Roberts: Don’t let your guard down against COVID-19

TYLER — In spite of encouraging numbers, NET Health’s George Roberts is cautioning East Texans not to let their guard down as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. Roberts told KTBB the area is still in a state of substantial spread. As he has been doing for months, he again urged all eligible East Texans to get vaccinated as soon as possible if they haven’t already. Roberts points out that case numbers remain high even though Smith and Gregg Counties’ new case figures are substantially down from last week. He also notes that a lot of patients remain in area hospitals with the virus despite a drop in that number. All in all, Roberts says there’s “no cause for letting up our response at this particular point in time.”