Dr. Erica Pan has been appointed the new California State Epidemiologist. She joins us to talk about her experience leading Alameda County’s coronavirus response–including clashes with Elon Musk over the opening of the Fremont Tesla factory and being targeted on social media for shelter in place mandates–and about her vision for the new job. And we’ll ask her about California counties on the coronavirus watch list, recent COVID-related deaths among San Quentin prisoners, and emerging evidence of greater airborne spread of coronavirus.
Dr. Erica Pan Appointed California State Epidemiologist
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A traffic officer directs a line of vehicles at a COVID-19 testing center at Lincoln Park amid the coronavirus pandemic on July 07, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Guests:
Dr. Erica Pan, health officer, Alameda County; appointed California State Epidemiologist and deputy director for the Center for Infectious Diseases at the California Department of Public Health
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