Quinn Says In Klickitat County “Everyone Is Vulnerable”

Klickitat County Public Health Director Erinn Quinn told County Commissioners on Tuesday that with only 39.2 percent of the County’s population fully vaccinated against COVID-19, “everyone is vulnerable.”  Quinn says the County’s pace of vaccinations has slowed way down, with only about 100 given out county-wide each week, and with the County Fair and the opening of school coming up she’s concerned about what the next few weeks will look like.  She noted modeling projections show cases won’t hit a peak for another month, adding the age of those with serious complications from COVID is dropping.  Quinn spoke of two County residents under 40 in the hospital with COVID in the last week, plus a minor in Intensive Care who had no other health conditions.  Quinn said the demand for COVID testing from medical providers in the County is high, and hospital space remains tight.  Quinn did say while they are seeing breakthrough cases, those cases have milder symptoms than those people who have not been vaccinated.

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