Lead of Communicable Disease & Epidemiology - Lea Hamner - Ep. 20 - a podcast by Brandon Reese
from 2020-04-03T19:17:34
Lea Hamner is the lead of Communicable Disease & Epidemiology of Skagit County Public Health, in Skagit County, Washington.
Lea leads a team of communicable disease investigators, nurses, epidemiologists, and community health workers to reduce rates of over 75 notifiable diseases. She and her team develop a surveillance system to establish reliable reporting, collection, analysis, and intervention to save lives in Skagit County.
"We are at war! Drill time is over"
Washington State was one of the earliest and hardest-hit areas in the United States. Lea has seen first hand the effects of Covid-19 and as someone who works in public health, she has some incredible insights on how to prevent Covid-19 and what's happening on the ground. Lea shares her knowledge on quarantine vs isolation, what does social distancing actually mean, debunking misinformation and what you can do to help the fight against Covid-19.
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