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CCHD sets walk-in COVID-19 vaccinations; priority given to those who advance schedule; appointments also available as mass vaxx site
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COVID was 4th leading cause of deaths last year in Clinton County
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Clinton County reaches COVID-19 vaccination milestone: More residents vaccinated with first dose than reported cases
News Journal
WILMINGTON – The number of Clinton County residents vaccinated with their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine now exceeds the total number of known reported cases of the virus, according to the Clinton County Health District.
On Monday, Feb. 8, the number of vaccinated Clinton Countians reached 3,200 residents while the total number of known cases is currently 3,190 since last March.
The total percentage of the population now vaccinated with one dose is 7.62%. The number of individuals that have completed their second dose is 763 (1.82%). Both the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines are a two-dose series with a 94% and a 95% efficacy, respectively.
In 1918, ‘the worst thing I ever knew’
By Shelby Boatman - For The News Journal
Editor’s Note: This is Part 2 of a 2-part series on how the nation, and specifically Clinton County, faced the pandemic of 1918.
Doctors overwhelmed
According to records, there were approximately 40 Clinton County doctors serving the community at the time of the pandemic.
The peak of the epidemic had officially hit the community and research was supporting that the assembling of crowds was causing mass spread. Suggestions of holding private funerals were made, and officials were declaring, “Avoid crowds and you are avoiding danger”.
Influenza was reported in Blanchester by the local paper on Saturday, Oct. 12 stating “influenza has struck the village, but in a light form…”