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)

Southern Nevada Health District COVID-19 breakthrough internal emails and data

Date Updated: October 26, 2021

Date Added: October 25, 2021

Clark County, NV

Principal Subject: Dr. Fermin Leguen, director, Southern Nevada Health District

This material includes the Southern Nevada Health District's internal emails, memos and contact tracing notes related to COVID-19 breakthrough cases, including limited data on breakthrough cases by occupation.

Date Range: August 20, 2011

Format Details: .pst (75 emails, duplicative material included)

Southern Nevada Health District COVID-19 breakthrough case by occupation data update

Date Updated: October 26, 2021

Date Added: October 26, 2021

Clark County, NV

Principal Subject: Dr. Fermin Leguen, director, Southern Nevada Health District

This data was received in follow-up request to data found in a request to the Southern Nevada Health District for internal emails, memos and contact tracing notes related to COVID-19 breakthrough cases. A month after receiving those emails, with this data as an attachment in one email, we requested the data again and updated to its most current standing.

Date Range: September 27 to October 15, 2021

Format Details: .jpg (screenshot of table)

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)

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)

Andrew County Health Department COVID-19 Delta Variant Internal Emails and Response

Date Updated: July 12, 2021

Date Added: July 12, 2021

Andrew, MO

Principal Subject: Andrew Hoffman, Andrew County Health Department Director

This material includes the Andrew 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 2 to July 7

Format Details: pdf, (240 pages, 19.5 MB, 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)

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)

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)

Ogle County Health Department case files related to Rochelle Foods

Date Updated: February 8, 2021

Date Added: January 18, 2021

Ogle County, IL

Principal Subject: Ogle County Health Department Public Health Administrator Kyle Auman

Emails, case investigation summaries, a CDC report, subpoenas and other files related to Rochelle Foods in Rochelle, Illinois; This file includes subpoenas related to a workers' compensation claim for records with Rochelle Foods, the Rochelle Police Department and the Brown Institute for Media Innovation.

Date Range: March 1, 2020, to February 5, 2021

Format Details: .pdf (115 pages, 18.2 MB)

North Dakota Consumer Protection & Antitrust Division complaints

Date Updated: December 3, 2020

Date Added: December 3, 2020

Burleigh County, ND

Fifty-five complaints submitted to the North Dakota Office of the Attorney General Consumer Protection & Antitrust Division related to COVID-19.

Date Range: March 1, 2020, to November 19, 2020

Format Details: .pdf, 394 pages

Milwaukee Health Department COVID-19 election emails and response

Date Updated: November 13, 2020

Date Added: November 13, 2020

Milwaukee, WI

Principal Subject: Former Health Commissioner Jeanette Kowalik

This material includes emails and underlying attachments sent to, from or copied to former Milwaukee Health Commissioner Jeanette Kowalik, regarding COVID-19 and elections in April and November.

Date Range: April 1 to September 23, 2020

Format Details: .msg files (197 separate .msg files, compressed .zip file, 92.2 MB)

Hays County COVID-19 response and emails

Date Updated: September 15, 2020

Date Added: August 3, 2020

Hays County, TX

Principal Subject: Hays County Operations Director Tammy Crumley and Epidemiologist Eric Schneider

These documents include emails sent from, to or copied to Hays County Operations Director Tammy Crumley and Epidemiologist Eric Schneider regarding COVID-19 in Hays County.

Date Range: June 1 to August 3, 2020

Format Details: .pdf (14.6MB, 661 pages)

City of Scottsdale Mayor COVID-19 emails and mask mandate response

Date Updated: September 14, 2020

Date Added: September 14, 2020

City of Scottsdale, AZ

Principal Subject: Scottsdale Mayor Jim Lane

These documents include emails sent from, to or copied to Scottsdale Mayor Jim Lane regarding COVID-19 and mask mandates in Arizona.

Date Range: June 10 to June 22, 2020

Format Details: .pdf (1GB, 2934 pages)

West Nodaway School District, Missouri, COVID-19 emails and response

Date Updated: August 24, 2020

Date Added: August 21, 2020

Nodaway County, MO

Highlighted Documents: St. Louis Area Superintendents Return to School Work Group Suggested Practices

Principal Subject: Mitch Barnes, superintendent, West Nodaway R-I School District

This material includes emails sent to, from or copied to Mitch Barnes, superintendent of the West Nodaway R-I School District, regarding Covid-19 response and reopening plans.

Date Range: July 1 to August 11, 2020

Format Details: .pdf (216 pages)

Wood County Health Department COVID-19 emails and response

Date Updated: August 19, 2020

Date Added: August 19, 2020

Wood, OH

Principal Subject: Wood County Health Commissioner Ben Batey

These documents include emails sent from, to or copied to Wood County Health Commissioner Ben Batey regarding local response to COVID-19.

Date Range: June 1 to August 4, 2020

Format Details: .pdf (20.2MB, 1060 pages)

Union County Commissioner COVID-19 response and emails

Date Updated: August 19, 2020

Date Added: August 19, 2020

Union, OR

Principal Subject: Union County Commissioner Donna Beverage

These documents include emails sent from, to or copied to Union County Commissioner Donna Beverage regarding local response to COVID-19, including reaction to the outbreak at Lighthouse Pentecostal Church.

Date Range: June 1 to July 7, 2020

Format Details: .pst including attachments (17.7MB)

Chandler Mayor Covid-19 response and emails on mask mandates

Date Updated: July 31, 2020

Date Added: July 31, 2020

Chandler, AZ

Highlighted Documents: Example of a letter from a concerned citizen to the mayor about the absence of a mask mandate

Principal Subject: Chandler Mayor Kevin Hartke

These documents include emails sent from, to or copied to Chandler Mayor Kevin Hartke regarding COVID-19 and mask mandates in Arizona.

Date Range: June 10 to June 24, 2020

Format Details: .pdf (70 MB, 1902 pages)

Greenville mayor COVID-19 response and emails

Date Updated: July 31, 2020

Date Added: July 31, 2020

City of Greenville, SC

Principal Subject: Mayor of Greenville Knox White

These documents include emails sent from, to or copied to Mayor of Greenville Knox White regarding COVID-19 response and mask mandates in Arizona.

Date Range: June 1 to June 20, 2020

Format Details: .pdf (9.1MB, 229 pages)

Martin County government COVID-19 emails and response

Date Updated: July 13, 2020

Date Added: July 9, 2020

Martin County, FL

Principal Subject: Martin County Administrator Taryn Kryzda

These documents include emails sent from, to or copied to Martin County Administrator Taryn Kryzda and/or Executive Aide Teri Pryor regarding local response to COVID-19.

Date Range: April 1 to June 20, 2020

Format Details: .pdf (1,297 pages, 389.2 MB, duplicative material)

Phoenix city government COVID-19 emails and response

Date Updated: July 12, 2020

Date Added: July 9, 2020

Phoenix, AZ

Principal Subject: Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego

These documents include emails sent from, to or copied to Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego regarding local response to COVID-19.

Date Range: June 10 to June 25, 2020

Format Details: .pdf (33.2 MB, duplicative material)

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