A woman fighting cancer is speaking up after seeing one too many people breaking public health orders in her El Dorado County community. “It’s very scary to me that people are coming up here with no mask,” said Tullia Natalia, a Pollock Pines resident. “My thing is, I’m gonna die of COVID, while I’m fighting breast cancer.”Natalia was diagnosed around two years ago. She underwent a hysterectomy and lost her second breast last month. As COVID-19 death numbers continue to rise, Natalia is increasingly concerned seeing people not wearing face masks or social distancing. She is especially worried about out-of-town visitors renting the Airbnb property next door to her home. “It makes me feel like I’m being violated as a cancer patient. That’s not OK,” Natalia said. El Dorado County is now seeing the majority of its COVID-19 cases from community transmission.”That’s where you’re just out and about, having gatherings with people,” explained El Dorado County Communications Director Carla Hass. “We shouldn’t be having people outside of a household, coming and going to a vacation rental.”El Dorado County follows state public health orders, and does not allow gatherings that bring together people from multiple households under the same roof.”If they want to rent a house, that’s perfectly fine, we welcome that, but we ask they stay quarantined and isolated as a household unit, for 14 days, to make sure no one unknowingly has the virus,” Hass said. El Dorado County is one of the few California counties not on the state COVID-19 watch list, but its position could be jeopardized if coronavirus cases continue to rise. “It boils down to what we have been talking about since the beginning,” Hass said. “Stay at least 6 feet away from people that you don’t live with. Wash your hands a lot. Sanitize surfaces. A lot can be done if we take those easy steps.”Hass said the county is not actively seeking out people or businesses that are violating the public health order. However, it will review and respond to any complaints from the community. Anyone with concerns about a possible violation in El Dorado County, can submit their claim through this form. “People need to be more aware of people like me who are trying to live their lives and get healthy,” Natalia said.
POLLOCK PINES, Calif. —
A woman fighting cancer is speaking up after seeing one too many people breaking public health orders in her El Dorado County community.
“It’s very scary to me that people are coming up here with no mask,” said Tullia Natalia, a Pollock Pines resident. “My thing is, I’m gonna die of COVID, while I’m fighting breast cancer.”
Natalia was diagnosed around two years ago. She underwent a hysterectomy and lost her second breast last month. As COVID-19 death numbers continue to rise, Natalia is increasingly concerned seeing people not wearing face masks or social distancing. She is especially worried about out-of-town visitors renting the Airbnb property next door to her home.
“It makes me feel like I’m being violated as a cancer patient. That’s not OK,” Natalia said.
El Dorado County is now seeing the majority of its COVID-19 cases from community transmission.
“That’s where you’re just out and about, having gatherings with people,” explained El Dorado County Communications Director Carla Hass. “We shouldn’t be having people outside of a household, coming and going to a vacation rental.”
El Dorado County follows state public health orders, and does not allow gatherings that bring together people from multiple households under the same roof.
“If they want to rent a house, that’s perfectly fine, we welcome that, but we ask they stay quarantined and isolated as a household unit, for 14 days, to make sure no one unknowingly has the virus,” Hass said.
El Dorado County is one of the few California counties not on the state COVID-19 watch list, but its position could be jeopardized if coronavirus cases continue to rise.
“It boils down to what we have been talking about since the beginning,” Hass said. “Stay at least 6 feet away from people that you don’t live with. Wash your hands a lot. Sanitize surfaces. A lot can be done if we take those easy steps.”
Hass said the county is not actively seeking out people or businesses that are violating the public health order. However, it will review and respond to any complaints from the community.
Anyone with concerns about a possible violation in El Dorado County, can submit their claim through this form.
“People need to be more aware of people like me who are trying to live their lives and get healthy,” Natalia said.