The Democratic Governor of Kentucky, Andy Beshear, issued a new coronavirus recommendation on Monday, in the case of an increase in Kentucky cases, even with the promotion of the Delta variant, even when fully vaccinated Among people, more people are also required to wear masks.
period Press conference On Monday, Beshear said that after months of declining case rates, Kentucky is now seeing an increase in positive coronavirus cases, which may be driven by the more contagious variant of Delta. The number of hospitalizations has also increased.
“The Delta variant is so serious that it even poses a deadly threat to unvaccinated Kentucky people,” Beshear said. “The vaccine still provides important protection against serious illness and death, including against the Delta variant. But because of the Delta variant, we have seen more cases among vaccinated Kentucky.”
Beshear issued new mask recommendations, requiring all unvaccinated people to wear masks at all times indoors rather than at home. He also said that people with previous illnesses should wear masks, regardless of their vaccination status. But he did not stop there.
“The jobs that vaccinated Kentucky people do come in contact with a lot of people every day. If you work in a hotel, if you work in a restaurant, if you work in retail, there are more. I don’t pick any industry… Where these people come in contact with many people, we recommend that you wear a mask at this time,” Beshear said.
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Approximately 2.4 million Kentucky people were vaccinated, bringing the state’s vaccination rate to approximately 61%.
Kentucky Health Commissioner Dr. Steven Stark said that if you choose not to get vaccinated, you will put yourself and many others at risk.
Especially in areas where the Delta variant has been prevalent, because the population has not been vaccinated, even among those who have been fully vaccinated, a large number of COVID-19 positive cases have appeared in the larger United States.
Representative Vern Buchanan, Republican of Florida, said on Monday that although he was vaccinated against the disease, he tested positive for the COVID-19 virus.
Five Democratic state House representatives from Texas have tested positive for the coronavirus in the past few days, even though they have also been vaccinated. They traveled to Washington, DC to prevent a quorum from being tested positive, and that quorum needed to promote a controversial voting rights bill in their state. The Democratic Caucus of the House of Representatives stated that none of them showed any symptoms or mild symptoms.
No vaccine is 100% effective, even if Pfizer The testing efficiencies of the vaccine and Moderna COVID-19 vaccine are approximately 95% and 94%, respectively. Although breakthrough infection of the coronavirus may occur in fully vaccinated individuals, it usually occurs in people with compromised immune systems. These vaccines are very effective in preventing serious illness and death.
Weekly newspaper Gov. Beshear’s office was contacted for comment, but no response was received before the publication time.
