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DougCo schools don’t require masks, leaving parents of kids with medical conditions with little options and a lot of fear

DougCo schools don’t require masks, leaving parents of kids with medical conditions with little options and a lot of fear

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[ad_1] The absence of a mask mandate and confusion over how to handle the highly contagious omicron surges is leaving a lot of parents like Gould with more questions than answers — and more fear about whether to send their children to school. Scant information about how many kids in classrooms have been infected by COVID-19 […]

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Don't underestimate Omicron -- especially if you're unvaccinated

Don’t underestimate Omicron — especially if you’re unvaccinated

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[ad_1] But the news isn’t as good as it may seem. Rapid increases in cases are leading to increases in hospitalizations and deaths, especially among the unvaccinated, and may continue to increase for several weeks, even after case numbers start to decline. The huge jump in cases is already stressing our health system past capacity, […]

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Changes coming to COVID-19 contact tracing in Mecklenburg; don’t expect a call when you test positive

Changes coming to COVID-19 contact tracing in Mecklenburg; don’t expect a call when you test positive

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[ad_1] CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) – Mecklenburg County is, ‘in the red.’ The number of positive COVID-19 cases puts it at a high community spread for more than a month. At the same time, what has been pushed as a key tool to prevent the spread, the county is pulling back on: Contact tracing. “It was […]

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Dr Angelique Coetzee: Don’t look at your positivity rate or your daily cases. Look at how many people are admitted in the ICU

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[ad_1] Anuradha Mascarenhas: With this new variant, the majority of the symptoms are mild. So, what really caught your attention? What made you sense that something is different and how did you treat it?  I am a general practitioner and still old-school. So, even with the Beta and Delta wave, we let patients come in, […]

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