There are promising signs on the pandemic front in Kentucky. The Commonwealth’s positivity rate for coronavirus is down to 21-point five. Kentucky continues to see a high number of hospitalizations due to the virus. There are talks of a second booster recommendation. Dr. Steven Stack is the commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Public Health. He said like many subjects around the pandemic, its complicated.
“But it may well be that a three dose primary series of vaccine could be quite sufficient for many people for an extended period of time. One of the challenges and one of the frustrations that I appreciate that the public would have is “why do things keep changing?” Part of it is because the disease is so new still.”
Stack said progress is being made, but there is still a long way to go.
“It’s difficult to say how long it will take the test positivity rate to get down to a 3% or 4% which would be fantastic, because it depends on how quickly Omicron falls and how quickly the testing system contracts again. Probably looking at until at least most of February for us to fall to that kind of low level if we’re able to reach it.”
The use of face masks or respirators is recommended to reduce the transmission of COVID-19. Wearing a mask in indoor public spaces lowers the odds of testing positive for COVID-19. You can hear more from Dr. Stack as he speaks with Stu Johnson on Today’s Interview on WEKU.
