Thread by @RudiKellerMI

.@HealthyLivingMo giving #DeltaVariant briefing w/top officials, including acting director Robert Knodell, @RobertKnodell, & George Turabelidze, state epidemiologist; Knodell says 'no requests' for ventilators, staffing support thru @VizientInc contract #moleg #COVID19Missouri

@HealthyLivingMo @RobertKnodell @VizientInc Turabelidze now giving info on #DeltaVariant: "This is the most transmissible variant so far since the beginning of the #pandemic....(it) shows ability to crate problems in highly vaccinated countries." #COVID19Missouri #moleg

@HealthyLivingMo @RobertKnodell @VizientInc Turabelidze: "We are seeing trends of infection moving from rural & small town Missouri to metro areas"; where there are higher vaccination rates; may be less severe. "We do not things to turn around very quickly." #DeltaVariant #COVID19Missouri #moleg #COVID19 @HealthyLivingMo

@HealthyLivingMo @RobertKnodell @VizientInc Adam Crumbliss, Director of the Division of Community and Public Health: Missourians are skeptical; the 'Show Me State,' he says; "That skepticism is a good reminder that fear is not the way to move forward in #Missouri." #moleg @HealthyLivingMo #DeltaVariant #COVID19Missouri

@HealthyLivingMo @RobertKnodell @VizientInc Crumbliss says #Missouri was among the lowest rates in the nation several weeks ago. 'Right now we are at the other end of that spectrum but we do anticipate finding Missouri on the lower end of those case rates in the future.: #COVID19Missouri #DeltaVariant #COVID19 #moleg

@HealthyLivingMo @RobertKnodell @VizientInc Turabelidze on mask orders, other directives: Depends on level of infection, he says. "Every level has appropriate countermeasures...(including) more aggressive masking, cancelling larger gatherings, things like that" where cases are high." #DeltaVariant #moleg #COVID19Missouri

@HealthyLivingMo @RobertKnodell @VizientInc Turabelidze: #DeltaVariant is a warning: "Everybody needs to understand clearly, when you are experiencing infection, even if it is mild, you are making yourself into a breeding ground for new mutations." #COVID19Missouri @HealthyLivingMo
#moleg #COVID19

@HealthyLivingMo @RobertKnodell @VizientInc Turabelidze: #COVID19 #DeltaVariant hospitalizations, now about 1,000 inpatients, is well below peak. Some hospitals are stressed, but "We don’t see any impending catastrophe coming." #COVID19Missouri @HealthyLivingMo #moleg

@HealthyLivingMo @RobertKnodell @VizientInc Crumbliss on state's first-ever 'hotspot advisory" warning that Camden, Miller & Morgan counties can expect #COVID19 cases to triple; quote from Dan Mehan of @MissouriChamber:
'it highlights the partnership with biz community to stave off the virus.' #moleg #COVID19Missouri

@HealthyLivingMo @RobertKnodell @VizientInc @MissouriChamber .@RobertKnodell wraps up @HealthyLivingMo briefing on #DeltaVariant: "This virus doesn’t care whether we want it to be over or not. It is going to move among people where it has the opportunity." #COVID19Missouri #moleg #COVID19