If the virus becomes more transmissible, it will watch hospitalization rates. If the virus becomes more virulent, the state will pay closer attention to infection rates and dial up its response. These changes will be triggered by metrics that Ghaly called “on ramps and off ramps” based on changes in virus. Critics have noted that high-risk patients are often unaware that life-saving medicines are available. Ghaly did not provide specifics on how those protocols might change.Īnd the state hopes to better link newly infected people with treatments, especially as antiviral pills become more widely distributed. The new plan also aims to build a more reliable system of health care workers, maintaining a registry and employment contracts so that in an emergency, California can boost staffing by 3,000 people within two to three weeks.Īdditionally, the state is updating old quarantine and contact tracing protocols so they better fit the circulating variant and vaccination rates. “While we can’t predict the future, we can better prepare for it.” “This warehouse, 1 million square feet, now is housing a demonstrable example of our preparedness as we move into this next phase of the pandemic,” Newsom said. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG) The plan is to move from the pandemic stage into an endemic stage in which people will learn to live COVID.
Gavin Newsom, right, walks through rows of boxed PPE with dignitaries and elected officials, as he prepares to announce the next phase of California’s COVID-19 response called “SMARTER,” during a press conference at the UPS Healthcare warehouse in Fontana on Thursday, Feb. In a cavernous storage warehouse stacked with boxes of masks in San Bernardino County, Governor Gavin Newsom said preparation is well underway.
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