Video & Transcript: Media Briefing on Presumptive Monkeypox Case

May 24, 2022.Reading time less than 1 minute.

King County Health Officer Dr. Jeff Duchin held a media briefing on May 23, 2022, to share information about a presumptive case of monkeypox in King County and answer reporters’ questions. A transcript of the briefing is now available, and the video of the briefing is below. Originally published May 24, 2022.

Video & Transcript: COVID Media Briefing with King County’s Health Officer

April 26, 2022.Reading time 2 minutes.

King County Health Officer Dr. Jeff Duchin held a public briefing on April 25, 2022, answering questions from the news media and members of the community.

Parents’ pressing pandemic questions and Public Health answers

April 15, 2022.Reading time 14 minutes.

A parent is on the phone and seated at a table with a computer and two young children, all are wearing medical masks.

At this stage of the COVID-19 pandemic, parents are faced with uncertainty, and a ton of tricky questions. King County Public Health answered.

COVID-19 Case Rates & BA.2: A Q&A With Our Health Officer, Dr. Jeff Duchin

April 6, 2022.Reading time 12 minutes.

In recent weeks, we’ve heard a lot about fluctuating COVID-19 case rates in other cities and countries, and the spread of the BA.2 variant. We sat down for a Q&A with King County’s Health Officer, Dr. Jeff Duchin, to get a better sense of what we’re seeing in King County.

Video & Transcript: COVID Media Briefing with King County’s Health Officer

March 11, 2022.Reading time 2 minutes.

King County Health Officer Dr. Jeff Duchin held a public briefing on March 11, 2022, answering questions from the news media and members of the community. Dr. Duchin discussed the lifting of the indoor mask mandate.

Video & Transcript: COVID Media Briefing with King County’s Health Officer

February 4, 2022.Reading time 2 minutes.

King County Health Officer Dr. Jeff Duchin held a public briefing on February 3, 2022, answering questions from the news media and members of the community. Dr. Duchin discussed where we are in the pandemic overall: COVID-19 is clearly not over, but we are heading in the right direction. So, for now and for the […]