Dr. Erica Pan Appointed California State Epidemiologist

Published: July 8, 2020, 10 a.m.

Dr. Erica Pan has been appointed the new California State Epidemiologist.\xa0 She joins us to talk about her experience leading Alameda County\u2019s coronavirus response--including clashes with Elon Musk over the opening of the Fremont Tesla factory and being targeted on social media for shelter in place mandates--and about her vision for the new job. And we\u2019ll ask her about California counties on the coronavirus watch list, recent COVID-related deaths among San Quentin prisoners, and emerging evidence of greater airborne spread of coronavirus.