>>8362651 LB
WA State Dept of Health was clueless on covid-19.
Did digs on the WA State Dept of Health, looked at what public information they provided on Covid-19. The state set up a call line and had statistics of current patients. The faq's were rather general and similar to basic hygeine for influenza. They did provide a general message for the start of flu season last September. In March they added a Covid-19 reporting form for healthcare providers.
The few publications resorces on the state website was mostly CDC on Covid-19.
What I could not find was any history of the WA DOH providing Covid-19 specifics alerts or additional training/refresher for healthcare workers. No alerts for airports or ports.
Based on the information WA DOH shared on their website, Covid-19 didn't exist to them until the first case Jan 21.