Comment on Positive COVID-19 cases among Corridor first responders remain low

In the early days of the pandemic, the Corridor saw a handful of COVID-19 cases among first responders — mostly those working in law enforcement. That wasn’t unexpected as emergency workers face a higher risk of exposure simply because their jobs require daily contact with the community. Despite that risk, the number of COVID-19 infections among first responders in Linn and Johnson counties has stayed relatively low.Many of the Corridor departments attribute that fact to the mitigation protocols put in place at the start of the pandemic.