for you. mark, can we back up to the slides on the reproduction number. one second. oh no, it s okay. give me just one second to back up to that. those are very concerning numbers. we see if we reduce the reproductive number by a third, we hold steady at the same number of hospitalizations, but we d still see as many as four times of deaths here in san francisco. but if we continue on this same scale, we could see deaths up to 800, and number of hospitalizations, 1,000 to over 3,000. that could clearly overwhelm our hospital systems. i know we ve seen footage of people gathering in dolores park this weekend, and the possible impact that could have. could you just speak to what kind of effect that behavior could have, not just on our people, but our ability to serve the health care needs. yes [inaudible] i thi . dr. colfax: i think it s really important that we stay vigilant and do what we know works to stop the spread of the virus. that includes not going to
they can maintain operations as best possible while also people going to the command center to do this operation. well, very clearly, it is a really challenging, and as other commissioners have indicated, really grateful that people like yourself have really stepped up and continue to do, as you say, the work that has to be done, along with the very key work, and congratulations on being head of this program. one question which is more technical has to do with the testing strategies. and your chart was great and sexu certainly keynoted on some of the areas that we re concerned. on the other hand, you also pointed out that you were interested in reaching other vulnerable populations which are kind of a potential tinderbox, and i m glad that you mentioned chinatown right now. it s a very low number, and some other asian populations out in the sunset which aren t being tested, but we don t know that. what is your testing strategy to figure out a priority, and that came from
and promotions staff within population health, and those folks are under this yellow block under operations, but that means that they re also overseeing the human services, which is doing housing and feeding. [inaudible] within population health, and that modelling that they re doing is both our normal work of taking in public results of infectious disease tests, but it s also new work that i think is really an advancement of what we normally do in the department, working with outside assistance for modelling and making sure that we are able to project into the future. and that is led by jim marks, who is an anesthesiologist and many others in that structure. go forward. i ll let you know that all of the guidance that comes out is part of the information and guidance group that is headed by reeta nguyen, dr. rita nguyen, and she is part of population health and leads a team of doctors and physicians and they write all the research about what the current recommendations ar
able to actually acquire epic. along with that, she also advocated and pushed for the accreditation of the public health department, which we achieved several years ago. we know her as a champion for the health care of all san franciscans, rich and poor and in particular for our most vulnerable populations, and our city has been well served by barbara s service which was benefited so many, and which we are all grateful. our task today is to select for the mayor three candidates as a new leader to maintain the position of this department as a cutting edge and one of the best county departments in the united states. our goals and the goal of our mayor our aligned as address homelessness, mental health, substance abuse, and continue our efforts to get to zero in h.i.v. infections, traffic deaths, along with other very important health initiatives. our may i don t remembor has h confidence in our department by naming our chief financial officer as the acting director of health. a
good afternoon. the commission will please come to order. our acting executive secretary will please call the roll. [roll call] our next item, please. our next item is proposed action item for the approval of the minutes of the august 21 health commission. so commissioners, the minutes for august 21 are before you for approval. is there a motion? move for approval. and a second? second. okay. the third item for discussion is the director s report. wait just a minute. sorry. okay. so the minutes that are sent out are incorrect, and you have, instead, or should have a set of the new minutes before you which actually indicated the actions on item eight, which or let me take it, miss chang, is the minutes that were sent out in the packets correct. those are the most current versions. i m not aware if there were any edits. i just want to make sure it s edited correctly. i m sorry. i just want to take a look at it. yes. actually, the minutes under item t