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Idaho Doctors Discuss Slowing Hospitalizations And Ramped Up Vaccine Efforts

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Tuesday, the U.S. marked 400,000 deaths from the coronavirus exactly one year to the day since the first case was diagnosed in our country. More than 1,600 of those deaths have happened in Idaho. The good news: almost 11,000 Idahoans have received their COVID-19 vaccination.

Idaho Matters posed your questions to two physicians working to combat the pandemic:

  • Dr. Andrew Southard, Emergency Medical Director at Saint Alphonsus
  • Dr. Rob Cavagnol, St. Luke’s Executive Medical Director

Have a question or comment for the show? Tweet @KBSX915 using #IdahoMatters

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