Monday, March 16 at 6pm on KBUT.
KBUT will host a live question and answer session with local health officials on the spread and impact of COVID-19 in the Gunnison Valley.
Our guests are:
- Dr. Jason Hogan, Emergency Medicine Doctor at Gunnison Valley Health
- Jodie Leonard, Head of Infection Control at Gunnison Valley Health
- Joni Reynolds, Director of Gunnison County Health and Human Services
- Chris Rourke, Editor of the Gunnison Country Times
- Hosted by KBUT News Director Christopher Biddle
There are many ways to submit questions for this event We will be taking questions live both on social media and phone calls. You can also submit questions ahead of time by emailing News@kbut.org (please use the subject line COVID-19 Questions) or by posting in the Facebook event page or any posts related to the event.
I need to pick up 2 prescriptions at Walmart. My experience is that prescriptions are not always ready and you pay when you pick up. I would like to ask a volunteer to pick up since I am over 60. Is it possible to coordinate with Walmart so we can pay via phone or online (I have never been able to talk to a person when I call.) otherwise I think this will be complicated for a volunteer (trying to avoid handing them cash or waiting at Walmart.)
How long is someone contagious once they stop having symptoms?
If someone has had the virus, do they build antibodies to the virus and do we know how quickly someone can get the virus again?
Is there vomiting or diarrhea with this?
I would like to have KBUT and government talk about the financial consequences that will result from the closings. I don’t think the people making decisions are aware that the working class in Gunnison County is a paycheck away from financial catastrophe. March is the most important month of the year for service workers, to make it to Summer again. People are literally going to run out of food money, not to mention rent. I would rather hear that discussed, than how the virus doesn’t effect pets. That doesn’t reflect an understanding of how this crises is effecting humans in this community. I wish I was in the position to worry about about my dog. I’m worried about feeding my kids.