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Whatcom County officials fighting the coronavirus pandemic are operating under a pair of scenarios that see the outbreak peaking locally in May or August, according to documents The Bellingham Herald has obtained.

Those scenarios show that Whatcom County medical facilities, along with doctors, nurses, firefighters and other health-care workers, could be overwhelmed with critical patients — even with continued social distancing aimed at slowing the virus spread.