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DeWitt/Piatt Bi-County Health Department Director Discusses Holiday Plans

Millions of families will have their plans altered this Thanksgiving thanks to the COVID pandemic.

Family gatherings will be a lot smaller and some people will connect via FaceTime or Skype or Zoom. DeWitt/Piatt Bi-County Health Department Director Dave Remmert says his plans are being altered this year and hopes the public will limit the size of their gatherings.

 

 

While not everyone knows someone with a suppressed immune system or someone very elderly or even someone with multiple comorbidities, Remmert says doing simple things like washing your hands frequently and continuing to wear those masks are ways you can help do your part to protect those vulnerable populations.

 

 

While the last few days, the COVID numbers have seemed to level out in Illinois, Remmert does not see the recommendations of staying home and avoiding gathering together changing

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Remmert indicates he was doing some research comparing the trends of the 1918 pandemic and indicates the 'Spanish flu' of 1918 had similar trend lines of the current COVID pandemic and also points out the winter after the first wave saw a tremendous second wave of infections. 

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