Dr. Wilma Wooten, San Diego County’s public health officer and director, retires after 17 years on the job.
Dr. Wilma Wooten, San Diego County’s public health officer, talks about her retirement on Monday, June 17, 2024 in San Diego, California. hit, filling emergency departments nationwide and giving Dr. Wilma Wooten her first taste of what it takes to manage a large-scale public health threat.Swine flu and COVID-19 were two big bookends for a 17-year career spent being responsible for protecting all aspects of the public’s health in San Diego County.
“Whether it’s the education system or the health care system, you have to have collaborative partnerships.” “Kudos to her for allowing us to put a little spin on how we did the work in southeast San Diego,” Afflalo said. “In community education, in testing, in vaccinations, they allowed us to do the work without much hindrance.”
“Our percentages for deaths alone were lower compared to other entities, and I do not regret any of the health officer’s orders or decisions that were made, not at all,” Wooten said.According to statistics compiled by The New York Times, San Diego County experienced 181 deaths per 100,000 residents compared to 252 per 100,000 in Orange County, which has almost exactly the same number of residents, slightly fewer of whom live in poverty.
“There really is a lot of great work being done by the great staff that we have across the branches,” Wooten said.
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