To the Fairfax County Community,

I wanted to give you an update on how our case data is looking. As I mentioned in Tuesday's newsletter, Fairfax County is looking good and continuing to improve. At the beginning of this pandemic, Fairfax Health District had one of the highest percentages of positive cases statewide; we now have one of the lowest.

We must continue to be diligent however; social distancing, washing your hands, and wearing a face mask are still crucial. There is growing evidence that supports the effectiveness of face masks, including in a recent CDC editorial in the Journal of the American Medical Association. They reviewed case studies like in Missouri where two hair stylists had COVID-19, but didn’t spread the disease to any of their clients because both employees and customers were required to wear face coverings. Read more on face coverings here.

See below for the full July 16 edition of my newsletter. For the resources mentioned in past newsletters, visit my website. If you have a friend who would like to sign up for this newsletter, they can do so here.