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Doctor: I think Johnson County needs to have a mask mandate – KMBC Kansas City

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WIDE RECEIVER MARCUS KEMP TO THE ROSTER. WELL, THE NUMBER OF COVID PATIENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HEALTH SYSTEM KEEPS TICKING UP. IN MARCH THEY HAD A DAY WITH ONLY TWO PATIENTS. HERE WE ARE IN SEPTEMBER, AND THERE ARE 93 TODAY. 16 ARE IN THE U.IC CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER DR. STEEVP ROLE IN THAT INCREASE, BUT SAYS THAT LOOSENED MASK RULES AND DROPPING MASK MANDATES ARE HUGE FACTORS. >> I WILL STJU CHALLENGE AND SAY I THINK JOHNSON COUNTY NEEDS TO HAVE AMASSED MANDATE. I’M SORRY. I PROBABLY MADE SOME PEOPLE MAD. BUT THE REALITY IS REALITY. IF YOU WANT TO GET THIS UNDER CONTROL AND REDUCE THE BURDEONN EACH OTHER AND REDUCE THE RISK OF DISEASE TRANSMISSION, YOU HAVE TO MASK. B:RO DR. STITES POINTS TO KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, WHERE COVID CASES HAVE DROPPED SINCE THE MASK MANDATE WAS PUT BAC

Doctor: ‘I think Johnson County needs to have a mask mandate’

University of Kansas Health System says it’s treating 93 COVID-19 patients with 16 in the intensive care unit

The number of COVID-19 patients at the University of Kansas Health System keeps ticking up.In March, the hospital said it had a day with only two patients. In September, there are 93 COVID-19 patients with 16 in the intensive care unit.Chief medical officer Dr. Steven Stites said that many factors play a role in that increase, but he said that relaxed mask rules and dropping mask mandates are huge factors.”I will just challenge and say I think Johnson County needs to have a mask mandate. I’m sorry. I probably made some people mad. But the reality is reality. If you want to get this under control and reduce the burden on each other and reduce the risk of disease transmission, you have to mask,” Stites said.Stites pointed to Kansas City, Missouri, where COVID-19 cases have dropped since the mask mandate was put back in place

KANSAS CITY, Kan. —

The number of COVID-19 patients at the University of Kansas Health System keeps ticking up.

In March, the hospital said it had a day with only two patients. In September, there are 93 COVID-19 patients with 16 in the intensive care unit.

Chief medical officer Dr. Steven Stites said that many factors play a role in that increase, but he said that relaxed mask rules and dropping mask mandates are huge factors.

“I will just challenge and say I think Johnson County needs to have a mask mandate.
I’m sorry. I probably made some people mad. But the reality is reality. If you want to get this under control and reduce the burden on each other and reduce the risk of disease transmission, you have to mask,” Stites said.

Stites pointed to Kansas City, Missouri, where COVID-19 cases have dropped since the mask mandate was put back in place