Elyssa Loughlin
Wellness Programming ProducerElle (she/her) is a second year Jesuit Volunteer/Americorps Member and the Wellness Programming Producer at KYUK. Elle attended La Salle University, where she "graduated" in 2020. She is happy to have found a position where she can use her communication major AND biology minor so that she no longer has to answer the dreaded question, "what are you going to do with THAT?"
Elle is excited to be spending a second year learning from the people and land of the Y-K Delta.
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COVID-19 cases have hit an all-time high in the region, with 688 cases reported from Jan. 10 to Jan. 16. -
On this COVID-19 call-in show with YKHC, Brian Lefferts and Mary Horgan discuss best practices for masking, testing, and isolating amid the omicron variant outbreak.
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“We're seeing skyrocketing cases,” YKHC Chief of Staff Dr. Ellen Hodges said on Jan. 12. “It's the fastest growth of cases I’ve seen.”
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For the second week in a row, newly announced cases in the region climbed, this week by 74%. This follows the confirmation of the presence of the omicron variant in the Y-K Delta by state epidemiologists on Jan. 7.
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YKHC’s Dr. Ellen Hodges and Brian Lefferts discuss the importance of getting boosted, what we can expect from the omicron wave, and YKHC’s testing and isolation guidelines.
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“There are things that people can do for holiday get-togethers that will make things safer. And one of the things is making sure everyone who comes to a holiday gathering who's eligible is vaccinated, that's really important and boosted,” YKHC Chief of Staff Dr. Ellen Hodges said. “I think it's sometimes hard to have that conversation with your family. But it's really important to ask, and make sure they get their booster now.”
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Regional cases are falling steeply, down 40% from last month and 61% from early October. However, the Y-K Delta’s COVID-19 case rate is two-and-a-half times higher than the national case rate and two times higher than the state’s.
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How does the energy we put out into the universe make its way back to us?
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COVID-19 cases in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta have steadily declined over the past week, but the region still faces higher transmission rates than most of the country as the holidays approach.
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“We've had the worst all time outbreak in the United States. If you look on the New York Times, we are listed number one as the worst all time outbreak, with almost 38,000 cases per 100,000,” Dr. Liz Bates said during the COVID-19 Call-in show. “And so I think this is why we are so strongly advocating for everyone to get vaccinated if they can, as soon as they can.”
