Orange County Grand Jury Criticizes Pandemic Response

A medical worker prepares a COVID-19 vaccination at the University of California–Irvine Medical Center, in Orange, Calif., on Dec. 16, 2020. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

SANTA ANA—Orange County continued its promising COVID-19 trends on May 12 as the Orange County Grand Jury issued a report critical of the county’s response to the pandemic.

The grand jury concluded that the county’s plans to handle a pandemic “had known gaps that were not addressed in accordance with the state, national and international guidelines.” The panel said county officials deemed a pandemic as “unlikely.”