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Director Sanmi Areola plans to resign in November. Data compiled by Kaiser Health News and the Associated Press show at least 303 state or local public health leaders in 41 states resigned, retired or were fired between April 1, 2020, and Sept. 12, 2021.
May 30 When Kansas City Health Department Director Rex Archer retires at the end of July, he will join the growing ranks of public health officials who have departed during the pandemic. Some found the stress overwhelming or faced threats and public vitriol. Others, including Archer, finally decided to step down after putting off overdue retirements. They'll be replaced by people like Taylor .
The pandemic has pushed more than 250 public health officials out the door
Riverside County, California, was one of the first counties in the country to face Covid-19, when repatriated US citizens were quarantined at March Air Reserve Base on January 29, 2020. Seeing how quickly things moved in China, then Riverside County Health Officer Dr. Cameron Kaiser knew he had to act fast.
“From what we saw was going on in China at the time, it potentially, it could be very big,” he said.
On April 4, 2020, Kaiser took actions more protective than the state’s health orders, including prohibiting gatherings of people from different households in his county, as well as an order for people to mask in public.