Vaccine Update AS THINGS CHANGE regarding the coronavirus and our response to it, what we know today may be fleeting knowledge. Nothing about this pandemic follows script, because there is no script. The same is true with the rollout of the vaccines. With production and distribution processes in constant flux, ... Continue Reading
Q&A with Dr. Bob Lorinser, Our New Medical Director
Taking on any new job during the pandemic would be challenging. Now take on the job of county medical director during the pandemic. And as you’re still finding your way around the building, other U.P. districts call and want you to be their medical director too. Such is the life of Dr. Robert Lorinser, ... Continue Reading
Have We Dodged a Bullet?
The county's medical director offers comfort and caution SO NOW THAT we're starting to open the UP up for business again, where do we stand medically in Marquette County? Officially, we've recorded just over 50 confirmed cases and 10 deaths, although the actual numbers are likely higher. Still those statistics are ... Continue Reading
The “New Normal” Brings Fear, Inconvenience, and Hope
"WE HAVE TO create a whole new system. One of my colleagues said it's like driving down the highway at 70 miles per hour and trying to fix the engine at the same time." That's Dr. Kevin Piggott, the medical director for the Marquette County Health Department, describing the task they're facing in preparing for an ... Continue Reading
Coronavirus in the UP?, Michigan’s Battleground, and an Outdoor Paradise
Swabs from the UP being sent to a downstate lab "RIGHT NOW IT'S low risk, but in the long run, we're pretty sure it's going to find its way up here." The words of Dr. Kevin Piggott, the medical director of the Marquette County Health Department, referring to the spread of COVID-19, the coronavirus that's spreading ... Continue Reading