INTERVIEW: Remembering the Lives of 3 Siouxlanders Who Died of COVID-19 Complications
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The Exchange, January 20, 2021
This week on The Exchange, we talk with a Neligh, Nebraska farmer who has long opposed the Keystone Excel Pipeline about President Joe Biden s vow to stop the project. Former President Barack Obama opposed the pipeline as well, but former President Donald Trump rescinded that order in 2017. Art Tanderup has spent years organizing and raising funds and awareness to stop the pipeline. Many environmentalists says could pollute the land, water and air.
Also today, we talk with an ISU mathematician about his model for COVID-19 transmission. Klaus Kadelka says his model shows that socially active younger people are likely to be spreading COVID-19 at a higher rate than older people.
SPM NEWS: Preview of Martin Luther King Jr. Event in Sioux City
The First Congregational and Mayflower Congregational churches in Sioux City are co-hosting the event that will be streamed online starting at 7. Click here for more information.
About Ike Rayford:
At a young age Rayford’s entrepreneurial spirit was nurtured through involvement in family businesses., where learned the arts of relationship building, time management and the value of self-determination. He has been involved in leadership positions of The NAACP, Three Rivers Independent Living Centers, Toastmasters International, Leadership Siouxland, Habitat For Humanity, Freedom Festival, Youth For Christ, Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church, Decatur Lodge, and Juneteenth. Additionally, Rayford strives to bring people together by valuing the individuality of everyone he encounters and withholding judgment. These skills were particularly valuable when investigating allegations of discrimination while serving as
The number of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are on the way down in Woodbury County. But local officials say people still need to take the novel coronavirus seriously.
Siouxland District Health reported ten new cases on Monday and a 14-day test positivity rate of 13.3%. That’s down more than three percentage points from a week ago. Sioux City’s two hospitals are treating 42 patients, that’s a decrease of about 9% from last Monday and substantially less than the record-high of 108 patients set on December 1st.
Credit Siouxland District Health
There were 200 new cases reported in one week and two deaths for a total of almost 13,000 positive cases and 175 deaths. This means about 13 percent of Woodbury County residents have tested positive for COVID-19 with a fatality rate of about .17 for people who have contracted the virus.
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