Several West side counties, and a few in Central WA, fully expecting to be 'demoted.' Benton appears to be in good shape, Franklin County edging towards limit.
According to WSDOH, they claim a lot of unknowns. This second strain came from South Africa, the first 'strain' from the UK. That was the one that allegedly spread faster and more easily, but otherwise was not vastly different than original.
App uses Bluetooth type tech to communicate with other enable devices, reportedly bypassing GPS and not collecting sensitive data about user...this according to WSDOH.
“We’re at the point where If we cannot change the current trajectory of disease by changing our behavior, we will have to take actions that will hurt our economy and no one wants to do that again,”--WA State Chief Health Officer.