The new normal at Atchison Hospital.
You must be screened and certified to enter.
Getting my seal of approval to enter to work.
Wearing scrubs every day now.
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For the first time since I began giving a medical perspective on this unbelievable horrible pandemic of Novel Covid-19, I can finally make some positive comments. All the many mitigation efforts (social distancing, hand washing, shelter in place, etc.) are starting to show great progress in our country and state. Don’t get me wrong, the worst is yet to come. But the number of new cases in New York and other densely populated areas is beginning a slow decline of new cases. This is very good news. Not so much that we can or should let down our guard—but these numbers clearly show our efforts are working. The number of new cases even in Kansas is showing a slowing as we “flatten the curve”. As we meet capacity, we may extend our time of mitigation. We’ll know more on that in about two weeks.
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Some facts we do know now about this pandemic:
In Kansas, our mitigation efforts appear to be winning the day for us, but we must not let our guard down. Complacency will kill. We are now probably 3-4 weeks from our Kansas peak. The legislature is set to convene Veto Session on April 27, but I am very doubtful this will be feasible. 
