Kitsap Public Health District issued the following announcement on March 27.
Dear Friends, Partners, and Residents of Kitsap County:
As we all work together to battle the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, I ask for your cooperation, patience, and understanding as we search for the best combination of “tools” to help keep ourselves, our family, our friends, our neighbors, and our community safe from this awful disease. Although much remains to be learned about the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, that causes COVID-19, we do know the following:
• COVID-19 may cause symptoms similar to flu and colds • Most people may experience no or mild symptoms, but some people may get very ill and can die
• People who are at a higher risk of experiencing severe symptoms and complications are those 60 years and older and people with underlying health conditions
• COVID-19 infections are increasing in our community • COVID-19 is spread most easily through close contact or direct contact with infected individuals
• Infected individuals may spread the disease without having symptoms, or may spread the disease before any symptoms are evident • There are no vaccines or antivirals available yet to prevent or cure the disease
• Social distancing “tools” are the best community methods we have currently to slow the spread of COVID-19 Why do we want to slow the spread of COVID-19? We want to slow the spread of COVID-19 so that our healthcare systems are not overwhelmed by too many cases at the same time and have the capacity to care for those who are the most severely ill. We want people who are in the worst shape to get the medical help when they need it so they don’t die.
Original source can be found here.
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