THERE’S BEEN A RISE IN CASES OF COVID-19 REPORTED AROUND IOWA IN THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.
TYLER BROCK, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF SIOUXLAND DISTRICT HEALTH, SAYS LATE SUMMER COVID HAS BEEN A REGULAR OCCURRENCE FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS NOW:
COVID25 OC…..SUMMER RUN OF COVID. :16
BROCK SAYS FOR MOST PEOPLE, THE SYMPTOMS HAVE BEEN NO WORSE THAN THE COMMON COLD:
COVID26 OC…….COLD & FLU LIKE SYMPTOMS. :24
HE SAYS STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE NOT TRACKING THE NUMBER OF CASES LIKE THEY DID DURING THE PANDEMIC:
COVID27 OC…ACTIVITY GOING ON. :19
BROCK SAYS COVID FOR THE MOST PART HAS CHANGED INTO A MILD VIRUS, BUT LIKE THE FLU, CAN BE MORE SEVERE.
HE SAYS WHILE THERE IS A COVID VACCINE, MOST PEOPLE DO NOT NEED TO GET AN INOCULATION FOR IT:
COVID28 OC…….ANY MORE COVID SHOTS. ;26
BROCK SAYS COVID IS NOW LUMPED IN WITH ALL OF THE OTHER RESPIRATORY VIRUSES HEALTH OFFICIALS DEAL WITH, AND MOST OF THE TIME IT IS NOT A SERIOUS THREAT TO AN INDIVIDUAL’S LONG TERM HEALTH.
