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Picturing the next 18 months

COVID-19 will be around for awhile Shortly after the conclusion of last Friday's Emergency Control Group meeting at Fire Station No. 1, Pelham Fire Chief Bob Lymburner illustrated for Mayor Marvin Junkin the predicted course of the pandemic.
In April 2020, Pelham's Fire Chief, Bob Lymburner shows Mayor Marvin Junkin the likely timeline for a second and subsequent waves of COVID-19 infection over the following 12-18 months. DAVE BURKET

COVID-19 will be around for awhile

Shortly after the conclusion of last Friday's Emergency Control Group meeting at Fire Station No. 1, Pelham Fire Chief Bob Lymburner illustrated for Mayor Marvin Junkin the predicted course of the pandemic.

From the initial peak of infections that the world is seeing now, continued cycles of infection will occur, with gradually diminishing peaks, over the next 12 to 18 months, by which time either a vaccine, an effective treatment, or both will ideally be available.