Manitowoc County’s Health Officer is concerned about the “high infection” rate reported throughout the County.
Stephanie Lambert says it’s one of the highest rates per capita in Wisconsin.
“For the last six weeks we’ve had a seven-day average between 40 and 50 cases a day,” Lambert explained. “The State of Wisconsin had a second surge that went up and has steadily gone down the last several weeks. We’re not seeing this in Manitowoc County. I don’t know why that is whether it’s not taking the proper precautions or if our vaccine coverage is a little bit lower than the state average. We’ve stayed at a pretty steady rate of high transmission.”
Lambert understands that citizens have a “free will” choice of whether to receive a COVID-19 vaccine however she said she got the shot because “I do not and did not want to get COVID. Yes, because you can get severely ill but it’s the long-term effects that can really last with people. We had people that were infected more than a year ago that are still suffering severe life-altering effects of this virus. I did not want that and do not want that. I’d get the vaccine to protect that.”
Other reasons the County Health Official supports getting the vaccine is to protect others especially more vulnerable loved ones and a quicker path to getting back to a normal lifestyle.
The Wisconsin National Guard will be back in Manitowoc November 8th thru 10th and November 15th thru 19th to assist with COVID 19 booster shots that’ll be administered to eligible populations in The Merchants Building at the Manitowoc Expo Center.
Appointments are required and you may make yours by calling 844-684-1064.
For a list of places you can get your COVID 19 booster shot call 920-683-4155 or visit vaccines.gov.
