Humboldt County’s Public Health Officer Dr. Teresa Frankovich has been answering questions since the stay-at-home orders were instituted on a two question per media outlet roughly two times a week basis. The Emergency Operations Center takes the questions, and staff reads them on camera for their response. The resulting video, called a Media Availability, is then provided to news outlets at the end of the day.
Here are some of the main points covered in the September 10th Media Availability session with a summary of answers from Dr. Josh Ennis, followed by questions we would have liked to ask in response if appropriate.
Question by North Coast News: Regarding wildfire evacuations and COVID impacts, how do you evacuate if you have COVID?
Answer by Dr. Ennis:
So we have a few general recommendations without getting…