>>> THAT IS A %
LOT FOR NOW. %
THANK YOU SO %
MUCH. %
GREAT TO SEE %
YOU. %
HAPPY MONDAY. %
>>> CALIFORNIA %
GOVERNOR KEVIN %
NEWSOM SPOKE FOR %
THE FIRST TIME %
SINCE THE STATE %
PUBLIC HEALTH %
DIRECTOR %
RESIGNED. %
NBC NEWS %
CORRESPONDENT
ERIN McLAUGHLIN
JOINS US FROM %
LOST THE %
ANGELES. %
WHAT DID THE
GOVERNOR HAD TO %
SAY?
>> Reporter: %
HEY, ALISON. %
IT WAS AS %
REPEATEDLY ABOUT
THE SURPRISE
RESIGNATION OF
CALIFORNIA’S %
PUBLIC HEALTH %
DIRECTOR, DR. %
SONIA ANGEL %
>> SHE HAD BEEN
IN HER POST FOR %
LESS THAN A %
YEAR. %
REALLY THING AS %
A CRITICAL PART %
OF HIS TEAM,
FIGHTING COVID-%
19.
HER RESIGNATION
SHORTLY FOLLOWED
THE ESTATE WHICH
, THE DATABASE
THAT COUNTS THE %
NUMBER OF %
CONFIRMED %
CORONAVIRUS %
CASES. %
THROUGHOUT THE
STATE WITH %
RIDDLED WITH %
GLITCHES LAST %
WEEK.
RESULTING IN AN %
UNDER COUNT OF %
THE NUMBER OF
CONFIRMED CASES
THAT SYSTEM, THE %
GLITCHES HAVE %
SINCE BEEN %
RESOLVED.
BUT THERE’S A %
BACKLOG KNOW OF %
HUNDREDS OF %
THOUSANDS OF %
CASES AND %
AUTHORITIES SAY %
THEY CAN’T LET %
ANY OF THE %
COUNTIES, THE 38 %
COUNTIES THAT %
ARE CURRENTLY ON %
TELEPHONE A’s %
WATCHLIST OFF %
THAT LIST UNTIL %
THE SITUATION IS %
RESOLVED.
RELEASING AS A
HUGE SETBACK IN %
THE FIGHT %
AGAINST COVID-%
19. %
IT WAS ASKED %
SPECIFICALLY IN %
THE PRESS %
CONFERENCE IF %
THERE IS ANY %
LINK BETWEEN THE %
DATABASE WHICH %
IS AND THE %
RESIGNATION OF %
HIS HEALTH %
DIRECTOR. %
TAKE A LISTEN TO %
HOW HE %
RESPONDED. %
>> AND I %
ACCEPTED HER
RESIGNATION. %
FOR. %
ALSO WHAT %
HAPPENS %
UNDERNEATH US.
I KNOW. IF IT IS
NOT OBVIOUS,
THEN I ENCOURAGE %
YOU TO CONSIDER %
THE FACT THAT WE %
ACCEPTED HER %
RESIGNATION %
APPRECIATED HER %
WORK. WE ALL HAVE
A ROLE AND %
RESPONSIBILITY %
TO WHAT HAPPENS %
WITHIN HER %
RESPECTIVE %
DEPARTMENTS. %
NONE OF THIS IS %
EASY. %
BUT TECHNOLOGY IS
STUBBORN AND %
CHANGING. %
AND ALL OF THESE %
THINGS ARE BEING %
ASSESSED, ALL OF %
THESE THINGS
BEING CONSIDERED %
IN RELATIONSHIP %
TO WHAT WE ARE %
DOING GOING %
FORWARD, WITH %
OUR ACTING %
INTERIM DPH %
DIRECTOR.
>> THERE’S STILL %
WORKING THROUGH
THESE DATA %
ISSUES. %
HE DID POINT TO %
THE DECLINE IN
HOSPITALIZATIONS %
HERE IN THE %
STATE.
DOWN SOME 18% IN %
THE LEFT TO? %
>> THAT DATA IS %
COLLECTED %
SEPARATE TO THE %
NUMBER OF ACTUAL
CASES AND THAT
IS REALLY, %
AGAIN, SEEN AS %
GOOD NEWS, GIVEN %
THE EXTREME %
LENGTH
CALIFORNIA HAS %
GONE TO TO TRY %
TO GET THE VIRUS
TO CONTROL.
ALISON?
>> Reporter:
ERIN, DOCTORS
AND TRACERS ARE %
THING THAT MOST %
NEW CASES ARE %
COMING FROM %
SUPERSPREADER %
TYPE EVENTS.
WE KNOW THERE %
WAS JUST A %
MASSIVE
GATHERING IN %
STURGIS, SOUTH %
DAKOTA.
WHAT ELSE OUR %
HEALTH EXPERTS %
SAYING ABOUT %
THESE MAJOR %
EVENTS?
>> Reporter: %
YEAH, HEALTH %
EXPERTS ARE %
REALLY UPSET BY %
THE SUPER %
SPREADING EVENTS %
THAT ARE %
CONTINUING HERE %
ACROSS THE %
COUNTRY, PUTTING
SPECIFICALLY TO
THIS EVENT IN %
STURGIS, SOUTH %
DAKOTA. %
IT WITH %
MOTORCYCLE %
RALLY, SOME 10 %
DATE EVENT
CURRENTLY IN DAY %
THREE, NORMALLY SOME 500,000 %
SOME 500,000 %
PEOPLE DESCEND %
UPON STURGIS, %
SOUTH DAKOTA, %
FOR THAT %
EVENING. %
ORGANIZERS SAY %
THEY EXPECT %
ABOUT HALF THAT %
AMOUNT. %
THAT IS TILL %
250,000 PEOPLE. %
SOUTH DAKOTA %
DOES NOT HAVE A %
MANDATORY %
MASKING POLICY. %
NBC CREW THAT %
WAS THERE THIS %
WEEKEND SAID HE %
SAW A LOT OF %
PEOPLE THERE
WITHOUT MASKS, %
REALLY A SOURCE %
OF FRUSTRATION %
TO HEALTH %
EXPERTS WHO %
POINT TO THIS %
KIND OF AN EVENT %
AS THE %
RESPONSIBLE FOR %
CONTINUING
SURGES THAT WE %
ARE SEEING HERE %
IN THE U.S. TAKE %
A LISTEN TO WHAT %
THE DOCTOR HAD %
TO SAY. %
>> THE DATA, 80% %
OF TRANSMISSIONS %
ARE THE RESULT %
OF 20% OF %
INFECTIONS
LIKELY BECAUSE
OF EVENTS LIKE %
THIS.
THAT DRAW
INITIAL CROWD, %
LIKE IN STURGIS. %
THESE ARE THE %
TYPES OF EVENTS, %
THESE ARE THE %
MATCHES THAT %
WILL KEEP THIS %
OUTBREAK, THIS %
FIRE THAT WE %
HAVE ACROSS THE %
COUNTRY FROM %
SUSTAINING.
>> NOW, WAS THIS %
MOTORCYCLE RALLY
IS OVER, ALL THE %
CITIZENS OF %
STURGIS WILL BE %
OFFERED FREE %
CORONAVIRUS
TESTING. %
BUT MANY OF THE %
PEOPLE WE HAVE %
BEEN SPEAKING TO %
THERE IS A THEY %
ARE EXTREMELY %
CONCERNED. %
>> Reporter: HOW %
ABOUT THERE IN %
CALIFORNIA, WE %
KNOW THERE ARE %
SEVERAL
RELIGIOUS GROUPS %
BRINGING PEOPLE %
TOGETHER WITHOUT %
MASKS. %
THE CHURCH HAD A %
SERVICE THIS %
WEEKEND THAT %
DREW PROTEST. %
AND ANOTHER %
SERVICE IN %
PORTLAND, %
OREGON, WHERE %
PLENTY OF PEOPLE %
WERE NOT WEARING %
MASKS. %
WHAT IS GOING ON %
HERE? %
YEAH, THAT IS %
THE CALVARY
CHAPEL IN
NEWBURY PARK,
CALIFORNIA. %
WHICH WE HAD A
RESTRAINING ORDER
TEMPORARY %
RESTRAINING %
ORDER ISSUED %
AGAINST IT BY A
COURT. %
SOME TWO-WEEK %
RESTRAINING %
ORDERS STOPPING
THEM FROM
HOSTING THEIR %
SERVICES %
INDOORS, %
NEVERTHELESS, %
THE PASTOR THERE %
GOING OVER IT %
WITH THAT THIS %
WEEKEND.
MEETING AVERAGE, %
SOME %
DEMONSTRATORS
SHOWING UP.
THERE WAS A %
SMALL SCUFFLE %
THAT ACTUALLY %
BROKE OUT %
BETWEEN PRO-AND %
ANTI-CEREMONY
MR. JUST. %
AN EXAMPLE OF %
THE KINDS OF %
EVENTS EXPERTS %
SAY ARE REALLY %
PROBLEMATIC,
ALSO, ANOTHER,
AS YOU %
MENTIONED, %
ANOTHER SERVICE %
IN OREGON %
BECAUSE THE %
PEOPLE TURNED %
OUT ON THE WATER %
FRONT IN %
PORTLAND TO HEAR %
A PREACHER %
SPEAK. %
AGAIN, THAT %
EVENT, HOSTED %
OUTDOORS. %
BUT, YOU KNOW, %
EXPERTS SAY %
FORWARD THIS %
