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Over the course of a year, Newel and her boss, Santa Cruz County’s health services director, Mimi Hall, have seen their lives upended for reasons well beyond the exhausting workload that comes with battling a devastating pandemic. Their daily routines now incorporate security patrols, surveillance cameras and, in some cases, personal firearms.
They are public servants who no longer feel safe in public.
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“When I do have days off, I don’t want to be out in the community. I’m intimidated to be out in the community,” Newel said. “I’m looking to see who might be close to me or to my car, who might be following me looking to see if there’s any kind of situation that I might not be able to get out of or that might be dangerous to me in some way.”
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SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, CA Santa Cruz County has been in the red tier for just two days, but the good news keeps coming.
Public health officials remain cautiously optimistic as COVID-19 statistics continue to improve locally and across the nation, said Dr. Gail Newel, Santa Cruz County s health officer, in a Thursday news conference.
Newel anticipated that after spending three weeks in the red substantial risk tier, Santa Cruz County will likely move down another level, into the orange moderate risk tier of the state s four-tiered, color-coded COVID-19 risk system, she said. And at the state level, talks of adding a green tier the lowest yet are in the works.
More than half of residents age 65-plus vaccinated in Santa Cruz County
The county looks to expand access to more groups Share Updated: 7:12 PM PST Feb 22, 2021
The county looks to expand access to more groups Share Updated: 7:12 PM PST Feb 22, 2021
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Show Transcript Santa Cruz County. Now locally, everybody wants to be in phase one b to be vaccinated for exactly who s eligible, though actually, do say, reporter. A lot of Letang is live in Santa Cruz County. The idea And so we re talking everyone, no matter the age, those working in food and agriculture, emergency services or educational settings. And I just wanna say food and agriculture does include restaurants, cooks and the cannabis industry, along with those farm workers as well. This county says this is a large group. We re talking four times the size. Ah, phase one A. They re estimating about 60,000 people in this phase one B group. The county says Being able to move through
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