We asked for your questions about how the coronavirus is affecting your life in Bloomington, and you answered: we at City Limits have received more than 1,500 questions about the coronavirus.
Every day as this crisis continues, we will be deliberate in letting you know these answers to your questions, no matter the platform.
Every weekday we'll publish a new City Limits: Coronavirus story, so bookmark this webpage. Our team of reporters is committed to answering as many of these questions as possible on our website, in our social media channels and when possible on radio and television reports.
But please know – we don’t have the medical expertise for you to describe your symptoms and get a reasonable answer about whether you have the virus or should go to get tested. We'll turn to the experts to find answers, and we will provide general information we hope will be helpful, but please don’t consider our information as a substitute for working with your health care professional.
Thank you for your questions - and your patience, as we do our best to find out answers.
In the last year, more than 450,000 Americans have died from the disease and nearly 27 million have contracted it. World-wide, the numbers top 2 million dead and more than 103 million cases.
“I think it’s time to consider using more protective masks. Surgical masks, isolation masks, N-95s and things like that that are more protective. Maybe those are more important than they were before.”
Many Monroe County residents have had to take advantage of non-profit services for the first time during the pandemic, leaving many organizations in need of additional community generosity.
Last month, Indiana began distributing its first doses of COVID-19 vaccines to healthcare workers. The state has focused on vaccinating frontline healthcare workers and long-term care facilities so far.
”Why does this vaccine need such sub-zero storage?" one WFIU News listener asked. "Is there something live in it and it’s being kept frozen to stop replication?"
All the vaccines take two shots. If you were to get one today, you would need another one in three weeks. After the second shot, it will take another 21 to 28 days to be fully protected.
A listener suggests while there are more cases, there are relatively fewer deaths – and asks our City Limits Series, “Have doctors found more effective ways of treating patients?”
As the pandemic continues and another stimulus package hasn’t been put in place since the extended CARES Act ended in July, one listener asks our City Limits Series, "What happens to quarantined people after unemployment benefits expire?"
We had more than one question to our City Limits: Coronavirus project about what the rules are on the B-Line Trail in light of tightened rules during the pandemic.
Classes at Indiana University began Monday, as thousands of students arrived to a college experience transformed by procedures and regulations intended to slow the spread of COVID-19.
Indiana is one of many states that has a mandatory mask order in place, but legal experts disagree on whether or not the governor has the authority to enforce it with criminal penalties.
When the Coronavirus forced the cancellation of Indiana University’s spring graduation, it also canceled plans for families who planned on visiting Bloomington that weekend.
The virus can be transmitted before the carrier exhibits symptoms, so even if you feel fine you should stay home for 14 days and monitor yourself for symptoms.
At this location, you will not be undergoing the nasopharyngeal test, which one of our readers referred to as “disturbingly intrusive” and another called “the reviled nasal swab.”
Monroe County's Health Department Administrator says anytime people are traveling they need to be aware of where they are and what is going on in that community.
Statistics gathered from county health departments by the Indiana State Department of Health say as of Monday, 26 deaths were attributed to the virus in Monroe County.
There’s good news for people trying to renew a license — BMV offices are reopening. But for those requiring a driving test to get their first one, more delays are ahead.
Since early March, long term care facilities have barred visitors from coming in to prevent spread of COVID-19 to residents. A City Limits reader wanted to know how COVID-19 can spread so quickly in nursing homes when many of the residents don’t get out much.
This fall, all rooms in IU’s residence halls will be single occupancy, but with a rigorous exemption process available for students who may wish to choose their own roommate.
Since the state took over COVID-19 contact tracing for county health departments last month, multiple questions have been sent into our City Limits: Coronavirus series asking how to get recruited or help with the effort.
If that daily trek to the mailbox is continuing to make you anxious maybe you should consider taking action that might reduce the number of trips you make.
As summer nears and the COVID-19 case numbers in Indiana continue to rise, the idea of a packed home improvement store poses new and somewhat unknown health risks.
