— from Governor Jay Inslee’s Office —
Gov. Jay Inslee today announced a new COVID-19 risk assessment dashboard to aid the state in gauging when and how to best lift restrictions around ‘Stay Home, Stay Healthy” in Washington.
Wednesday marked 100 days since the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in Washington state. The governor mentioned that in the coming weeks, the state will slowly start “turning the dial” on several physical distancing restrictions in accordance with changing epidemiological and public health data.
“It is important to share the information and data that informs our decisions,” Inslee said. “As each decision we make informs choices that impact the health and safety of Washingtonians, we want to show that there are multiple indicators we rely on for how we can remain healthy and open our businesses.”
Read the full story on the governor’s Medium page
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Looking at the PDF of the governor’s data slides, San Juan County stands out in the slide titled “County Isolation and Quarantine Capacity”. It’s the only county labelled “Planned NON-OP” — can someone explain what that means?
Good question from Dave. That caught our eyes as well. All I can say is that San Juan County has been working on a plan for providing isolation & quarantine space if needed and feels fairly good about our current capacity. We’re not sure where the data used for Governor’s slides came from, but we have reached out to his office and other state agencies to make sure they correct in any future briefings.