Tag: Coronavirus
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What’s Next for Montana?
By Evelyn Pyburn The state’s economy is in a state of “extreme fluidity” The declaration was in response to the question, “Where are we Now and What’s Next?” It was the theme question posed by economist Pat Barkey, Director of the Bureau of Business and Economic Research at the University of Montana, in a virtual…
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Montana Has Low Positivity Rates
In a state-by-state breakdown of positivity rates, in testing for the COVID -19 virus in nursing homes, Montana is in the lowest category – those states with less than a five percent positive rate. The study was released by American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living. With 71 nursing homes, Montana’s positivity…
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Will Masks be Required For a Year or More?
By Evelyn Pyburn So how long might everyone have to wear face masks, as has been mandated by Gov. Steve Bullock? Until a vaccine is developed, according to County Health Officer John Felton – or until enough people get COVID-19 so as to develop “herd immunity.” Given that the best- case scenarios regarding when a…