Pulmonologist Joins Unified Command Provides Monday COVID-19 Update
Under Investigation – 2 Through Monday afternoon the Panhandle has seen 7,527 total cases, 14 active hospitalizations, a positivity rate over the prior week of 34.5% and a doubling time of 48 days from Nov. 9 through Dec. 27. The Panhandle risk dial remained steady in the middle of the orange, or high category. Dr. Kevin Reichmuth, Pulmonologist at Nebraska Pulmonology Specialties of Lincoln and Nebraska Army National Guard Colonel, joined the Panhandle briefing to outline the vaccine science and dispel circulating myths. Reichmuth shared messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines are a new type of vacc...