Search Results for Janet Memark

Health Care August 16, 2021

As more classes go virtual, Cobb school board member emails false information to the public

By Rebecca Gaunt Cobb County School Board Vice-Chairman David Banks, who already made the news this week for emailing false COVID-19 information to the community, continued to disseminate misinformation via…

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Health Care August 15, 2021

Cobb’s COVID case rate now over five times the threshold rate for high transmission

The numbers on the Cobb & Douglas Public Health website for the community transmission of COVID-19 continue into alarming territory. The 14-day case rate per 100,000 of population now stands…

Health Care August 12, 2021

Cobb parents rally for mask mandate as COVID-19 tensions rise

By Rebecca Gaunt This week the entire fifth grade at East Side Elementary was sent home due to a high number of COVID-19 cases, and a school board member sent…

Health Care August 10, 2021

Parents plan to rally for mask mandate in Cobb County schools Thursday

By Rebecca Gaunt Parents frustrated with the lack of COVID-19 safety protocols in Cobb County School District are planning a rally at the CCSD main office. Parents and students in…

Health Care August 5, 2021

Cobb’s COVID rate skyrockets amid confusing official guidelines

The already high rate of community transmission in Cobb County continues to skyrocket, amid disconnect between CDC recommendations and guidelines from the Cobb County School District and the Georgia Department…

Health Care August 4, 2021

Cobb County covered by eviction moratorium extension

At a current 14-day case rate of 347 cases per 100,000 population, Cobb has more than three times the threshold of high community transmission required to be covered by the…

Health Care July 31, 2021

Cobb COVID-19 cases spike into high community transmission territory

After dropping steadily for a few months, Cobb County is back in the danger zone of “high community transmission,” of COVID-19 according to figures on the Cobb & Douglas Public…

Health Care June 20, 2021

Final shot administered at Jim Miller Park mass vaccination site

The final vaccine was administered at Cobb County’s mass vaccination site at Jim Miller Park last week. The shutdown is a sign of success in the widespread availability of the…

Health Care May 13, 2021

Cobb ahead of metro Atlanta, state in COVID-19 vaccination

by Arielle Robinson Dr. Janet Memark, the District Health Director of Cobb & Douglas Public Health presented an update to the Cobb County Board of Commissioners about COVID-19 at the…

Health Care April 11, 2021

Cobb COVID vaccination call center to open tomorrow

Cobb County’s COVID vaccination call center will open tomorrow, Monday April 12, at 8 a.m. to help residents navigate through the often confusing process of getting vaccinated. “Our call center…

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