While Dr. Scott Santibañez was deployed to the Hoopa Valley Tribe in CA, he was working at a community testing site when ash began falling from the sky. Suddenly, his team had to shift focus from limiting the
spread of COVID-19 to preparing for possible wildfire evacuations in the middle of a pandemic.Public health experts know how to plan for pandemics and respond to emergencies, and they know how to plan for evacuations due to natural disasters. But when confronted with both at the same time, “It really creates a very challenging situation,” Scott says.
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