A Huge Uptick in Covid Cases

Dear Member, 

We wish you all a very healthy, safe, and happy holiday season. We thank you for your trust in us during this trying time and appreciate all your support. We will be closing at noon this Friday to celebrate our staff and thank them for their extraordinary dedication to us these past 2 years. As always, someone will be on call for urgent matters. 

Most importantly, we would like to discuss keeping you safe in the coming weeks. We have seen an incredible uptick of cases of COVID over the past few days. We have been inundated with calls and emails of positive patients or exposure to positive friends/family members. This rise is reminding us of March 2020 when all this started. However, we are much better positioned. The Omicron variant is highly contagious and breaking through even boostered patients. However, because you have been vaccinated and hopefully boostered, we are faring better. The jury is still out as to whether the Omicron variant is “mild”. What was said is that it “is not more severe than delta”. This is very different than saying it’s mild. What we have been seeing in vaccinated and boostered patients is that it has been overall mild. We do not think that would be the case for those of you still unvaccinated. We urge you to vaccinate as soon as you can. For those of you who only received one J and J vaccine, get a booster vaccine as soon as you can.

To keep safe during the holidays, we recommend that you always stay masked indoors. What worked a few weeks ago to stay safe is no longer working. We recommend that you test prior to travelling and/or visiting others and test again on the day of the get together. If possible, if you are somewhere warm, have your get together outdoors or limit the number of attendants and/or be in a well-ventilated space.

Yes, you have heard this all before and we are ALL tired of COVID. However, it does not seem to be tired of us yet.

Hope springs eternal!

Stay safe and happy holidays!