Dr Harris BLMS California Governor Newsom Addressed Housing & Homeless

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office projects that more than half of all Californians will be infected with coronavirus in two months, according to a letter Newsom sent President Donald Trump on Wednesday.

“We project that roughly 56 percent of our population - 25.5 million people - will be infected with the virus over an eight-week period,” Newsom wrote. After releasing the letter on Thursday, the Newsom administration quickly sought to clarify its projection, saying that the number did not account for aggressive measures the state is taking to slow the spread of the virus.

“This projection shows why it’s so critical that Californians take action to slow the spread of the disease – and those mitigation efforts aren’t taken into account in that number,” Newsom spokesman Nathan Click wrote in an email. “The state is deploying every resource at its disposal to meet this challenge, and we continue to ask for the federal government’s assistance in this fight.” State and local officials are urging people to stay inside and avoid contact with others to slow transmission of the virus. At least a quarter of the state’s residents are under some type of shelter in place or stay at home orders, including in Sacramento County. If successful, officials hope to spread the effect on the hospital system over time, a tactic that’s known as