It has been a very long year and we still have a long way to go – please, wear a mask, wash your hands, socially distance and get a vaccine when you can.
Food or food packaging not a link in COVID-19 transmission
After more than a year since the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak was declared a global health emergency, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continue to underscore that there is no credible evidence of food or food packaging associated with or
CDC: Food, water and packages – low risk for COVID-19
Currently, there is no evidence to suggest that handling food or consuming food is associated with COVID-19.
Coronaviruses, like the one that causes COVID-19, are thought to spread mostly person-to-person through respiratory droplets when someone coughs, sneezes, or talks. It is possible that a person can get COVID-19 by touching a surface or object, including
The United States is a COVID-19 Embarrassment
Half of our population thinks the pandemic is a “hoax,” will not wear masks and will not take the vaccine when available.
Politicians who encouraged organized ignorance are now being vaccinated as they refuse a $2,000 check to needy constituents.
What a damn mess and embarrassment. We have become one of the President’s “Shit hole
What’s right with Kansas? Masks work to control the spread of COVID-19
Wearing masks is a CDC-recommended* approach to reduce the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), by reducing the spread of respira- tory droplets into the air when a person coughs, sneezes, or talks and by reducing the inhalation of these droplets by the wearer. On July 2, 2020, the governor
Who would have guessed that the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally would cause a spike in COVID-19 cases?
During August 7–16, 2020, a motorcycle rally was held in western South Dakota that attracted approximately 460,000 persons from across the United States to numerous indoor and outdoor events over a 10-day period. During August–September 2020, the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) investigated a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak associated with the rally in Minnesota
COVID-19 by the numbers – Not so good
Yesterday’s new case total – the highest since the beginning of the pandemic
Total deaths to date
Projected deaths
300,000 Dead with COVID-19 by Christmas without universal masks
Wear a mask
By days end at least 200,000 of our friends and neighbors will have died from COVID-19
The US has just over 4% of the world’s population but about 20% of the COVID-19 cases and deaths.
COVID in my Hometown
16 of my neighbors have tested positive in the last week.
https://kitsappublichealth.org/CommunityHealth/files/COVID/COVID-WeeklyReport.pdf
