Dr. Anna Maria Izquierdo-Porrera, a Silver Spring-based geriatric internist
Dr. Casey Scott, a Cambridge-based family medicine specialist and deputy health officer for the Dorchester County Health Department
“Research shows that people feel more comfortable getting a vaccine when they hear about the experience directly from someone they know and trust,” Hogan said in a statement. “Maryland’s doctors play a critical role in our statewide vaccination campaign due to their existing relationships with patients. We are grateful for their efforts to help get shots into the arms of every single Marylander who wants one.”
Health Secretary Dennis Schrader echoed similar sentiments to that of the governor.
Latest Installment of MCPS Online Career Talk Series Features Healthcare Workers
Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) will be holding a new installment of “Let’s Talk Careers”. The new installment is scheduled for 10–11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, April 28.
The career series is held monthly by MCPS students who discuss different career journeys with professionals, leaders and entrepreneurs from a variety of fields.
According to MCPS, confirmed guest include:
Travis Gayles, Montgomery County Health Officer and Chief, Public Health Services
Anna Maria Izquierdo-Porrera, executive director and co-founder, Care for Your Health, Inc.
Ruth Williams-Brinkley, regional president, Mid-Atlantic States, Kaiser Permanente.
Students who are interested may submit questions prior to the live series online or via Youtube chat. More information regarding access to the career talk can be found on the MCPS website.
School Notes: State investigating linked COVID-19 cases at six Montgomery County schools
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April 12, 2021 | 9:33 am
State investigating associated COVID-19 cases at six Montgomery County schools
The Maryland Department of Health is investigating COVID-19 “outbreaks” at six county schools.
The schools are listed on an online database tracking current “outbreaks” because they have at least two cases that are “epidemiologically linked,” according to the website. That is one of three definitions of an “outbreak.”
Other definitions of a school “outbreak” are:
• Three or more classrooms with cases that meet the above criteria within the past 14 days