The Gallatin County Health Department announced on Wednesday that there are now three cases of the U.K. variant of COVID-19 in Gallatin County. Health Officer Matt Kelley released the following statement:
Montana s mask mandate will expire on Friday (Feb 12), and Governor Greg Gianforte says that he will not institute a new one to take its place. When he became governor, Gianforte said he was for personal responsibility when it came to the issue of wearing masks. Tomorrow, the governor plans to allow the current mask mandate instituted by his predecessor to expire.
Thursday, the Gallatin City-County Health Department responded with a message on their Facebook page:
Don’t quit before the finish line! The Gallatin County’s emergency rule requiring the use of face coverings in indoor public spaces remains in effect through April 20, 2021. The Board of Health must vote to amend or extend this local public health rule.
Why is No One Telling Us This Good News Regarding COVID?
Despite the students at Montana State University returning nearly a month ago. Despite Christmas and New Year s Eve parties. Despite the slow rollout of the coronavirus vaccine: COVID-19 deaths are dropping considerably. Yet, there seems to be no positive media coverage about this.
We re all in agreement that this is a good thing, right? I don t know about you, but if there s bad news to report about the coronavirus, the Media does not hesitate in giving us non-stop coverage of it. But what about the good news?
Now, I completely understand that, as a rule, bad news garners more clicks than good news. It s a sad fact in our world that tragedies are more popular with newspaper and blog readers than puppy dogs. But, in regards to COVID, knowing that the virus (at least right now and for about the past month) has been considerably on the decline, I would think that would be something people would want to know about and people wo
Montana State Closer to Distributing COVID-19 Vaccine to Students
While Montana State is gearing up to begin distributing the new COVID-19 vaccine to students, the first doses were administered to frontline health care workers on campus last week.
According to Jim Mitchell, associate vice president for student wellness, MSU had 44 initial doses which were handed out to most of its clinical workers at University Health Partners, and the campus student health clinic.
Students in clinical programs, who have contact with patients, are expected to receive the vaccine next week as authorized by the state’s Department of Public Health and Human Services.