LISA HOBBS - News Editor
In August, the Warren County Health Department completed 100 vaccines. They also completed 2,263 visits to 1,926 clients during the month.
That information was relayed by Warren County Health Department Director Andrea Fox during Thursday’s Health and Welfare Committee meeting.
She was questioned about cases of COVID and stated, “There’s not a whole lot. A lot of people just don’t test anymore.”
“I think there has been a few people who’ve got it,” said Commissioner Blaine Wilcher. “I know they have, but they just won’t go to the doctor.”
Commissioner Scott Rubley added, “I know people who’ve had perfect symptoms for COVID and went and got tested and it was negative. Metallic taste in their mouth. Not much taste. No smell. Crud. Upper respiratory stuff. They went and got tested and negative. There could be a variant that’s not showing up.”
Wilcher, Rubley and Commissioners Phillip Stout, Brad Hillis and Steve Glenn accepted the health department’s monthly report.
County Executive Terry Bell has signed a proclamation for the health department declaring September as Suicide Awareness Month, an observation every September in the United States to raise awareness about suicide, reduce stigma, and connect people with life-saving resources, including the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.