AnonymousSource: Santa Barbara County Public Health Department
The County Health Officer Dr. Henning Ansorg, has issued Health Officer Order No. 2020-14.1 requiring temperature screening, self-evaluation, and reporting of COVID-19 cases at all homeless shelters and H-2A housing in the County of Santa Barbara. This Order is effective starting at 5:00 p.m. (PDT) September 14, 2020, continuing until 5:00 p.m. (PDT), on October 13, 2020 or until it is extended, rescinded, superseded, or amended in writing by the County of Santa Barbara Health Officer (“Health Officer”).
The new order stipulates the following:
- All individuals entering or residing in a homeless shelter or H-2A housing shall be screened for COVID-19 symptoms daily.
- If through daily screening an individual or resident has symptoms related to COVID-19, the individual must immediately self-isolate and notify the manger, operator, owner of the facility, or employer.
- The operator, manager, owner of homeless shelters or the employers providing H-2A housing must immediately notify the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department when there is one case of confirmed COVID-19 in the homeless shelter or H-2A housing.
In addition, the Health Officer strongly recommends that homeless shelters and H-2A housing utilize stable groups to reduce potential transmission of COVID-19 in these types of housing.
“The Santa Barbara County Public Health Department will partner with homeless shelters and H-2A housing operators to ensure that we mitigate the spread of COVID-19. Prevention efforts and quick response will facilitate the best possible outcomes for the residents in these congregate settings,” shared Van Do-Reynoso, Public Health Director.
For further details, please refer to the full Health Officer Order located here.
If they test positive they do get free motel housing for quarantine. Maybe this free housing program wanted to generate more clients. Plus the county just spent one million dollars to rent the Sears Building to be converted into an overflow covid care center, just when the numbers of new cases started going down. So this could be another way of dealing with the supply and demand problem, or demand to increase the supply issue to keep both these programs going..
If they test positive they do get free motel housing for quarantine. Maybe this free housing program wanted to generate more clients. Plus the county just spent one million dollars to rent the Sears Building to be converted into an overflow covid care center, just when the numbers of new cases started going down. So this could be another way of dealing with the supply and demand problem, or demand to increase the supply issue to keep both these programs going..
Many people were becoming suspicious as to why the homeless aren’t getting covid. Now they will have it.
Many people were becoming suspicious as to why the homeless aren’t getting covid. Now they will have it.
Temp 97.4 Normal. Have you experienced any of the following symptoms in the past 48 hours:
fever or chills. No
cough. No
shortness of breath or difficulty breathing. No
fatigue. No
muscle or body aches. No
headache. No
new loss of taste or smell. No
sore throat. No
congestion or runny nose. No
nausea or vomiting. No
diarrhea……….There, You have been screened. you may enter.
Temp 97.4 Normal. Have you experienced any of the following symptoms in the past 48 hours:
fever or chills. No
cough. No
shortness of breath or difficulty breathing. No
fatigue. No
muscle or body aches. No
headache. No
new loss of taste or smell. No
sore throat. No
congestion or runny nose. No
nausea or vomiting. No
diarrhea……….There, You have been screened. you may enter.