San Diego County elected, health, and community leaders will participate in a virtual town hall Thursday evening to discuss monkeypox, the risks, and the country’s response to the local health emergency.
San Diego County residents can tune in on Aug.11 from 6 p.m. through 7:30 p.m. via zoom to learn more about the county’s monkeypox education efforts, the risk to the public, prevention methods, and treatment options. The event is hosted by the County Board of Supervisors Chair Nathan Fletcher, and the county’s Health and Human Services agency.
County Chief Medical Officer, Eric McDonald, M.D. will moderate the conversation.
Speakers include San Diego mayor Todd Gloria, Nick Macchione, Health and Human Services Agency Director, Wilma J. Wooten, M.D., M.P.H., County Public Health Officer, Ankita Kadakia, M.D., Deputy County Public Health Officer, Winston Tilghman, M.D., County HIV, STD & Hepatitis Branch Medical Director and Patrick Loose, Branch Chief. San Diego HIV Planning Group Chair, Mikie Lochner.
Individuals may enter the virtual webinar confidentially, and questions may be submitted in advance via County’s monkeypox webpage. Those joining the town hall meeting will have an additional option to submit questions via private chat.
Click the link to enter the virtual meeting: tinyurl.com/MonkeypoxTownhall.
Webinar ID: 840 2176 3751
Passcode: 576964
To dial in via phone call, dial +1 669 900 6833.
