Utah is “going to have a few really bad weeks” before the spread of the coronavirus begins to subside, state epidemiologist Dr. Leisha Nolen expects.
Dr. Leisha Nolen, Utah's state epidemiologist, discusses the recent rise in COVID-19 cases in Utah over Zoom on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022.on Wednesday, state epidemiologist Dr. Leisha Nolen predicted the state is “going to have a few really bad weeks here, if not another month or two,” before the spread of the virus begins to subside.
For people who haven’t been vaccinated or received a booster shot, Nolen said, “there’s still a significant concern that they could get sick, and the hospitals might not be able to take care of everyone.”“This is something we’re going to have to watch and see,” Nolen said. In other places, there are fewer people being admitted to intensive care units from the variant, she said, and “hopefully that translates into less death.
“We’re hearing from other states that they are seeing more children hospitalizations than they have at any other time during the pandemic,” she said. “... We have a very young state here in Utah, so that’s really concerning.” Nolen said the new variant in France is “something we want to keep an eye on. ... There’s going to be variants occurring all the time,” she said, because “this virus mutates.”Utah Department of Health now recommends
“We want to keep people out of the hospital” and the doctor’s office, “and we certainly want to keep them from dying,” she said. “So, these vaccines, you might get the illness, but you might just then have a cold for five days. To me, that’s a win.”
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