Documenting COVID-19

Record Set(s)

Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services delta mask mandate study

Date Updated: December 1, 2021

Date Added: December 1, 2021

MO

Highlighted Documents: DHSS masked versus unmasked case rate study results DHSS masked versus unmasked death rate study results

Principal Subject: Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services

On Nov. 1, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson's office requested the state's Department of Health and Senior Services for data showing the effectiveness of mask mandates on COVID-19 case and death rates during the summer and fall 2021 delta variant surge. Two days later, the health department responded with two plot graphs showing the difference in masked jurisdictions (St. Louis and St. Louis County, Kansas City and Jackson County) and the rest of the state, which mostly do not have mask policies.

Date Range: November 1 to November 3, 2021

Format Details: .pdf (2 separate files, 4 pages) and .png (attached screenshots of study results)

Missouri and Springfield-Greene County COVID-19 surge response emails and internal memos

Date Updated: October 28, 2021

Date Added: October 28, 2021

Greene County, MO

Principal Subject: Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services and Springfield-Greene County Health Department

The files include thousands of emails and underlying attachments, including data and internal meeting minutes and memos, from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services and Springfield-Greene County Health Department regarding the summertime surge of COVID-19 and Delta variant cases in southwest Missouri

Date Range: July 4 to August 19, 2021

Format Details: zipped file (1.18 GB) of a combined .pdf file (4,043 pages, 1.23 GB, duplicative material) and individual .msg files (118 files)

Missouri State Emergency Management Agency COVID-19 resource requests

Date Updated: October 27, 2021

Date Added: October 27, 2021

Greene County, MO

Highlighted Documents: Springfield-Greene County resource requests

Principal Subject: Missouri State Emergency Management Agency

Five resource requests, including one modified request, filed by the Springfield-Greene County Health Department, in coordination with Mercy and CoxHealth hospitals, for ambulance strike teams, additional staffing and an alternate care site, or COVID-19 overflow hospital, to the Missouri State Emergency Management Agency.

Date Range: July 14 to 19, 2021

Format Details: .pdf (8 pages, 1.9 MB)

Springfield-Greene County COVID-19 capacity hospital transport logs

Date Updated: October 27, 2021

Date Added: October 27, 2021

Greene County, MO

Highlighted Documents: Springfield-Greene County Transport Tracking Log Springfield-Greene County Daily Transport Log Details

Principal Subject: Missouri State Emergency Management Agency and the Springfield-Greene County Office of Emergency Management

Springfield-Greene County hospital transport logs to other facilities include data, in spreadsheet form, from the Missouri State Emergency Management Agency and daily hospital log details, include some limited patient information, from the Springfield-Greene County Office of Emergency Management.

Date Range: July 23 to August 4, 2021

Format Details: .xlsx spreadsheet (tabs separated by 13 days, 46 KB)

Missouri State Emergency Management Agency COVID-19 resource request meeting minutes

Date Updated: October 27, 2021

Date Added: October 27, 2021

Greene County, MO

Highlighted Documents: July 22 Springfield/Greene County resource request meeting minutes July 29 Springfield/Greene County resource request meeting minutes

Principal Subject: Missouri State Emergency Management Agency

Meeting minutes from two meetings on July 22 and July 29, 2021, convened by the Missouri Emergency Management Agency, regarding resource requests, including for a COVID-19 overflow hospital, by Springfield/Greene County officials.

Date Range: July 22 and July 29, 2021

Format Details: .docx Word documents (7 pages, 37 KB total)

Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Draft Situation Report, July 26-30, 2021

Date Updated: October 27, 2021

Date Added: October 27, 2021

MO

Highlighted Documents: Draft Situation Report, July 26-30, 2021

Principal Subject: Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services

The draft situation report authored by Mark Buxton, the rapid response team coordinator for the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, summarizes health and emergency response activities in Missouri during the week of July 26 to 31, 2021, and includes details about the ultimately withdrawn resource requests for a COVID-19 overflow hospital by Springfield/Greene County officials.

Date Range: July 31, 2021

Format Details: .docx Word document (4 pages, 25 KB)

Webster County Health Department COVID-19 delta variant emails

Date Updated: July 12, 2021

Date Added: July 12, 2021

Webster, MO

Principal Subject: Scott Allen, Webster County Health Administrator

This material includes the Webster Health Department's internal emails, memos and contact tracing notes related to COVID-19 variants, including the Delta or India-originated strain of the virus.

Date Range: June 2 to July 9

Format Details: Zip, pdf, eml (46.6 MB)

St. Joseph City Health Department COVID-19 delta variant emails and response

Date Updated: July 12, 2021

Date Added: July 12, 2021

St. Joseph, MO

Principal Subject: Debra Bradley, St. Joseph Health Director

This material includes the St. Joseph Health Department's internal emails, memos and contact tracing notes related to COVID-19 variants, including the Delta or India-originated strain of the virus.

Date Range: June 2 to July 7 2021

Format Details: .pst (30.8MB)

Livingston County Health Department COVID-19 delta variant emails

Date Updated: July 12, 2021

Date Added: July 12, 2021

Livingston, MO

Principal Subject: Sherry Weldon, Livingston Health Center Administrator

This material includes the Livingston Health Center internal emails, memos and contact tracing notes related to COVID-19 variants, including the Delta or India-originated strain of the virus.

Date Range: June 21 to June 25

Format Details: pdf (16 pages, 465 KB)

Joplin County Health Department COVID-19 variant emails and response

Date Updated: July 12, 2021

Date Added: July 12, 2021

Joplin City, MO

Principal Subject: Ryan Talken, City of Joplin Health Department Director

This material includes the Joplic City Health Department internal emails, memos and contact tracing notes related to COVID-19 variants, including the Delta or India-originated strain of the virus.

Date Range: June 2 to June 23 2021

Format Details: pdf ( 163 pages, 24.1 MB, duplicative material)

Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services COVID-19 Delta variant response and internal emails

Date Updated: July 12, 2021

Date Added: July 11, 2021

Columbia/Boone County, MO

Principal Subject: Stephanie Browning, director of Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services

This material includes the Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services internal emails, memos and contact tracing notes related to COVID-19 variants, including the Delta or India-originated strain of the virus.

Date Range: June 1 to June 30, 2021

Format Details: .pdf with embedded attachments (1,799 pages, 56.3 MB, duplicative material)

Laclede County Health Department COVID-19 Delta Variant Emails and Response

Date Updated: July 12, 2021

Date Added: July 12, 2021

Laclede County, MO

Principal Subject: Laclede County Health Administrator Charla Baker

This material includes the Laclede County Health Department internal emails, memos and contact tracing notes related to COVID-19 variants, including the Delta or India-originated strain of the virus.

Date Range: June 4 to June 29, 2021

Format Details: .pdf (26 pages, 8.81 MB)

Jefferson County Health Department COVID-19 delta variant internal emails and response

Date Updated: July 12, 2021

Date Added: July 12, 2021

Jefferson, MO

Principal Subject: Kelly Volmar, Jefferson County Health Department Director

This material includes the Jefferson County Health Department internal emails, memos and contact tracing notes related to COVID-19 variants, including the Delta or India-originated strain of the virus.

Date Range: June 7 to June 29 2021

Format Details: pdf (206 pages, 4.9MB, duplicative material)

Taney County Health Department COVID-19 Delta variant internal emails and response

Date Updated: July 12, 2021

Date Added: July 12, 2021

Taney County, MO

Principal Subject: Lisa Marshall, director of the Taney County Health Department

This material includes the Taney County Health Department internal emails, memos and contact tracing notes related to COVID-19 variants, including the Delta or India-originated strain of the virus.

Date Range: June 1 to July 1, 2021

Format Details: .pdf (440 pages, 120. 7 MB, duplicative material)

Bay County Health Department COVID-19 variant response emails and memos

Date Updated: June 1, 2021

Date Added: June 1, 2021

Bay County, MI

Principal Subject: Bay County Public Health Officer Joel Strasz

This material includes the Bay County Health Department's internal emails, memos and contact tracing notes related to COVID-19 variants, including the U.K. B.1.1.7 strain of the virus.

Date Range: March 1 to May 14, 2021

Format Details: .pdf (676 pages, 34.1 MB)

St. Clair County Health Department COVID-19 variant response emails and memos

Date Updated: June 1, 2021

Date Added: June 1, 2021

St. Clair County, MI

Principal Subject: St. Clair County Medical Health Officer Dr. Annette Mercatante

This material includes the St. Clair County Health Department's internal emails, memos and contact tracing notes related to COVID-19 variants, including the Brazilian P.1 variant of the virus.

Date Range: March 1 to May 7, 2021

Format Details: .pdf (1,349 pages, 419.2 MB)

Illinois Department of Public Health March 8, 2021, meeting minutes

Date Updated: May 12, 2021

Date Added: May 12, 2021

IL

Principal Subject: Illinois Department of Public Health

This document set contains Illinois Department of Public Health meeting minutes from a March 8, 2021, call with local health department officials throughout the state of Illinois.

Date Range: March 8, 2021

Format Details: .pdf, 4 pages

Barry-Eaton District Health Department COVID-19 variant emails and contact tracing notes

Date Updated: April 19, 2021

Date Added: April 19, 2021

Barry and Eaton counties, MI

Principal Subject: J. Daniel Woodall and Colette Scrimger, medical director and health officer, Barry-Eaton District Health Department

This material includes the Barry-Eaton District Health Department's internal emails, memos and contact tracing notes related to COVID-19 variants, including the U.K. B.1.1.7 strain of the virus.

Date Range: February 1 to April 8, 2021

Format Details: .zip of .pdf file with related .eml and .msg files (3.2 MB)

Ionia County Health Department COVID-19 variant emails and contact tracing notes

Date Updated: April 19, 2021

Date Added: April 19, 2021

Ionia County, MI

Principal Subject: Ionia County Health Officer Ken Bowen

This material includes the Ionia County Health Department's internal emails, memos and contact tracing notes related to COVID-19 variants, including the U.K. B.1.1.7 strain of the virus.

Date Range: February 1 to February 17, 2021

Format Details: .pdf (173 pages, duplicative material, 7 MB)

Ingham County Health Department COVID-19 variant emails and contact tracing notes

Date Updated: April 17, 2021

Date Added: April 17, 2021

Ingham County, MI

Principal Subject: Dr. Adenike Shoyinka, medical director of the Ingham County Health Department

This material includes the Ingham County Health Department's internal emails, memos and contact tracing notes related to COVID-19 variants, including the U.K. B.1.1.7 strain of the virus.

Date Range: February 1 to April 5, 2021

Format Details: .pdf (596 pages, duplicative material, 87 MB)

Washtenaw County Health Department COVID-19 variant emails and contact tracing notes

Date Updated: April 17, 2021

Date Added: April 17, 2021

Washtenaw County, MI

Principal Subject: Washtenaw County Health Officer Jimena Loveluck

This material includes the Washtenaw County Health Department's internal emails, memos and contact tracing notes related to COVID-19 variants, including the U.K. B.1.1.7 strain of the virus.

Date Range: December 15, 2020, to February 17, 2021

Format Details: .pdf (490 pages, duplicative material, 84.5 MB)

Salt Lake County Department of Health COVID-19 variant emails and response

Date Updated: January 29, 2021

Date Added: January 29, 2021

Salt Lake County, UT

Principal Subject: Dr. Dagmar Vitek, medical officer, Salt Lake County Health Department

Emails and underlying attachments sent to, from or copied with Dr. Dagmar Vitek, medical officer of the Salt Lake County Health Department, related to confirmed cases of the new Covid-19 variant, B.1.1.7., in December 2020 and January 2021

Date Range: December 15, 2020, to January 15, 2021

Format Details: .pdf (17 pages, 2.7 MB)

Carver County Health and Human Services COVID-19 variant emails and response

Date Updated: January 29, 2021

Date Added: January 29, 2021

Carver County, MN

Principal Subject: Rod Franks, director, Carver County Health and Human Services

Emails and underlying attachments sent to, from or copied with Rod Franks, the director of Carver County Health and Human Services, related to confirmed cases of the new Covid-19 variant, B.1.1.7., in December 2020 and January 2021

Date Range: December 15, 2020, to January 15, 2021

Format Details: .pdf (121 pages, duplicative material, 36.9 MB)

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