Whatcom health officials offer grim prediction of phased opening with COVID
Whatcom County officials heard a blunt prognosis this week from local health officials fighting the new coronavirus pandemic.
Everyone must accept that wearing masks, social distancing and staying home is the new normal until COVID-19 transmission rates slow or the disease can be prevented, Whatcom County Council members were told in a briefing Tuesday afternoon, July 21.
鈥淭here is no getting out of this until we have a vaccine. There is no getting out of this. This will be in our community until we have a vaccine,鈥 Health Director Erika Lautenbach said.
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