Governor Beshear said there are signs Delta variant cases of coronavirus are plateauing in the Commonwealth. During his briefing Thursday, the governor said it’s too soon to know for sure.
“We think that there has been certainly a slowing of growth, if not, fewer people in the hospital, which there are today, than we had at the height. But, it’s not evenly distributed, so we still have a lot of hospitals in crisis,” said Beshear.
Beshear said there were 21 kids with COVID in hospitals Thursday. He noted just over 500 Kentucky national guard members are assisting 29 hospitals. The governor added that reflects about a hundred additional guard members. Beshear says nursing students are helping out at 27 hospitals.
Governor Beshear said it’s difficult to know what the longer-term future holds when it comes to protection against coronavirus. Beshear said some diseases like polio and measles were addressed without regular injections. He noted an annual shot, much like a flu shot, may eventually be the suggestion. “What I will say is if we’re at the point where we have to take one every year, it means we are ahead of the virus. We’ve learned how to deal with it and we’ve set up a system that would just run along side the flu shot that we get each year. So, still early,” explained Beshear.
Beshear said, if a masking mandate were in place, that would lessen the stress on the healthcare system.
