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COVID-19 Pandemic: One Year Later

It’s been more than a year since the first COVID-19 case was reported in Orange County.  As of March 31st, we have now had 250,683 reported cases and 4,744 Orange County residents have lost their lives to the virus.
 

Here in Irvine, there have been 10,379 reported cases and 81 of our Irvine neighbors have died from COVID-19. Each of those numbers represents someone’s mother, father, daughter, son, friend, neighbor, or co-worker. Thousands of lives have been devastated by the loss of our 81 Irvine neighbors.

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COVID-19 Vaccines: What You Need to Know

Mass-vaccination is our best available tool to get to the other side of this public health crisis.

I receive calls every day from anxious friends and neighbors. They want to know how to get vaccinated — and how to navigate the County’s problematic scheduling process.

To help, I have compiled a list of COVID-19 vaccine resources from local and federal sources.

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While Other Cities Set Up Vaccination Sites, Irvine Hits the Pause Button

The COVID-19 statistics in January were devastating here in Orange County.  In addition to 75,208 new cases, January was the deadliest month on record since the pandemic began; 1,187 lives were lost across the County in just 31 days. 

While other cities are busy setting up mass-vaccination sites, Irvine still has no plans in place. Now, it appears the City has allowed developer FivePoint to nix the use of our Great Park altogether.

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When it Comes to Vaccines, We Need Bold Leadership!

After the previous Council missed their opportunity to get COVID-19 under control here in Irvine, I had hoped that our City’s new Mayor and Council would demonstrate bold leadership. So far, that has not been the case.

The human costs of COVID-19 continue to grow at a horrific rate.  In fact, January was the deadliest month on record since the pandemic began. We are in the midst of a public health crisis! We must do everything in our power to save lives.

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COVID-19 Vaccination Rollout Isn’t Rolling!

The COVID-19 vaccine rollout has not been rolling, even for our critical health care workers who were supposed to have been vaccinated by this point.

Since receiving the initial doses in December, by late January only one-third of the available 1.3 million vaccines in California had been administered. That’s unacceptable!

What we need right now are elected leaders who we can count on to take swift action to immediately establish a robust vaccination program.

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Masks Save Lives … When We Wear Them & When They Fit

Although the COVID-19 vaccine rollout has begun, it is critical that we all continue to do our part to prevent the rapid transmission of the virus.

The most important thing you can do is to wear a mask every time you leave the house. And the mask must fit properly, covering your mouth and your nose. The nose is connected to the respiratory system and the virus can be inhaled.

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Winning the War Against COVID-19 Requires Strong Leadership!

In recent weeks, COVID-19 became the leading cause of death in the United States, surpassing heart disease and cancer.  In December, there were 6.4 million new cases reported in this country, which is more than the total number of cases seen all year by any nation on earth except India and Brazil. 

We are now witnessing daily death counts of more than 3,000, exceeding the single-day losses from the most agonizing moments in our nation’s history, including 9/11, D-Day, and Pearl Harbor.

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COVID-19 — Wrong from the start! Now, let’s get it right!

My entire professional life in public health and as a pediatrician has been dedicated to the prevention of disease wherever possible, and to delivering appropriate medical interventions whenever necessary.

For me, diagnosing and treating an individual patient for a disease is very rewarding.

But, even more rewarding for me — and the real payoff for society — is when we institute policies and organize our resources to prevent the spread of disease.

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COVID-19: An Irvine Perspective

Here we are several months into the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.  The numbers tell a terrible story.  Worldwide, the pandemic has afflicted over 90 million people and killed more than 1.9 million.

And, even though the U.S. population of 330 million is only 4.1 percent of the world’s 8 billion people, Americans account for more than 25 percent of all COVID-19 cases and deaths.

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COVID-19: The Real Costs We’re Paying for Our Public Policy Failure

My entire professional life in public health and as a pediatrician has been dedicated to the prevention of disease wherever possible, and to delivering appropriate medical interventions whenever necessary.  For me, diagnosing and treating an individual patient for a disease is very rewarding. 

But, even more rewarding for me — and the real payoff for society — is when we institute policies and organize our resources to prevent the spread of disease.

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