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‘We’re Coming For You’
For public health officials, a year of threats and menace.
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. Dr. Gail Newel looks back on the past year and struggles to articulate exactly when the public bellows of frustration around her covid-related health orders morphed into something darker and more menacing.
Certainly, there was that Sunday afternoon in May, when protesters broke through the gates to her private hillside neighborhood, took up positions around her home, and sang “Gail to Jail,” a ritual they would repeat every Sunday for weeks.
[Editorâs note:Â This article contains strong language that readers might find offensive or disturbing.]
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, Calif. â Dr. Gail Newel looks back on the past year and struggles to articulate exactly when the public bellows of frustration around her COVID-related health orders morphed into something darker and more menacing.
Certainly, there was that Sunday afternoon in May, when protesters broke through the gates to her private hillside neighborhood, took up positions around her home, and sang âGail to Jail,â a ritual they would repeat every Sunday for weeks.
Or the county Board of Supervisors meeting not long after, where a visibly agitated man waiting for his turn at the microphone suddenly lunged at her over a small partition, staring her down even as sheriffâs deputies flanked him and authorities cleared the room.