{"id":5570,"date":"2020-06-10T22:09:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-10T19:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/orange-county-health-official-resigns-amid-pushback-over-face-mask-order\/"},"modified":"2020-06-10T22:09:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-10T19:09:00","slug":"orange-county-health-official-resigns-amid-pushback-over-face-mask-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/orange-county-health-official-resigns-amid-pushback-over-face-mask-order\/","title":{"rendered":"#Orange County health official resigns amid pushback over face mask order"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Orange County health official resigns amid pushback over face mask order<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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June 10, 2020 |<\/span> 3:09pm |<\/span> Updated June 10, 2020 | 3:36pm<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n The chief health officer in Orange County, Calif., resigned this week after receiving pushback \u2014 and even death threats \u2014 over her mandate that everyone in the county wear face masks amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to new reports.<\/p>\n

Dr. Nichole Quick faced immedia<\/a>te resistance from residents and elected officials when she issued the face mask mandate in late May, the Los Angeles Times reported.<\/p>\n

During a county board of supervisors meeting last month, a woman who identified herself as an attorney disparaged Quick\u2019s experience in the medical field and even read her home address out loud.<\/p>\n

The woman threatened to take a group to Quick\u2019s home and \u201cdo calisthenics in masks on her front doorstep\u201d in an attempt to prove that face coverings are unsafe, according to the Times.<\/p>\n

She echoed other critics\u2019 claims that face masks can pose a danger to people\u2019s oxygen levels.<\/p>\n

The CDC has previously said that children younger than 2 and anyone with a breathing issue should not wear masks.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen people start dropping like flies, and they will,\u201d the woman added, \u201cI am going to ask every first responder in a 30-mile radius to roll lights and sirens to her front door, and you had best pray they can revive whoever went down because if they can\u2019t \u2026 I will be asking the OC DA\u2019s office to charge it as murder.\u201d<\/p>\n

Orange County Board of Supervisors Chair Michelle Steel said later that week that \u201cno one deserves to be threatened or intimidated the way [Quick] was\u201d and stressed that \u201cit should never happ<\/a>en again.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Orange County Executive Officer Frank Kim<\/span>Leonard Ortiz\/Orange County Register via ZUMA Wire<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At another meeting, some attendees brought a poster with Quick\u2019s photo on it, with a Hitler mustache on her face and swastikas.<\/p>\n

Quick voluntarily resigned Monday, and the county agreed to pay her $75,000 in severance, according to the report.<\/p>\n

Her settlement and release agreement stipulates that County Executive Officer Frank Kim won\u2019t disparage work done by Quick during her time of employment, and Quick agreed not to criticize the county or the board of supervisors, the paper reported.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was too much for her,\u201d Orange County Fourth District supervisor Doug Chaffee told the Orange County Register of Quick\u2019s decision to resign. \u201cShe has three young children and she\u2019s been severely criticized by people who came out demanding her resignation, demonstrations in front of her home.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s done her best to give her medical opinion and it\u2019s not popular so she has resigned,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Dr. Clayton Chau, director of the Orange County Health Care Agency, was appointed to take her place.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s unclear what will happen to Quick\u2019s mask order, but Chau has defended it on the basis that it\u2019s necessary when residents cannot stay six feet apart, according to the Register.<\/p>\n

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A man bikes while wearing a face mask along Huntington Beach in California.<\/span>Mario Tama\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Quick has said she issued the order out of concern that COVID-19 cases would rise as residents interact more with relaxed stay-at-home regulations, the paper reported.<\/p>\n

Quick is the third high-ranking health care executive to leave the county amid the pandemic, according to the Times.<\/p>\n

David Souleles retired from his post as the deputy agency director of public health services in April, weeks after Richard Sanchez quit his role as director of the county\u2019s health care agency to take up a position with county-organized health insurance system CalOptima.\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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