisty
who's
been
our
nurse
practitioner
for
40
years
for
all
the
work
that
she's
done
and
give
her
a
round
of
applause.
B
C
I
would
would
like
to
thank
martin
walkazu
and
his
staff
for
the
leadership
they
provide
every
day,
whether
it's
our
food
as
medicine
initiative,
where
we're
reducing
health
disparities,
one
prescription
at
a
time
or
the
results
that
you
heard
about
with
the
vaccinations
in
alameda
county
for
those
age,
12
and
above
92
percent-
have
at
least
one
dose
for
adults.
It's
96
percent
total
population
that
includes
those
who
are
just
eligible
for
vaccinations
and
even
those
who
are
not
eligible
85
percent,
at
least
one
dose
booster
is
a
fully
vaccinated.
C
However,
if
you're
fully
vaccinated
and
especially
if
you
get
the
booster,
you
should
be
protected
against
severe
illness,
get
vaccinated
and
get
boosted
as
fast
as
you
can.
Luckily,
california
has
been
preparing
for
a
surge
like
this,
leading
with
first
in
the
nation,
public
health
measures
and
the
most
robust
testing,
vaccination
and
booster
programs
in
the
country.
C
Today,
the
governor
is
announcing
further
efforts
to
protect,
protect
californians
and
our
health
care
system.
Through
this
latest
surge
governor
newsome's,
decisive
actions
have
resulted
in
california
being
labeled
the
safest
state
to
live
in
during
coven
19
and
a
national
leader
in
preventing
school
closures.
We
are
fortunate
to
have
leaders
like
governor
gavin,
newsom
and
state.
Senator
nancy
skinner
of
the
state
legislature
will
be
speaking
next.
Thank
you.
D
Thank
you
dave.
Thank
you,
director
lakuzu,
I'm
nancy
skinner
state
senator
for
this
area.
Oakland
berkeley,
richmond
beyond-
and
I
am
so
proud
to
be
in
this
beautiful
clinic
that
has
been
providing
essential
health
care
to
so
many
residents
beyond,
just
our
native
american
community
and
when
we
were
just
upstairs,
some
people
were
getting
their
boosters.
D
I
talked
to
a
woman
who
lives
nearby
and
she's,
been
using
this
clinic
as
her
primary
health
care
for
years,
even
before
this
beautiful
building
was
opened
in
2008
or
so
so
when
it
was
down
the
street
and
our
community
clinics
are
the
lifeline
of
first
of
lu,
of
dealing
with
covet
here
in
our
communities.
They
are
the
place
where
people
can
get
tested.
D
D
Because
masking,
is
the
one
of
the
most
important
things
not
the
most,
but
one
of
the
most
important
things
to
do
right
now
to
slow
this
spread,
because
when
we
are
masked,
we
are
protected
from
the
virus
entering
our
nasal
cavities
and
such
where
we
would
get
infected
and
we
are
pre
and
we
are
protecting
others
if
we
are
infected
from
spreading
it
to
them.
What's
the
other
most
important
thing
vaccinations
getting
vaccinated
and
if
you've
already
been
vaccinated,
getting
boosted
most
important?
Why?
D
Because,
as
supervisor
brown
mentioned
omicron,
this
current
variant
of
covid
is
spreading
rapidly,
it
is
doubling
in
california
right
now.
The
cases
from
covet
are
doubling
every
two
to
three
days
and
we've
seen
what
happened
in
new
york
city,
new
york
city's
now
closed,
their
bars
closed,
their
restaurants
club,
you
know
more
or
less
shut
down,
broadway
and
such
because
of
how
quickly
omicron
has
been
spreading.
D
D
And
that's
really.
Why
we're
here
today
and
as
supervisor
brown
mentioned.
California
is
doing
great
and
we
want
to
keep
it
up.
We're
doing
great,
because
we
have
great
vaccination
rates,
but
we
want
to
top
everybody
and
get
it
completely
vaccinated.
Everybody
boosted
and
we
have
one
of
the
lowest
death
rates
per
capita
and
that
we
also
want
to
keep
up.
So,
even
though
you
may
not
get
as
sick
from
omicron,
and
you
may
not
be
hospitalized,
you
could
give
it
to
someone
else.
D
Our
schools
open
is
the
leadership
of
the
governor,
making
things
like
testing
available,
making
vaccinations
available
everywhere
and
spreading
the
word
for
the
necessity
and
doing
the
right
things
like
requiring
masking
now
and
various
other
things.
So
governor
newsom,
I'm
so
happy
to
be
your
partner
and
you're.
So
happy
you're
here.
E
E
Anyone
that's
you
know,
follow
a
little
bit
of
my
time
in
public
service
knows
how
close
helen
and
I
were
passed
away
a
number
of
years
ago,
and
she
was
a
remarkable
mentor
and
she
really
led
me
on
a
pathway
of
discovery
around
drug
policy
reform
when
I
was
very,
very
young
and
I'll,
never
forget
the
time
I
spent
with
her,
but,
moreover,
I'm
just
so
proud
that
she
put
me
on
that
path
and
proud
that
she
lives
on
in
this
remarkable
clinic
this
community
and
through
your
extraordinary
work.
Martin.
E
So
thank
you
for
the
privilege
of
allowing
us
here
today.
With
that
in
mind,
I
want
to
pick
up
a
little
bit
on
what
supervisor
said
and
what
our
senator
said,
and
that
is
california
continues
to
lead.
As
of
today,
we
have
the
lowest
positivity
rate
in
america,
3.3
percent.
As
of
today,
you
look
at
the
seven-day
case
rate.
We
have
the
sixth
lowest
seven-day
case
rate
in
america.
E
We
continue
to
lead
the
nation
in
terms
of
administered
doses
of
vaccine,
and
we
continue
to
do
more
than
more
most
other
states
in
promoting
not
only
the
safety
and
efficacy
of
our
vaccines,
but
promoting
the
boosters
which
we'll
talk
about
here
in
a
moment
and
promoting
the
critical
nature
and
importance
of
getting
those
particularly
five
and
11
vaccinated
as
well.
So
we
can
continue
our
nation-leading
efforts
to
keep
our
kids
safely
in
person
in
school
for
the
rest
of
the
school
year
more
on
that
as
well.
E
In
a
moment
that
said,
we
are
here
mindful
of
what's
occurring,
not
just
in
the
state
of
california
across
this
country,
but
around
the
rest
of
the
globe,
and
that's
this
new
variant.
It
is
not
lost
on
me
that
it
was
just
a
few
weeks
ago
that
dr
galle
who's
here
and
I
were
in
winton
california,
in
the
central
valley,
announcing
the
first
identified
omicron
variant
case
in
the
nation.
Here
we
are
now
48
states,
let's
disabuse
ourselves.
E
All
50
states
have
the
variant
48
that
are
publicly
described
as
having
it
191
individuals,
just
191
individuals,
formally,
we
have
identified
with
the
variant
in
this
state,
but
we
know
what
you
know,
and
that
is
the
ubiquity
of
this
variant
is
now
taking
over
the
delta
and
presents
itself
all
across
the
state
in
this
nation.
How
do
we
know
that?
It's
not
just
anecdotal.
E
We
know
that
because
we
trace
and
track
the
variant,
notably
through
wastewater
assessments
that
are
done
every
day,
those
assessments
and
that
tracking,
including
the
genomics
that
is
done
second,
to
none
in
this
state
compared
to
any
other
state.
We
now
are
tracking
well
north
of
50,
of
all
of
the
sequenced
genomes
identifying
themselves
as
omnicron.
In
fact,
tomorrow
we
will
come
out
with
an
updated
number,
a
bit
of
a
preview
thursday.
When
we
update
that
number.
You
noted
that
73
percent
have
been
identified
across
this
nation.
We
have
conservatively
identified
over
50
percent.
E
We
know
it's
well
north
of
that
and
that
will
be
disclosed
tomorrow
when
that
data
is
put
together
in
aggregate
form
and
will
be
shared
publicly
we're
here,
as
well
as
the
supervisor
noted
and
the
senator
noted,
because
we've
seen
a
significant
increase
in
the
number
of
identified
cases
of
covid
I'll
put
it
in
perspective.
That's
rather
simple
to
understand
this
time.
Last
week
we
were
at
2.3
positivity
today,
where
3.3
positivity,
they
may
not
seem
significant,
but
in
percentage
terms
that's
a
big
increase
in
just
one
week.
E
So
you
can
do
the
math
on
this
and
get
a
sense
of
the
challenge
that
we
all
face
here
in
the
state
country
and
around
the
rest
of
the
world.
We
continue
to
believe
in
well.
In
the
absence
of
contrary
data,
though
there
is
some
conflicting
data
that
not
only
is
the
omicron
variant
more
transmissible,
but
it
seems
for
those
that
have
been
vaccinated
and
particularly
those
that
have
been
boosted
to
be
substantially
less
severe
than
the
delta
variant.
E
But
the
caveat
is
for
those
that
have
been
vaccinated
and,
in
particular
those
that
have
been
boosted,
and
so
our
goal
is
to
continue
to
get
people
vaccinated.
The
most
important
shot
remains
that
first
shot
and
then
the
most
important
shot
for
those
that
have
received
at
least
the
j
j
vaccine
or
two
doses
of
the
pfizer
moderna,
is
to
get
boosted.
E
It
is
increasingly
clear,
though,
it's
not
formalized
and
we
are
not
at
this
stage-
formalizing
it
in
the
state
of
california,
that
the
full
dosing
is
a
third
dose
and
that's
why
the
booster
is
so
important
and
we're
here
to
promote
our
boosting
efforts
here
in
the
state
of
california.
8.7
million
californians
have
received
at
least
a
dose
of
a
booster.
E
Our
providers
remarkable
support.
We
received
from
organized
labor
as
well
as
community
clinics,
not
just
our
hospitals
that
supported
that
effort
and
that
led
to
extraordinarily
high
vaccination
rates
for
our
health
care
workers,
kept
staff
working
kept
the
morale
strong,
kept
their
immunity
strong,
but
we
recognize
now
that
just
being
vaccinated
fully
vaccinated
is
not
enough
with
this
new
variant
and
we
believe
it's
important
to
extend
this
requirement
to
getting
that
third
dose
to
getting
boosted,
and
so
we
are
formalizing
that
february.
E
1St
is
the
deadline
to
get
that
done,
and
I
again
want
to
just
thank
all
our
partners.
We
worked
hard
to
great
feedback
and
to
organize
this
framework
for
their
broad
support
in
this
space.
I
think
it
is
a
smart
move.
I
think
it's
the
wise
move
in
this
context
that
we
need
to
make
sure
we
don't
have
staffing
shortages.
E
We
need
to
keep
all
of
you
healthy
and
safe
and
again,
the
best
way
to
do
that
is
to
get
boosted
by
the
way
for
those
that
wondered
why
we
put
out
an
executive
order
a
few
weeks
ago.
We
did
it
in
anticipation
of
this
moment.
We
created
some
waivers,
some
flexibilities
for
our
hospital
system
and
our
provider
network
some
decompression
strategies,
but
we
also
allowed
for
contracted
staff.
We
have
seventeen
hundred
contacted
staff
in
the
state
of
california
already
to
prepare
for
this
increase.
E
We
have
500
more
individuals
that
we
have
secured
that
are
not
yet
into
the
state
of
california
and
they're
supporting
120
providers
in
the
state.
That
was
one
of
the
purposes
of
extending
that
executive
order
again
all
in
an
effort
to
prepare,
not
react,
but
to
prepare
for
the
moment
we're
in
and
the
moments
that
present
themselves
in
the
very
near
future.
E
We
also
believe
that
our
most
important
agenda
must
be
to
continue
our
nation-leading
efforts
to
keep
our
kids
in
school,
and
I
just
think
it's
an
important
point.
Not
only
do
we
have
53
percent
less
deaths
and
I
appreciate
senator
your
reference
to
death
rates
than
places
like
florida,
but
florida
is
not
keeping
their
kids
in
schools
because
many
of
them
are
shutting
down
because
of
outbreaks
like
the
state
of
california.
I
don't
highlight
that
to
pick
on
florida,
but
there's
a
sort
of
meta
message
that
utilizes
the
florida
example
as
the
more
appropriate
example.
E
But
if
you
believe
that
deaths
matter,
you
believe
that
pediatric
hospitalizations
are
of
concern
and
you
believe
that
shutting
down
schools
is
sub-optimal.
Then
you
may
want
to
look
at
the
approach.
States
like
california
have
taken,
and
that's
why.
I
was
very
pleased
that
we
put
out
a
statement
today
from
all
of
our
school
partners,
from
superintendents
to
teachers,
to
those
representing
our
janitors.
Our
bus
drivers
unanimously
came
out
with
a
statement
today
firming
our
commitment
to
keep
our
kids
in
person
instruction
to
keep
our
schools
open.
E
I
do
not
want
to
see
our
schools
shut
down
and
I'm
very
grateful
that
all
of
our
partners
in
education
put
out
a
statement
amplifying
that
message
so
that
there
be
no
doubt
that
is
our
commitment.
That
is
our
priority
and
in
order
to
advance
that
priority,
we
are
committing
to.
The
second
point
that
I
wanted
to
highlight
of
the
three
today,
and
that
is,
after
our
kids
have
enjoyed
the
holidays
with
family
friends
safely.
E
E
E
Based
upon
the
federal
government's
own
assessment,
twenty
or
so
thousand
testing
sites
exist
in
the
united
states.
We
know
for
a
fact:
california
has
six
thousand
two
hundred
and
eighty
eight,
which
puts
us
a
little
over
thirty
percent
of
all
of
america's
testing
sites
are
operational
here
in
the
state
of
california.
That's
why
you're
not
seeing
the
long
lines
necessarily
in
around
blocks
like
other
cities
and
states,
because
we
have
access,
that's
quite
ubiquitous.
E
In
fact,
we've
been
able
to
determine
that
90
of
californians
and
remember
this:
a
state
larger
than
21
state
populations
combined
a
lot
of
rural
and
remote
parts
of
the
state.
Ninety
percent
of
california
residents
have
access
to
a
testing
site
that
is
within
thirty
minutes
of
their
home,
sixty
percent
within
just
fifteen
minutes
of
their
home.
E
We
have
two
hundred
fifty
seven
optum
serve
partners
and
we
are
working
with
them
to
extend
the
hours
of
operation
to
expand
them,
particularly
where
there
is
high
demand
and
there's
some
bottlenecks
and
we're
assessing
that
and
working
in
real
time.
So
we're
also
looking
to
expand
the
hours
of
operation
to
provide
more
access
to
testing
in
the
state.
E
E
You
will
have
a
list
that
is
proximate
to
your
home
availability
for
free
testing
and
you
can
learn
about
testing
exists
here
and
testing
exists
throughout
the
state
of
california
if,
indeed
the
supply
chains
at
the
pharmacies
and
retail
are
a
little
bit
behind
that
you'll
still
avail
yourself
and
have
the
opportunity
to
access
that
testing.
I
just
want
to
remind
people
of
that,
and
not
many
you
know
not.
A
lot
of
us
can
afford
those
tests
at
walgreens
or
safeway
and
the
like,
and
so
again
my
turn
has
culturally
competent
information,
many
different
languages.
E
You
can
actually
access
not
only
locations,
but
you
also
can
make
an
appointment
on
that
platform
as
well.
If
you
need
more
information,
you
go
to
the
covid19.ca.gov
website
that
ca.gov
confuses
everybody.
If
you
just
google
my
turn,
I
think
you'll
at
least
have
the
access
that
provides
at
least
baseline
information.
That
will
help
you
on
the
way.
E
Even
though
we
have
12
percent
of
the
nation's
student
population,
there's
been
9
600
schools
that
have
shut
down
in
america
just
32
in
the
nation's
most
populous
state,
because
we've
led
with
health
we've
led
with
vaccination
efforts
and
we're
leading
with
masking,
as
the
center
said,
which
is
so
critical,
as
well
as
the
most
important
non-pharmaceutical
intervention.
We
can
advance
besides
common
sense
in
terms
of
addressing
this
virus.
E
E
I
know
you're
exhausted
we're
all
exhausted
by
this,
but
we
have
something
we've
never
had
in
the
past
and
that's
the
power
of
these
life-saving
vaccines
and
the
power
to
get
boosted
to
get
through
this.
Arguably,
fifth
wave
of
this
pandemic
and
get
closer
to
that
day
where
this
pandemic
becomes
an
endemic
and
we
manage
it
as
we
manage
so
many
issues
in
our
state
in
the
world,
we're
living
in
so
that
we're
here
to
answer
any
questions.
F
Governor
thank
you
for
visiting
today.
My
name
is
keith
burbank,
I'm
with
bay
city
news.
I
was
wondering,
could
you
just
comment
or
you
know
I'm
wondering
if
the
the
requirement
for
the
booster
for
healthcare
workers
is
too
restrictive,
and
what
would
you
tell
healthcare
workers
that
are
you
know,
kind
of
on
the
fence
in
terms
of
getting
a
booster,
please?
I.
E
E
You
know,
I
can't
tell
you
how
many
remarkable
healthcare
workers
I've
met,
who
talk
about
not
be
being
able
to
unsee
what
they
see,
and
that
takes
a
toll
to
be
there
where
no
other
loved
ones
could
be
there
at
the
last
breath
of
someone
they're
trying
to
save,
because
of
the
contagiousness
of
their
condition
and
being
there
for
those
individuals
and
taking
their
own
ipads
to
do
facetime
to
allow
someone
to
say
their
final
words
on
a
ventilator
to
their
loved
ones
and
so
number
one
I'd
say.
Thank
you
number
two.
E
I
also
want
to
extend
appreciation
for
the
fact
that
when
we
were
the
first
state
in
the
country
to
require
this
vaccination
mandate,
that
overwhelming
majority
of
them
complied
and
as
a
consequence,
we
are
outperforming
in
terms
of
the
number
of
staff,
critical
staff,
critical
staff.
That's
actually
able
to
continue
to
do
their
extraordinary
life-saving
work
every
single
day,
meaning
they're,
not
dialing
in
sick,
because
their
immune
system
has
been
boosted
because
of
the
vaccines
and
then
finally,
I
just
remind
them:
let's
not
run
the
90-yard
dash.
E
The
data
is
overwhelming.
It's
clear
evidence
is
in
two
doses,
is
great:
the
booster
is
a
game
changer
and
that
third
dose
is
needed,
and
no
group
of
workers
understands
that,
perhaps
more
than
our
frontline
healthcare
workers,
and
so
I
would
just
ask
them
to
continue
to
lead
by
example,
as
they
have
and
thank
them
for
that
example
and
modeling
good
behavior.
G
Governor
lazaemi
tree
with
kcra
out
of
sacramento,
what
are
you
going
to
do
about
school
districts?
That
say
they
refuse
to
require
the
vaccine
of
their
students
or
even
school
districts
like
sacramento
city
unified,
that's
requiring
it
early,
but
has
seen
really
low
vaccination
rates
among
its
students.
Well,.
E
I
I
continue
work
with
school
districts,
large
and
small,
grateful
and
pleased
with
the
overwhelming
majority.
I
don't
consume
myself
with
the
exceptions,
the
extremes,
but
the
overwhelming
majority
that
are
not
only
in
compliance
but
are
working
as
partners
to
provide
insight
and
to
support
accountability
and
transparency
in
terms
keeping
their
kids
safe
and
in
person.
E
E
Some
have
decided
to
modify
that
la
unified
as
an
example,
and
I
wanted
to
express
appreciation
for
recognizing
local
conditions,
there's
a
thousand,
fifty
or
so
school
districts
in
the
state,
different
challenges,
different
issues,
different
student
bodies,
different
considerations
across
the
spectrum
and
and
that's
why
we're
not
getting
in
their
way
in
terms
of
making
those
local
decisions.
We
just
want
baseline
considerations
to
be
met
and
that's
why
we
put
out
after
fda
full
approval,
our
our
policy.
E
E
Well,
health
roles
are
health
rules.
Rules
are
the
rules.
If
you
don't
vaccinate
for
measles
mumps,
you
don't
vaccinate
across
the
spectrum,
there's
well-established
roles
that
go
back
decades.
Many
decades,
they're
not
dissimilar
to
the
roles
we're
applying,
and
so
all
of
these
folks
know
that,
well,
their
eyes
are
wide
open
and
everybody
has
the
freedom
to
make
their
choice
but
choices.
Often
it's
not
the
freedom
to
do
something:
the
freedom
from
consequences
as
well
and
so
they'll,
be
as
there
was
with
counties.
We
send
letters
we
work
with
them.
E
We
try
to
address
their
anxieties
concerned,
vast
majorities,
we're
able
to
work
together
and
figure
out.
I
am
absolutely
confident
the
vast
majority
will
figure
out
in
this
case.
If
there
continues
to
be
a
problem
and
I'm
not
going
to
color
in
the
exceptions
I'm
going
to
color
in
those
doing
the
right
thing,.
H
Hi
governor
brooks
derose
ktvu.
I
want
to
get
your
opinion
on
first
off.
If
we
see
this
large
surge
and
we
have
more
cases,
the
cdc
is
considering
if
someone
is
get
gets
sick,
reducing
the
quarantine
time
from
ten
days
to
five
days,
wondering
if
you're
in
support
of
that,
and
secondly,
if
that
doesn't
happen,
are
you
concerned
that
teachers
or
health
care
workers
may
be
out
sick
and
could
that
have
a
negative
effect?
Well.
I
Thanks
governor
and
thanks
for
the
question,
we've
been
in
contact
with
the
cdc
about
exactly
this
understanding,
the
evidence,
the
information
I
think,
as
we've
been
talking
about
it
as
we
move
through
this
pandemic,
we've
learned
a
lot.
We
started
at
10
days.
We
started
to
talk
about
what
does
it
mean
if
you're
fully
vaccinated?
Does
that
change
your
quarantine
period?
I
What
happens
when
you
have
a
masked
person
who's
exposed?
All
of
these
things
go
into
that
decision,
so
I
think
the
science
is
clear
right.
We
can
do
some
things
different
than
we
were
before,
and
I
think
this
adjustment
potentially
is
reflective
of
that
science,
and
so,
as
the
cdc,
maybe
moves
in
that
direction.
We
are
supportive,
we're
weighing
in
we're
sharing
our
own
thoughts
and
evidence
on
how
it
would
impact
california
and
believe
it
would
be
a
real,
important
change
to
the
way
we've
sort
of
been
impacted
by
this
pandemic.
I
This
also
has
to
do
with
the
fact
of
how
the
virus
has
evolved,
these
different
variants,
how
they
transmit
their
life
cycle
and
that,
instead
of
14
days
down
to
10,
potentially
down
to
5,
now
it's
reflective
of
our
understanding
on
how
the
replication
of
the
virus
is
occurring
today
versus
when
we
had
those
original
strains.
Last
year.
J
E
I
think,
as
you've
seen
over
the
last
year
and
a
half
again,
there's
there's
a
recognition
that
you
need
to
meet
the
moment
and
anticipate
moments
into
the
future.
This
moment,
no
at
this
moment,
but
we
we
game
a
lot
of
things
out
and
we
have
projections
as
it
relates
to
this
variant.
We
had
projections
that
related
to
the
delta
variant
and,
as
you
know,
we
had
over
a
dozen
other
variants.
E
E
Let's
prepare
our
workforce,
that's
a
concern,
workforce,
keeping
them
healthy
and
safe,
keeping
our
kids
healthy
and
safe
and
and
see
where
we
go.
We
continue,
you
know
we're
an
employer.
We
have
responsibility,
I'm
not
even
one
of
the
largest
employers,
not
only
in
the
state
but
the
country
and
they
grow
up
to
76,
not
where
we
need
to
be
76
percent
of
folks
getting
tested,
74
being
vaccinated,
want
to
get
those
numbers
up
ourselves.
E
So
we've
we've
got
our
own
work
to
do
in
that
space
continue
to
work
with
all
these
other
rules
and
regulations
with
our
partners
again
being
mindful
of
changing
conditions.
So
forgive
me
for
being
long-winded
to
say
not
at
this
moment.
That's
a
succinct
response,
and
hopefully
we
won't
have
to
consider
that
if
all
of
our
interventions
are
successful.
E
Mean
we've
been
talking
to
the
cdc,
the
bottom
administration,
they're:
half
a
billion
tests.
That's
a
good
start!
It's
a
it's
a
supply
issue
at
the
scale
that
would
be
necessary
to
provide
the
numerical
number
of
tests,
but
look
we
are
doing
a
down
payment
on
that
with
these
six
million.
We
hope
to
get
them
out
work
through
the
logistics
of
doing
that.
E
Antigen
testing
sites
will
be
expanding
hours
for
many
of
these
testing
sites.
If
you
go
to
my
turn,
you
will
learn
about
access
and
proximity
from
your
home
to
these
free
testing
sites.
Meanwhile,
six
million
new
tests
are
being
purchased,
will
be
sent
out
and
two
points
of
access
that
we're
working
through
logistically
to
prepare
for
our
kids
to
come
back
in
person
in
the
now
january.
E
What
is
called
fall,
but
we're
in
the
fall
season
and
and
continue
our
efforts
to
keep
our
kids
in
school
again
cannot
impress
upon
you
more
how
important
it
is
to
keep
our
schools
open
and
how
important
it
is
to
get
our
kids
tested,
vaccinated
and
continuing
our
mask
requirements
in
order
to
do
so
sustainably.
Thank
you
all
very
much
your
time
and
attention
again.
Martin
thanks
for
having
us
here
today.