C_J
Well I should say that I just parrot what the experts from UCSF tell us. What I say isn’t my opinion. We’re doing targeted testing events in communities with low vaccination rates and doing a lot of outreach. Vaccines are readily available and have been for months. We can only do so much. People who are immunocompromised have to take extra precautions but that was the case before Covid-19 and will the case in perpetuity.
Circumstances are also different here. We never got that bad of a surge comparatively speaking. People adhere to mask recommendations. Vaccine rates are high. The public health infrastructure is robust with a lot of experience with infectious disease. You need to show proof of vaccination to enter restaurants, bars, events, gyms, et cetera. Other areas might struggle with this and future variants, but from what I’m told, we’re good here for the most part.
Been working on COVID for almost two years (with a few month break). With the same people. I heard the concern in their voices this time last year and the year before. They don’t seem concerned right now. Again, vaccines work and are available. But for the 5%-7% who just flat out refuse, what can we do?
Agreed on working from home/Zoom. We’re working on a hybrid model of two days in, three days out. DPH leadership tend to be quite autocratic but they seem will to accept full time WFH if justification can be provided. I personally prefer going into the “office” so I do. But it’s nice to have the option when, say, the air quality is bad.
