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California's public health director abruptly resigns amid questions about state's virus testing data
justthenews.com ^ | 8/10/2020 | sophie mann

Posted on 08/10/2020 10:12:24 PM PDT by bitt

Dr. Sonia Angell's resignation comes as California contends with an enormous data glitch in its infectious disease recording system.

Dr. Sonia Angell, California's director of the Department of Public Health, abruptly resigned on Sunday. Angell, who had been in the position for less than a year, reportedly resigned via an email sent to the California Health and Human Services Agency.

Angell has, among others, been leading the state's battle against the novel coronavirus. More than 10,000 Californians have died of the illness, and most of the state remains on shutdown following a brief reopening period in early summer.

"Our department has been front and center in what has become an all-of-government response of unprecedented proportions to COVID-19. In the final calculation, all of our work, in aggregate, makes the difference," Angell reportedly wrote in her resignation letter.

"I want to thank Dr. Angell for her service to the state and her work to help steer our public health system during this global pandemic, while never losing sight of the importance of health equity," wrote Governor Newsom in a Sunday night statement.

During her time in office, Angell held the dual role of director of the state Department of Public Health and California's public health officer. Those roles will now be divided between Sandra Shewdry, a vice president at the nonprofit California Health Care Foundation, and Dr. Erica Pan, who served as public health officer in Alameda County.

Angell's departure comes as the state government reckons with a data glitch that failed to log nearly 300,000 infectious disease testing records, resulting in hindered decision-making at the highest levels of the California government.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: alamedacounty; california; ericapan; gavinnewsom; publichealth; sandrashewdry; soniaangell; sophiemann
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1 posted on 08/10/2020 10:12:24 PM PDT by bitt
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2 posted on 08/10/2020 10:12:38 PM PDT by bitt (Our rights donÂ’t end where your feelings begin.)
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“During her time in office, Angell held the dual role of director of the state Department of Public Health and California’s public health officer. Those roles will now be divided between Sandra Shewdry, a vice president at the nonprofit California Health Care Foundation, and Dr. Erica Pan, who served as public health officer in Alameda County. “

Are men not allowed to hold these positions???

Seems like everyone of these jobs is held by women or women-wanna-bes like the one in Philadelphia.


3 posted on 08/10/2020 10:20:51 PM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you care! Guilting you is how they control you.)
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4 posted on 08/10/2020 10:27:25 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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Maybe she did not agree with Newsom’s medical statistics accounting methods.....


5 posted on 08/10/2020 10:34:22 PM PDT by EagleUSA
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You would think she would hang in there until the pandemic is resolved. She ought to be hung in there for abandoning her post.


6 posted on 08/10/2020 10:51:40 PM PDT by roadcat
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Did she have a conflict of conscience? It happens working with the state. Someday I’ll tell my story. Hopefully, this person will tell theirs and hopefully it’s in HHS and Newsom’s face. The government is a behemoth when you kick in their teeth. They’re a Hydra.


7 posted on 08/10/2020 10:59:20 PM PDT by Karliner (Heb 4:12 Rom 8:28 Rev 3, "...This is the end of the beginning." Churchill)
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Is this an affirmative action appointment?


8 posted on 08/10/2020 10:59:48 PM PDT by Reno89519 (Buy American, Hire American! End All Worker Visa Programs. Replace Visa Workers w/ American Workers)
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9 posted on 08/10/2020 11:01:00 PM PDT by timestax
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California voters need to sign the recall Gruesome Newsom petitions being circulated.


10 posted on 08/10/2020 11:57:57 PM PDT by CdMGuy
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Just The News (John Solomon’s outfit) didn’t dig much. What does “glitch that failed to log nearly 300,000 infectious disease testing records” mean? Lost Positives or Negatives?


11 posted on 08/11/2020 2:40:01 AM PDT by ReaganGeneration2
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You would think she would hang in there until the pandemic is resolved

The Pennsy Education Secretary resigns about two weeks before public school districts are about to open.

https://www.pennlive.com/news/2020/08/pa-education-secretary-pedro-rivera-moving-on-to-become-president-of-thaddeus-stevens-college-of-technology.html

Nice to know our public servants are taking care of numero uno first and foremost.

12 posted on 08/11/2020 4:59:05 AM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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This needs to happen on a massive scale.

There is widespread corruption that must be rooted out.
I am sure Rachel Levine here in PA would be unable to
withstand close scrutiny.


13 posted on 08/11/2020 6:04:17 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer.)
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I don’t like the sounds of this. Newsome putting his own loyalists in power in preparation for bigger lockdowns?


14 posted on 08/11/2020 6:51:09 AM PDT by GSWarrior
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Glitch.

SNORT.


15 posted on 08/11/2020 6:55:17 AM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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Newsom: “I need a big outbreak in positive cases to justify shutting down businesses”
Angell: “Governor, I can’t just..”
Newsom: “Do it or quit”


16 posted on 08/11/2020 6:56:42 AM PDT by AppyPappy (How many fingers am I holding up, Winston?)
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Why is testing so important? We’ve been told this is the worst virus in human history, so why does anyone need testing to know they’ve got it? Wouldn’t they already know? I mean, don’t people instantly bleed out all their orifices and die??


17 posted on 08/11/2020 6:57:59 AM PDT by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Have!)
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Newsom: “I need a big outbreak in positive cases to justify shutting down businesses”

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““I need a big outbreak in positive cases to justify
1. giving illegals $1200
2. charging the Feds 31K for fake treatment


18 posted on 08/11/2020 7:00:38 AM PDT by bitt (Our rights donÂ’t end where your feelings begin.)
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There is a free testing place across from my office here in CA. For the longest time cars were backed up waiting to get tested. Recently those numbers have dried up, no long lines ect. CA had to “find” new cases now that they can’t get enough people to get tested. All so Newsom can have the numbers he needs to further the lockdown and restrictions.


19 posted on 08/11/2020 7:07:02 AM PDT by walkingdead (We are sacrificing America's youth on the altar of our own fear. And it is a travesty.)
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" More than 10,000 Californians have died of the illness,"

Allegedly, More than 10,000 Californians have died of the illness.......

20 posted on 08/11/2020 7:58:14 AM PDT by matthew fuller (we're "blessed to have a leader" like Trump. Goya CEO)
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