{"id":30402,"date":"2020-05-14T01:22:31","date_gmt":"2020-05-14T01:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/virusreports.net\/l-a-county-public-health-director-apologizes-for-controversial-remark\/"},"modified":"2020-05-14T01:22:31","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T01:22:31","slug":"l-a-county-public-health-director-apologizes-for-controversial-remark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/virusreports.net\/l-a-county-public-health-director-apologizes-for-controversial-remark\/","title":{"rendered":"L.A. County Public Health Director Apologizes For Controversial Remark"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Los Angeles County Public Health Director <a data-tag=\"dr-barbara-ferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/dr-barbara-ferrer\/\" id=\"auto-tag_dr-barbara-ferrer\">Dr. Barbara Ferrer<\/a> started her daily COVID news conference on Wednesday by apologizing \u2014 for a second time \u2014 for remarks she made on Tuesday that caused a <a href=\"http:\/\/County%20Public%20Health%20Director%20Dr.%20Barbara%20Ferrer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">public furor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>She apologized \u201cfor the confusion I created yesterday when I indicated that we needed to continue with the health officer orders through the next few months. I had no intention of messaging that we weren\u2019t changing our order to reflect our recovery journey.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked Wednesday what the next few months would look like, Ferrer was non-committal, saying the data would dictate her department\u2019s decisions.<\/p>\n<p>She then ventured closer to her remarks from Tuesday, which indicated stay at home orders might persist until August. In order to really reopen, the director said, L.A. County needs three things: Therapeutic medicines, vaccinations and testing you can do at home. Ferrer said more stringent restrictions would pertain \u201cuntil we have all three of the possibilities or even one or two of them.\u201d<\/p>\n<article>\n<h4>\n\t\tRelated Story\t<\/h4>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2020\/05\/l-a-coronavirus-update-mayor-eric-garcetti-says-i-dont-want-to-turn-los-angeles-into-some-sort-of-police-state-1202934246\/\"><\/p>\n<h3>\n\t\t\tL.A. Coronavirus Update: Mayor Eric Garcetti Says, &#8220;I Don&#8217;t Want To Turn Los Angeles Into Some Sort Of Police State&#8221;\t\t<\/h3>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p>Until then, \u201cwe are left with \u201cPhysical distancing\u2026infection control\u2026and containment,\u201d which are the measures in place now. That could, in theory, mean L.A. residents would need to stay at home until August.<\/p>\n<p>Ferrer\u2019s controversial statements yesterday came at a meeting of the county\u2019s Board of Supervisors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do think recovery will be months-long,\u201d said Ferrer on Tuesday, \u201cbased on the tools we have at hand today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stressing that \u201cwith all certainty,\u201d the stay-at-home order set to expire at the end of this week will be expanded all the way to August, Ferrer added that \u201cour hope is that by using the data, we\u2019d be able to slowly lift restrictions over the next three months.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chaos ensued. L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti appeared on CNN not once, but twice yesterday to walk back Ferrer\u2019s remarks. Ferrer herself then issued a statement doing the same.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile the Safer at Home orders will remain in place over the next few months,\u201d Ferrer\u2019s statement read, \u201crestrictions will be gradually relaxed under our 5-stage Roadmap to Recovery, while making sure we are keeping our communities as safe as possible during this pandemic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis will be a slow journey\u2026Everywhere we go, we will be taking protections. This is because COVID-19, as a virus, is still highly contagious.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs much as possible, when you can, you ought to stay home,\u201d said Ferrer.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2020\/05\/l-a-county-coronavirus-dr-barbara-ferrer-1202933922\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles County Public Health Director Dr. Barbara Ferrer started her daily COVID news conference on Wednesday by apologizing \u2014 for a second time \u2014 for remarks she made on Tuesday that caused a public furor. 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