COVID-19 Is Still Out There
Dr. William Kim serves as Chief Medical Advisor for BCHD and has a private practice in Redondo Beach. By Dr. William Kim, Chief Medical Advisor, Beach Cities Health District As our restaurants, barbershops, salons and other businesses were preparing to re-open, COVID-19 took a back seat to the civil unrest taking place nationwide following the death of George Floyd in Minnesota. COVID-19 is still here. And it’s still highly contagious and deadly. Since June 8, the positivity rate for patients testing at the County’s Redondo Beach test site has risen to 6.5%, ahead of the overall county positivity rate of 5.6%. The medical community is also concerned that some recent protests will be “super spreader” events – we’ll know more about this in the coming days and weeks. Remember, the incubation period for COVID-19 can last up to two weeks, with people having the virus and not knowing if they are spreading it to those they encounter. It only takes a handful of infected people at a crowded event to spread this virus to hundreds more, who in turn can pass it on to others – that’s how viruses spread. We need to remain vigilant to stop the spread of COVID-19. The risk of transmission is…
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