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MINUTES - Draft <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH <br /> June 23,2021 <br /> Enteric "Foodborne" Illnesses — <br /> • Campylobacter and salmonella make up the greatest amounts of gastrointestinal <br /> illnesses that occur in Orange County. The numbers were less than the previous year, <br /> primarily due to the pandemic. <br /> Vaccine Preventable Diseases — <br /> • Since they are respiratory diseases, school closings, hand washing and mask wearing <br /> has resulted in the decline in the rate of pertussis and influenza. <br /> Vectorborne Illnesses— <br /> • Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) and Ehrlichiosis are the two most prevalent tick <br /> borne illnesses seen in Orange County. It's speculated that RMSF increased due to <br /> limited social interactions which caused some people to enter the woods more to do <br /> activities such as mountain biking and walking, most likely, in areas endemic to ticks. <br /> Waterborne Illnesses— <br /> • Legionellosis and cryptosporidium numbers have been steady. <br /> Sexually Transmitted Illnesses (STI) — <br /> • Chlamydia and gonorrhea cases are the highest cases of STIs. <br /> • The trend is that STI numbers are going downward. <br /> • New HIV infections were cut by a third. There were no newly identified AIDS infections <br /> for the 4th year in a row. <br /> COVID-19— <br /> • The total number of cases in NC is just over a million at 1,009,198. <br /> • The total number of cases in OC is 8,579. Approximately 8,100 were molecular (PCR) <br /> positive cases and 479 antigen were positive cases. <br /> • Demographics of confirmed cases in OC were presented. Weekly case trends were <br /> provided and broken down by race, ethnicity, and age. <br /> • The COVID-19 vaccination response: <br /> o On December 23, 2020, the first administration of vaccine by the OCHD mobile <br /> team was completed at Apogee group home. <br /> o The first Points of Dispensing (PODs) occurred at Cedar Ridge High School. <br /> Afterwards, more PODs were held at various locations such as the UNC RR lot, <br /> churches and community centers in which larger quantities of vaccines could be <br /> distributed. <br /> o Optum, a state contracted provider, is providing daily vaccinations and testing, at <br /> both, the Whitted and SHSC, health department locations via appointment and <br /> walk-in. Moderna and Pfizer vaccines are being given at both locations. <br /> o The OCHD mobile team continues to remain active and reach out to historically <br /> marginalized areas of the county. Katie Benedyk, from OC EMS, is the mobile <br /> team lead. The OCHD mobile team has provided vaccinations in OC resident's <br /> homes, the detention center in Hillsborough, and mobile parks. They have <br /> worked with our Human Services team in their effort to work with community <br /> partners to reduce some of those barriers that OC's underserved areas are <br /> experiencing so that they can be vaccinated as well as assisting the community <br /> partners when the vaccine is made available for those less thank 12 years of <br /> age. <br /> S:\Managers Working Files\BOH\Agenda &Abstracts\2021 Agenda &Abstracts/ <br /> June Page 2 <br />