Even after Utah's House of Representatives voted to overturn local health orders which negate mask mandates issued by Summit and Salt Lake Counties, officials are still making a plea for people to wear masks in public.
Although confirmed cases in the county have continued to exceed the single-day record prior to the current surge, 79, set in January 2021, a look at the recent overall data indicates Summit County may have reached the peak of the omicron wave.
The district is implementing an instructional framework that provides a viable curriculum for all students and will create a “human-centered culture that recognizes the whole individual,” among other steps, Amy Hunt, the district’s chief academic officer, said Wednesday.
At first, COVID-19 was classified as an epidemic. When it began to spread worldwide, it became a pandemic. Now, if it's something that we don't expect to get rid of, it will become endemic, which is looking more and more likely according to health officials.
The global spread of COVID-19 is often called a pandemic. Many public health officials, however, are predicting it may soon become endemic, but what does that mean?