{"id":146329,"date":"2021-09-23T17:37:04","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T22:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=146329"},"modified":"2021-09-23T17:38:15","modified_gmt":"2021-09-23T22:38:15","slug":"health-commissioner-speaks-out-on-covid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2021\/09\/23\/health-commissioner-speaks-out-on-covid\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Dept. head addresses Covid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The COVID-19 virus is once again hitting our county and it\u2019s hitting it hard.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our hospital has several hospitalizations with patients with the COVID-19 virus, our hospital staff and system are being challenged, and people, young and old, are dying from the virus.&nbsp; The COVID-19 virus infection has become a disease of the unvaccinated.&nbsp; What can we all do to beat this virus, stop its spread, and save people\u2019s lives?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Be sensible.&nbsp; Use all the methods we know to mitigate (make less severe) this virus:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Mask in situations that will protect you and those around you.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><li>Distance yourself from others when necessary, especially with indoor gatherings.<\/li><li>Wash hands frequently.<\/li><li>Vaccinate to teach your immune system to build proteins (antibodies) to disarm the virus.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Millions of Americans have received the COVID-19 vaccination without ill after effects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The vaccination is designed to help minimize the impact the virus will have on you.&nbsp; People may get infected with the virus after the vaccination but get a milder form of the illness, are not developing lung failure requiring ventilators, and are not dying from the aggressive virus.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are advising you to become well-informed, knowledgeable, and empowered to make healthy responsible decisions in controlling the spread and ultimately defeating the COVID-19 virus so we can soon return to a safer community.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please do your part to help yourself and each other!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211;<em>-Van Wert County Health Commissioner Paul A. Kalogerou, MD<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The COVID-19 virus is once again hitting our county and it\u2019s hitting it hard.&nbsp;&nbsp; Our hospital has several hospitalizations with patients with the COVID-19 virus, our hospital staff and system are being challenged, and people, young and old, are dying from the virus.&nbsp; The COVID-19 virus infection has become a disease of the unvaccinated.&nbsp; What [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-146329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-opinions"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-13 03:54:43","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146329\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}