COVID-19 spread in Jefferson County at lowest level in almost a year
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Updated: 6:27 PM EDT Jun 1, 2021
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Updated: 6:27 PM EDT Jun 1, 2021
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IMMUNITY. AFTER ALMOST A YEAR, JEFFERSON COUNTYS I AVERAGING 7.3 CASES RPE 100,000 PEOPLE BRINGING THE COUNTY INTO THE YELLOW WHEN IT COMES TO COMMUNITY SPREAD YELLOW SOUNDS SAFE COMPARED TO THE TRIPLE RED. WE WERE IN BKAC IN JANUARY, BUT IF YOU REMEMBER TO HOW BACK TO HOW NERVOUS WE WERE LAST JULY WHICH IS WHEN WE WERE IN THE YELLOW, IT’S STILL A REALLY HIGH LEVEL OF DISEASE. SHE POSTED JUST DR. SARAH MOYER YSSA ESPECIALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THOSE WHO HAVE STILL NOT BEEN VACCINATED EVERYONE THAT IS HOSPITALIZED RIGHT NOW OR ON OUR DEATH CHART WAS NOT VACCINATED SO VACCINES ARE REALLY GOOD AT PREVENTING HPIOSTALIZATION AND DEATH RIGHT NOW 49% OF THE POPUTILAON REMAINS UNVACCINATED THE MAJORITY ARE UNDER 40. THERE’S AOT L OF PEOPLE THERE THAT COVID-19 CAN FIND A HOST FROM AND AND BE TRANSMITTED AND MAKE PEOPLE SICK AND THOSE YOUNGEAGR E GROUPS THE REMNSAI THAT IF MORE PEOPLE DON'’ GET VACCINATED A FALSE SPIKE COULD BE LOOMING ESPECIALLYS A STRONGER RESTRAINS BECOME MORE DOMINA.NT WHAT WE KNOW IS WE GOT STAY HUMBLED TO THIS VIRUS. IT’S JOB IS TO LIVE AND IT’S NOT GOING TO GIVE UP EASY ACCORDING TOEALTH H OFFICIALS THE NUMBER OF NEW VACCINATIONS IS DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE THE ALL-TIME HIGH SET BACK IN MARCH. WE’RE UP TO AUTBO 30,000 PEOPLE A WEEK JUSTBO AUT A MONTH AGO GETTING VACCINATED THAT HAD TRENDED DOWN TO 8 TO 10,000 A DR. MOORE ESTIMATES THAT THE CURRENT TERA AND MAY BE THE END OF SUMMER BEFORE