The Superior Express -

By Michele Bever

SHDHD executive director

Wow – it’s the beginning of December 2021 already and the health department has been focused on the COVID-19 pandemic for nearly two years. By the middle of this month, it will be one year since the first COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Nebraska. Health department staff thought the vaccine was the best gift we could have wished for and we were able to give those first shots ahead of last year’s winter holidays.

A year ago, the health department was all-consumed in notifying positive cases, conducting contact tracing and helping people understa...