On Thursday, the Kern County Public Health Department addressed several COVID-19 concerns, including a malfunctioning database and the potential for everyone to catch the virus at some point.
ADDRESSEDSEVERAL COVID-19 CONCERNS..INCLUDING A MALFUNCTIONINGDATABASE.
AND THE POTENTIAL FOREVERYONE TO CATCH THEVIRUS AT SOME POINT.23ABC'S KALLYN HOBMANN JOINS USLIVE FROM THE PUBLIC HEALTHDEPARTMENT WITH A BREAKDOWN OFWHAT THIS MEANS.KALLYN?CALREDIE IS AN ONLINE MODULETHAT HEALTH CARE PROVIDERSUSE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THESTATE ABOUT COVID-19CASES.
PUBLIC HEALTH SAYSCALREDIE ISN'T WORKING RIGHTNOW..
AND THAT'S DELAYINGACCURATE CASE NUMBERS.KERN COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH ISURGING RESIDENTS TOSELF-REPORT COVID-19 TESTRESULTS."WE ARE ENCOURAGING OURPATIENTS, IF YOU ARE KNOWN TO BEPOSITIVE, TO REACH OUT TO US ATTHEPUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT.""WE ARE ENCOURAGING OURPATIENTS, IF YOU ARE KNOWN TO BEPOSITIVE, TO REACH OUT TO US ATTHEPUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT."THAT'S BECAUSE THE REPORTINGSYSTEM KNOWN AS CALREDIE..WHICH LABS USE TO SEND COUNTIESCOVID-19 TESTRESULTS.
IS MALFUNCTIONING.OFFICIALS SAY HEALTHCAREPROVIDERS..
AND THEIR PATIENTS.ARE GETTING TEST RESULTS BEFORETHE PUBLIC HEALTHDEPARTMENT."RIGHT NOW WITH THE CURRENTISSUESWE'RE HAVING WITH THE STATEDATABASE SYSTEM, WE ARE NOTGETTING A LOT OF OURLAB RESULTS WITHIN A TIMELYMANNER."KIM HERNANDEZ, LEADEPIDEMIOLOGIST, SAYS SELF-REPORTING TEST RESULTS GIVES THEPUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENTFASTER..
AND MORE ACCURATENUMBERS TOREPORT.SHE ALSO WENT ON TO SAY THERE ISA HIGH CHANCE THAT EVERYONEWILL CATCH COVID-19.WHEN ASKED TO CLARIFY.
HERNANDEZSAID THAT'S THE REALITY OF ANYNOVEL VIRUS."WITH ANY NOVEL VIRUS, THEGENERALBEFORE THE PUBLIC HEALTHDEPARTMENT."RIGHT NOW WITH THE CURRENTISSUESWE'RE HAVING WITH THE STATEDATABASE SYSTEM, WE ARE NOTGETTING A LOT OF OUR LAB RESULTSWITHIN A TIMELY MANNER."KIM HERNANDEZ, LEADEPIDEMIOLOGIST, SAYS SELF-REPORTING TEST RESULTS GIVES THEPUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENTFASTER..
AND MORE ACCURATENUMBERS TO REPORT."WITH ANY NOVEL VIRUS, THEGENERALASSUMPTION IS THE ENTIREPOPULATION IS SUSCEPTIBLE.NOBODY IS IMMUNE TOIT.
NOBODY HAS BEEN EXPOSED TOIT IN THE PAST AND SO WE ARE ALLAT RISK OFCOMING IN CONTACT AND BEINGINFECTED BY THE VIRUS."PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECTOR MATTCONSTANTINE SAYS..
ACCORDINGTO A MODEL PROVIDED BY THESTATE.
WE WON'T REACH THEPEAK OF COVID-19 CASES UNTILFEBRUARY."IT SHOWS A SLOW AND STEADYHEADINGUP INTO EARLY 2021 WHERE CASESWILL CONTINUE TO RISE."BUT.
CONSTANTINE DOES SAY WECAN CHANGETHAT MODEL BY CONTINUING SOCIALDISTANCING ANDWEARING FACING MASKS.IF YOU HAVE TEST RESULTS TOREPORT.
WE HAVE A LINK TOTHE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT'SCOVID-19 PAGE ONOUR WEBSITE..
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