Let’s not let our guard down on COVID-19

Submitted by Ted Hanlon
Posted 1/5/21

Dear Editor:

I lived in Powell back in the 1980s. Both of my daughters were born in Powell. The best friends I ever met live in Powell. So, I worry. COVID-19 seems pretty widespread in the Big …

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Let’s not let our guard down on COVID-19

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Dear Editor:

I lived in Powell back in the 1980s. Both of my daughters were born in Powell. The best friends I ever met live in Powell. So, I worry. COVID-19 seems pretty widespread in the Big Horn Basin!

COVID-19 cases are slowing down. On Nov. 23, there were 1,262 new cases in the state. Our current seven-day average is 227 cases per day.

However, now is not the time to let our guard down! First of all, 227 cases per day is a lot. The virus is out there, and the moment we relax, cases will skyrocket with a vengeance.

Second, the vaccine is on the horizon. It would be sad to be a carrier with no symptoms and infect a loved one in the short weeks before the vaccine is available.

Now is the time to keep restrictions in place and redouble our cautions. We can make it through to the glorious spring when the vaccine is available to us all!

If we take responsibility, no one else has to die. Seems pretty simple to me.

Ted Hanlon

Cheyenne

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