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On November 16, physicians participating in the North Dakota Medical Association Physician Advisory Group (PAG) showed their gratitude to Governor Burgum for taking action to slow the pandemic spread. Gratitude was shared through a formal letter submitted to news publications.
"We are hopeful that if we all step up to make these sacrifices together now, we can hope for a flattening of the curve within two incubation cycles (or about four weeks). This will buy us precious time to deploy forthcoming better therapies, and efficacious vaccines, both of which appear to be close at hand."
We, as North Dakota physicians, support and thank Governor Burgum for his recent executive orders mandating masks, restricting large crowds, and limiting restaurant hours/capacity. We are grateful to Burgum for taking this step to protect North Dakotans’ lives in a way that optimizes livelihoods under the circumstances of significant COVID case rates, hospitalizations, and deaths in our state. We recognize that these classic mitigation strategies, along with isolation of positive cases and quarantining of close contacts, as well as frequent handwashing and disinfecting surfaces, are the only viable options for significantly reducing the burden of COVID disease in our state while we await a successful vaccine.
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