Coronavirus

Recorded live: ‘Kids & COVID’ Whatcom County experts answer reader questions

Bellingham Herald staff

Updated October 6, 2021 9:07 AM

Watch this event, recorded earlier live. It is part of our free essential community coronavirus content.

Schools across Whatcom County and the nation continue to struggle with balancing the need for students to return to in-person class and outbreaks of COVID-19 that endanger lives and force schools to close and students to return to remote learning.

Now The Bellingham Herald brings together a team of experts to answer your questions and give you the latest information on the COVID-19 vaccine for kids 5- to 11-years old, how Bellingham Public Schools and the Whatcom County Health Board are managing health safety and how families can prepare for successful family holiday gatherings.

Join us at noon on Tuesday, Oct. 5 for a live, virtual question and answer event with medical experts from PeaceHealth’s St. Joseph Hospital, the Whatcom County Health Department and a leader from Bellingham Public Schools.

Our guests will be Dr. Greg Thompson, Whatcom County Health Department Co-Health Officer, Dr. Amy Harley, Whatcom County Health Department Co-Health Officer and a pediatric hospitalist at PeaceHealth St. Joseph Hospital, Dr. Sudhakar Karlapudi, chief medical officer and patient safety officer for St. Joseph Hospital. and Dr. Greg Baker, superintendent of Bellingham Public Schools, and Kim Niederhauser, the district’s health director.

Herald COVID-19 reporter David Rasbach will moderate the online question and answer session. He has been covering the pandemic in Whatcom County since it began in March 2020.