The Scioto County Daily News hosted a town hall meeting on Friday to answer questions about the Coronavirus. County officials in charge of combating the virus took questions from local journalists and members of the public.
The town hall was the brainchild of Scioto County EMA Director Larry Mullins. Mullins participated along with Scioto County Health Commissioner, Dr. Michael Martin, and Portsmouth City Health Department Medical Director, Dr. David Byers. Dr. Byers is an infectious disease specialist.
Cyn Mackley, from the Scioto County Daily News, moderated the event. Journalists from both radio and print also took part.
Joining Cyn Mackley to ask questions of the experts were:
- Bill Shope – Scioto Voice Newspaper
- Chip Maillet – WIOI Radio
- Sam McKibben – WNXT Radio
COVID Questions Answered
The doctors and Mr. Mullins answered questions of a variety of topics. Topics ranged from public doubt about testing accuracy to what treatments are available for those suffering from COVID-19
Among the questions asked and answered:
- How accurate are various testing methods?
- Why aren’t public waste disposal containers available for masks
- When is COVID listed as the cause of death on a death certificate?
- What should you do if you get COVID?
- Which treatments for COVID work best?
- Why don’t hospitals use Hydroxychlorquine to treat the disease?
- Do masks protect you or other people?
- Why is the public not notified when a worker at a business tests positive?
- Once you recover from Coronavirus, can you get it again?
- When can we expect a vaccine and how effective will it be?
- Why was there conflicting information about whether children can get COVID?
- Are test results accurately reported?
- What goes into declaring a county Red under the health alert status?
- Why is the public skeptical about what you’re telling them about the virus?
- How come IDs aren’t required for testing?