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1:42 p.m. San Mateo County public health officer blasts state restrictions as ‘misdirected’: In a strongly worded statement Thursday, San Mateo County Public Health Officer Scott Morrow apologized to businesses that were shut down by state restrictions, saying the orders were “misdirected” and “will cause more harm than good.” Among other concerns, Morrow criticized the state’s process for qualifying a county for its coronavirus watch list, citing a lack of consistent data and an inability to account for the data’s nuances. He also said that the state lacks evidence to prove that certain businesses were more likely to spread the disease, and the order oversteps its power by enforcing health mandates over county authorities. “This action is a bit like looking for your lost keys under a streetlight even though you lost them miles away,” Morrow said. “We have to minimize spread while not destroying everything else in the … [Read more...] about Coronavirus live updates: Deal calls for SF teachers to interact with kids live online at least 2 hours daily

12:17 p.m. Harry Reid calls Trump attack on mail-in voting foolish ‘hullabaloo’: Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Friday that President Trump “is raising concerns that are non-existent” by attacking plans for mail-in voting during the pandemic, including in Reid’s home state of Nevada. The attacks are “an effort by Trump and the Republicans to stop people from voting,” and are “making a big hullabaloo over nothing,” Reid said in a CNN interview. The Trump campaign is suing the battleground state of Nevada over its plan to send absentee ballots to all voters this November, a step California also is taking. Reid predicted mail-in ballots will improve voter turnout. … [Read more...] about Coronavirus live updates: ‘Our data system has failed’; California probes issue that fouled up case counts

2:40 p.m. SF data updates paused under statewide tech glitch: The city and county of San Francisco will suspend regular updates on coronavirus testing, tracing, and key health indicators due to data impacts caused by a statewide technological problem, health officials announced Thursday. State health officials announced Tuesday that they had drastically underreported coronavirus cases because of a technological problem in their data transfer technology. City health officials also announced that contract tracing efforts are reaching fewer people due to the data issue. San Francisco’s data tracker will now note that cases and tests are underreported until the issue is resolved. … [Read more...] about Coronavirus live updates: ‘Our data system has failed’; California investigates foul-up in case counts

2:40 p.m. SF data updates paused under statewide tech glitch: The city and county of San Francisco will suspend regular updates on coronavirus testing, tracing, and key health indicators due to data impacts caused by a statewide technological problem, health officials announced Thursday. State health officials announced Tuesday that they had drastically underreported coronavirus cases because of a technological problem in their data transfer technology. City health officials also announced that contract tracing efforts are reaching fewer people due to the data issue. San Francisco’s data tracker will now note that cases and tests are underreported until the issue is resolved. … [Read more...] about Coronavirus live updates: Bay Area’s death toll reaches 900 lives lost to COVID-19