Cheryl Gerber
The arrival of the first doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine was met with cheers around the Ohio Valley as the first doses were administered to front-line health workers. The Pfizer and, soon, Moderna vaccines bring the promise of relief after months of pandemic-driven closures and a deadly surge in cases.
But the vaccines’ arrival also brings a lot of questions. The Ohio Valley ReSource asked you, our listeners and readers, what you need to know about the vaccine, and you responded with dozens of questions. People want to know about how safe and effective the vaccines are, how they work, and who will get vaccinated when.
Daviess Fiscal Court and the Owensboro City Commission have pledged $150,000 apiece to the Green River Area COVID-19 Response Fund.
The court announced during Thursdayâs regularly scheduled meeting that it and the city had come to a mutual agreement to each put $150,000 in the pot in the hopes of encouraging private and corporate citizens to donate to aid those in the area most negatively impacted by COVID-19, said Daviess County Judge-Executive Al Mattingly.
County Commissioner George Wathen, who also serves as the county representative on the COVID-19 Response Council, informed the council of his intent to bring the need for another round of funding to the court, which led to the courtâs unanimous decision to inject the match with the city on Thursday.
âUtilities is the big request right now,â said Angela Settle, the Help Officeâs director.
The Help Office and the Salvation Armyâs Owensboro office both have utility assistance funds available, officials said Tuesday. Audubon Area Community Services is currently out of utility assistance dollars, although more funds are expected in early January.
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused multiple hardships for people, even those who havenât become ill. Settle said some Help Office clients are reporting losing income when they learn they have a possible COVID exposure and have to quarantine.
âA lot of people have lost income due to COVID,â Settle said. âOne client said they were exposed and had to quarantine, and ended up getting (the virus). So they were off for several weeks.â
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