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TexasTowelie

(116,507 posts)
Mon Jul 20, 2020, 12:53 AM Jul 2020

Mississippi top doc: COVID 'solution is not to get infected'

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi is hiring more people to investigate the spread of COVID-19, but cases are expanding rapidly in the state and the work is outpacing the number of employees.

The state health officer, Dr. Thomas Dobbs, is imploring the public to take precautions against the pandemic. Resources such as hospital beds, personal protective equipment and coronavirus tests can be exhausted.

“The solution is not to get infected,” Dobbs said Friday during a news conference with Gov. Tate Reeves.

The pathway to avoid infection is to wear masks, stay at least 6 feet (1.8 meters) apart from other people and avoid groups, the physician said.

Read more: https://www.meridianstar.com/region/mississippi-top-doc-covid-solution-is-not-to-get-infected/article_5c092150-2f70-5bb0-9840-6aa820f271db.html

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Mississippi top doc: COVID 'solution is not to get infected' (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jul 2020 OP
the solution is not to get infected??? agingdem Jul 2020 #1

agingdem

(8,540 posts)
1. the solution is not to get infected???
Mon Jul 20, 2020, 12:57 AM
Jul 2020

and to think Dr. Dobbs went to med school for that illuminating advise...so tired of these so-called experts advising the obvious...

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