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COMMUNITY SPREAD IS NOW CERTAIN.. HOW ARE THEY TELLING PEOPLE TO HELP SLOW IT DOWN? DAN THEY'RE ASKING PEOPLE TO PRACTICE SOCIAL DISTANCING.. AND IT'S NOT JUST THE COUNTY.. THE STATE AND THE C- D-C ARE ASKING AS WELL. THURSDAY NIGHT.. KSBW OBTAINED AN EMAIL FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE PAJARO VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT ADDRESSING PARENTS AND SAYING... SANTA CRUZ COUNTY PLANS TO CLOSE ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR A WEEK STARTING THIS MONDAY.. 2089158 18:17 "I MIGHT BE ABLE TO TAKE MY KID TO WORK WITH ME." THE EMAIL SAYS THE DECISION WAS MADE IN ADVANCE OF MORE COVID-19 CASES ANTICIPATED TO BE ANNOUNCED IN THE COUNTY.. THE SAME DAY CASES 5,6 AND 7 WERE ANNOUNCED.. THE COUNTY SAID CORONAVIRUS IS NOW COMMUNITY SPREAD. AND IT'S NOT ABOUT PREVENTING THE VIRUS.. BUT MITIGATING ITS IMPACT AS THEY EXPEC MORE CASES.. IN A STATEMENT... SANTA CRUZ COUNTY'S HEALTH OFFICER SAID QUOTE "WE CONTINUE TO WORK CLOSELY WITH OUR REGIONAL, STATE AND NATIONAL PARTNERS IN OUR EFFORTS TO LESSEN THE IMPACT OF COVID-19." THEY'RE HOPING TO DO THAT WITH SOCIAL DISTANCING.. IT'S A PRACTICE THAT CANCELS LARGE GATHERINGS OF 250 OR MORE PEOPLE... AND KEEPS A DISTANCE OF AT LEAST 6 FEET BETWEEN PEOPLE.. 00:04 "WE KNOW THAT SOCIAL DISTANCING WORKS. KEEPING PEOPLE SEPERATED FROM ONE ANOTHER." DOCTORS POINT TO THE SPANISH FLU OF 1918... IN PHILADELPHIA ... WITH NO SOCIAL DISTANCING THE DEATH RATE REACHED 250 PEOPLE PER EVERY 100 THOUSAND.. ST. LOUIS MEANWHILE IMPLEMENTED IMMEDIATE SOCIAL DISTANCING AND SAW 50 PEOPLE DIE OUT OF EVERY 100-THOUSAND AT THE CITY'S PEAK.. HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY SOCIAL DISTANCING DOES A GOOD OF WHAT THEY CALL FLATTENING THE CURVE.. IT DOESN'T ALLOW A LARGE SPIKE IN CASES AT ONE TIME.. WHICH COULD OVERWHELM A HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.. AND CREATE CATASTROPHIC CONSEQUENCES. GOVERNOR NEWSOM ALSO ADVIDING SOCIAL DISTANCING T