Amid calls for more transparency, a debate is raging among public health experts over how much data on the spread of the virus should be released.
SAN JOSE, Calif. — When the first case of the coronavirus in Silicon Valley was discovered in late January, health officials were faced with a barrage of questions: What city did the patient live in? Whom had he come in contact with? Which health clinic had he visited before he knew he was infected?
Dr. Sara Cody, the chief health officer for Santa Clara County, which has a population of two million across 15 cities, declined to give details.
“I can’t give the city,” she said, adding “we are not going to be giving out information about where he sought health care.” Continue reading.