An Open Letter from Teachers in Humboldt and Del Norte Counties about Safe School Reopening

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“We expect our communities to treat our students as the priority that they are to us. We want to come to work knowing that we are doing everything we possibly can to make sure our kids don’t get sick at school and won’t take infection home to their families. And we need the resources and staff to make that happen, including classroom aides, school nurses, and more.”

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Humboldt County’s Public Health Director Michele Stephens Answers Questions Homelessness and Food Insecurity During the COVID Crisis

Public Health Director Michele Stephens

“[I]n April or March and April of last year so in 2019, we averaged about 1200 Calfresh applications a month and so for March and April of 2020 there were about roughly 1400 in March and about 1800–1850 in April and so that was a 56 growth in April–that was the largest growth that we’ve seen thus far for Calfresh applications… .”

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Dr Teresa Frankovich Talks COVID Pool Testing, Mendocino vs Humboldt Information Releases, and More

Dr. Frankovich July 20

“[W]e’re seeing the initial rise in cases led by young healthy individuals who may not be very ill. As the virus continues to circulate, we see increasing hospitalizations…and we’re starting to see high-risk populations get sick, and then the ICU rates start to go up in addition to hospitalizations, and then deaths follow.”

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