As the state slowly opens up its economy after almost two months of Safer at Home restrictions, Door County health officials expect signs of the COVID-19 pandemic will stick around for a while. During their weekly Facebook Live session, Door County Medical Center Chief Medical Officer Dr. Jim Heise says terms like “contact tracing” and “social distancing” are now part of our everyday lexicon. Door County Public Health Manager Sue Powers says mitigation strategies like keeping six feet apart and wearing masks in public will be part of the norm. Both said the coronavirus impacts people in very different ways, which is why Powers recommends people mask up when possible.

Heise says Door County Medical Center may try to figure out how to get people a mask that may want it but do not know how to make one or where to get it.