Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer says she's received personal attacks and death threats in response to the county’s stay-at-home orders.
County public health officers are increasingly facing threats from anti-vaccine protesters critical of mask requirements amid the coronavirus crisis.
. She said that’s one reason why she’s handled the coronavirus briefings on her own: “to shield the extraordinary team at L.A. County Public Health from these attacks.”“It is deeply worrisome to imagine that our hardworking infectious disease physicians, nurses, epidemiologists and environmental health specialists or any of our other team members would have to face this level of hatred,” she said in a statement.has surged past 86,000 and the death toll is more than 3,100.
France Dernières Nouvelles, France Actualités
Similar News:Vous pouvez également lire des articles d'actualité similaires à celui-ci que nous avons collectés auprès d'autres sources d'information.
L.A. County Coronavirus Cases Continue To Spike, As World Health Org Reports Largest Single-Day IncreaseThe Los Angeles County Public Health said Sunday that 11 new deaths related to COVID-19 and 1,784 new cases of confirmed infection have been added to its already grim totals. Overall in Los Angeles…
Lire la suite »
Why Racism Is a Public Health Crisis'The coronavirus is new, and while it is deadly and harmful, it is nowhere near as harmful as racism has been to Black people since the founding of this country.' Representative EmiliaSykesOH on why racism is detrimental to public health:
Lire la suite »
5 critical mistakes that created the biggest public-health crisis in a generationWhat have we learned in the 100+ days of the coronavirus pandemic? Mistake 1: Thinking the coronavirus was similar to the flu Mistake 2: Telling people not to wear masks Mistake 3: Touting hydroxychloroquine as a possible treatment
Lire la suite »
A lifeline for working parents, L.A. County day camps struggle to adapt to new rulesAt day camps, masks will be everywhere. Shared snacks will be banned. There will be no field trips, no clap games, no capture the flag. And many camps won't open at all.
Lire la suite »
Los Angeles County Coronavirus Update: Daily New Cases Jump To Near-Record As More Sectors ReopenLos Angeles County saw a spike in confirmed new cases of coronavirus over the past 24 hours, jumping by a near-record 2,056, according to health officials. They also reported 48 deaths, up from the…
Lire la suite »