Orange County’s Vaccine App is Voluntary, Says Health Boss
After an uproar of 215 public commenters spoke during a recent Orange County Board of Supervisors (BOS) meeting, county officials are reiterating to the public that the upcoming vaccine verification program is voluntary.
“I really respect people’s freedom to voice whatever their opinion is, whether it be anti-mask, or anti-vaccine because that’s the beauty of our country…you have a freedom of choice,” Orange County Health Care Agency (OCHCA) director Dr. Clayton Chau told The Epoch Times April 16. “That’s the piece that I was trying to tell people; that I’m not mandating anybody to get the vaccine.”
Updated on February 11, 2021 at 3:25 pm
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Orange County reached a few COVID-19 milestones Thursday with hospitalizations falling under 1,000 and the adjusted rate of hospital capacity rising above zero. The county also received 779 new cases, raising the cumulative to 240,999, and logged 42 additional fatalities, hiking the death toll to 3,493.
“The big thing we re waiting for is what Super Bowl gatherings did to us,” said Orange County Supervisor Doug Chaffee. “We won t know that until midway next week. Otherwise, if this good news keeps happening, we might make some move out of the purple tier (soon).”
Orange County CEO Frank Kim said, “The testing positivity rate will get there in a few week if the trends continue.” But the case rates per 100,000 are still too high, “so we re still a ways off from that,” reaching the red tier, Kim said.
Orange County has reached a few encouraging COVID-19 milestones with hospitalizations falling under 1,000 and the adjusted rate of hospital capacity rising above zero.
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The fully vaccinated Orange County resident answered a call from the Orange County Health Care and couldn t believe what they told him. (Shutterstock)
LAKE FOREST, CA Three weeks after a Lake Forest man received his second Pfizer vaccination dose, he got the call that no one wants to hear from the Orange County Health Care Office: he tested positive for coronavirus.
Gary Michael, a Lake Forest resident, assumed he was safe from the virus. He learned he was wrong. They told me that yes, I m positive for coronavirus, Michael told the media. He was advised to quarantine as they went through his litany of symptoms.
Southern California City Council Meetings Go Virtual
Huntington Beach, Calif., will move to virtual meetings starting next week, which is a move made in keeping with Gov. Gavin Newsom’s mandate to limit in-person gatherings that lead to the spread of COVID-19. by Matt Szabo, Daily Pilot / January 13, 2021
The move out of the council chambers is made in keeping with Gov.
Gavin Newsom
s mandate to limit in- person gatherings that can spread COVID- 19, according to a release.
Orange County is currently experiencing a surge in cases and a shortage of intensive care unit beds, which has led many local school districts to return to distance learning.