Heading into a summer Covid surge
Seattle Now
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🗓️ 20 June 2024
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
If you’re heading out of town, you might want to pack a mask.
Covid cases are climbing in King County and contributing to a summer surge.
Dr. Helen Chu from UW Medicine is here to talk about what’s going on with the virus and the best ways to stay healthy.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, good morning. It's Patricia Murphy. It's Thursday. This is Seattle now. If you're headed out of town, you might want to pack a mask. COVID cases are climbing in King County and contributing to a summer surge. Dr. Helen Chu from UW Medicine is here to talk about what's going on with the virus and the best ways to stay healthy. |
| 0:22.5 | But first, let's get you caught up. |
| 0:30.1 | We are months away from election season, but boy, is it heating up. |
| 0:34.1 | The Washington State Democratic Party is hosting their state convention in Bellevue this |
| 0:38.3 | weekend. Party members will select delegates to the National Convention in August and participate |
| 0:43.7 | in training for canvassing and campaigning. Ballets for the general election will be mailed out |
| 0:49.1 | October 18th. It's the longest day of the year today. The summer solstice expect just under 16 hours between sunrise and sunset, which should take place around 9-10 tonight. If you want the full summer experience, the National Weather Service is forecasting warm sunshine both today and Saturday, the day of the Fremont Solstice Parade. And if you're looking to enjoy the warm weather this weekend, Seattle Pools and Beaches are |
| 1:15.0 | open for regular season starting Saturday. |
| 1:18.1 | City beaches will be open from noon to seven on weekdays, 11 to 7 on weekends. |
| 1:23.2 | Pool schedules vary throughout the summer. |
| 1:25.4 | We'll drop a link in the show notes with all the info from Seattle Parks. |
| 1:29.2 | That's it for now. Make sure to come back tonight for evening headlines. |
| 1:34.7 | Summer travel is ramping up and unfortunately so are COVID cases. King County has seen a steady rise in infection since April but hasn't quite hit the alert threshold of 3% of hospital visits. |
| 1:47.7 | Crowded airports and planes could mean it's time to consider wearing a mask. |
| 1:52.5 | Dr. Helen Chu is an associate professor of medicine at UW Medicine. |
| 1:56.8 | She's here to talk about what's happening with the virus, including which variant we're dealing with and how to protect ourselves. |
| 2:03.1 | Dr. Chu, really glad to talk to you. Thanks so much for taking the time. |
| 2:06.7 | Nice to see you. Thanks for having me. |
| 2:09.2 | For a lot of people, COVID kind of feels like an afterthought at this point. So let's talk first about where things stand with the virus right now. |
| 2:17.5 | So we are heading into a summer surge. |
| 2:20.8 | If you remember from the last couple of years, there's a large winter surge. |
| 2:25.1 | And then there's often a smaller but still significant surge in mid to late summer. |
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