The ‘Path to Zero’ preventable COVID deaths will focus on access to medication and at-home testing for the most affected communities.
It’s a new era in the COVID pandemic: Most precautions have been rolled back, and cases are once again on the rise in California. But with the Bay Area boasting some of the nation’s highest vaccination rates, and the availability of new therapies, Contra Costa County public health officials announced a new goal on Monday: to reduce, and ideally eliminate, “preventable” COVID deaths.
Now, the county is reviewing those deaths to determine which ones were considered “preventable” which will help focus efforts going forward on the most vulnerable populations, said Dr. Ori Tzvieli, the county’s Health Officer.
One of the main tools in the new effort is a new nurse line for residents who test positive, available to all regardless of insurance coverage, or vaccination status. The pills can be taken at home with a prescription within a few days of symptom onset to greatly reduce the severity of the disease, and lower the chances of hospitalization and death. Roth said one of the reasons the county has turned to an advice line is because they heard residents were having a hard time locating antiviral medications.
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