Ask Miss Rona: COVID-19 vaccine for babies and young children,?Public Health Insider blog

Ask Miss Rona is a Q&A series on Public Health?s Instagram account to respond to community questions related to different topic areas of COVID-19. Questions about COVID-19 vaccines for babies and young children were submitted last week by King County residents and answered by subject matter experts at Public Health ? Seattle & King County.

Video & Transcript: Press briefing with Dr. Duchin & Dr. Friedly on COVID-19 and long COVID,?Public Health Insider blog

On July 14, 2022, Public Health ? Seattle & King County?s Health Officer, Dr. Jeff Duchin was joined by Dr. Janna Friedly of UW Medicine?s Post-COVID Rehabilitation and Recovery Clinic to discuss long-COVID, including impacts and resources. Dr. Duchin also provided an update on current COVID-19 trends.

Should I wait to get my next COVID vaccination? We ask an expert,?Public Health Insider blog

Now is not the time to put off getting a booster or a vaccination, for you or your child. We asked a medical expert about why you shouldn?t delay your next COVID shot.

Read a Twitter thread detailing Dr. Jeff Duchin's recommendations around the current levels of COVID-19 cases in King County,?King County Councilmember Girmay Zahilay on Twitter

The leading question that came in was, "If COVID cases are spiking, why hasn?t Public Health reinstated a mask mandate?"

Join us this Friday, July 22 in Federal Way for a #COVID19 vaccination information session for youth and young adults,?Public Health on Facebook

Get your questions answered! The Multi-Service Center (MS) in partnership with Public Health - Seattle & King County, is hosting a free info session for youth and young adults about COVID-19 vaccinations. Masks recommended. Vaccines are not available at this event.

• COVID-19 summary case report data dashboard?(Updated on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays)
  • Daily outbreak summary for web-enabled mobile devices?(phones and tablets)

• 483,881 total positive cases in King County
  • 893 daily average cases
  • 6,251 new cases over the last 7 days (-4%?decrease)
  • 276.5 cases per 100,000 residents over the last 7 days
    
    
• 12,929 total hospitalizations
  • 16 daily average hospitalizations (-26%?decrease?over last 7 days)
  • 113 hospitalizations over the last 7 days
  • 5.0 hospitalizations per 100,000 residents over the last 7 days
  • 1.8% of cases hospitalized over the last 7 days
    
    
• 2,966 overall deaths
  • 2 daily average deaths
  • 33 new deaths over the last 14 days (-25%?decrease?from the prior 14 days)
  • 1.5 deaths per 100,000 residents over the past 14 days
  • 0.3% of cases died over the past 14 days

All other COVID-19 dashboards are posted at?www.kingcounty.gov/covid/data

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