California health official resigns due to threats
A highranking public health official for Orange County has resigned after receiving threats over her order for residents to wear face coverings when near others in public to protect against the coronavirus.
Dr. Nichole Quick, the county’s health officer, left her job late Monday, said Jessica Good, a spokeswoman for the county health care agency.
Quick is the seventh senior health official to resign in California since the coronavirus pandemic began and the officials suddenly faced unprecedented pressure, criticism and threats, said Kat DeBurgh, executive director of the Health Officers Association of California.
DeBurgh said residents also took a banner depicting Quick as a Nazi to a public meeting and held protests outside her home. NEW YORK
Worries over child abuse
Reports of child abuse in New York City have dropped sharply since the coronavirus crisis began. And that is worrying the authorities. The steep decline could be a sign that abuse is spreading behind locked doors, according to police, prosecutors and child protection officials. As the virus has shuttered the city, the fragile system of safeguards designed to protect children has fallen apart. Teachers are normally the leading reporters of suspected child abuse, calling for help when they notice bruises or signs of hunger or mistreatment at home. Now, teachers get a glimpse of their students only in a virtual classroom, if they see them at all. WASHINGTON, D.C.
Fauci: Pandemic far from over
COVID19 is the disease that Dr. Anthony Fauci always said would be his “worst nightmare” — a new, highly contagious respiratory infection that causes a significant amount of illness and death.
“In a period of four months, it has devastated the whole world,” Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said Tuesday during a conference held by the Biotechnology Innovation Organization. “And it isn’t over yet.”
His discussion was conducted remotely for conference participants.
Although he had known that an outbreak like this could occur, one aspect has surprised him, and that is “how rapidly it just took over the planet.” IDAHO
Athletes test positive
Multiple studentathletes at Boise State University have tested positive for COVID19 after some teams started returning to the Idaho campus for workouts, the university said this week.