{"id":1088325,"date":"2022-01-11T12:14:55","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T18:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1088325"},"modified":"2022-01-12T12:14:06","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T18:14:06","slug":"net-healths-roberts-updates-recaps-covid-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1088325","title":{"rendered":"NET Health&#8217;s Roberts updates, recaps COVID concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2021\/10\/nethealthnortheasttexas-4-175x103.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"103\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1066130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2021\/10\/nethealthnortheasttexas-4-175x103.jpg 175w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2021\/10\/nethealthnortheasttexas-4.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/>TYLER &#8212; Net Health CEO George Roberts continues to address the current omicron surge, crunching some numbers this go-round.  He told KTBB, &#8220;If you&#8217;re having any symptoms of COVID &#8212; that includes fever, shortness of breath, cough&#8230;sore throats &#8212; you have probably a 40 to 50 per cent chance right now that you probably have COVID.&#8221;  Roberts adds that you should seek medical attention as soon as you can if you&#8217;re having more severe symptoms.  In that light, he continues to urge residents to get vaccinated and stay home when they&#8217;re sick. <!--more-->   <\/p>\n<p>Roberts guardedly notes the hopeful signs as well, telling us area hospital numbers have not increased in the same proportion as during the delta surge &#8212; but the &#8220;sheer volume&#8221; of cases remains a primary concern.  Roberts says he can&#8217;t be specific but expects the omicron surge locally to run several more weeks. For more information on COVID-19 in East Texas, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nethealthcovid19.org\/blog\/\">here<\/a>.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER &#8212; Net Health CEO George Roberts continues to address the current omicron surge, crunching some numbers this go-round. He told KTBB, &#8220;If you&#8217;re having any symptoms of COVID &#8212; that includes fever, shortness of breath, cough&#8230;sore throats &#8212; you have probably a 40 to 50 per cent chance right now that you probably have &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1088325\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">NET Health&#8217;s Roberts updates, recaps COVID concerns<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":1088328,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2021\/10\/nethealthnortheasttexas-4-175x103.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"NET Health\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Roberts updates, recaps COVID concerns","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1088325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-26 18:34:01","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2021\/10\/nethealthnortheasttexas-4-175x103.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"NET Health\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Roberts updates, recaps COVID concerns","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1088325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1088325"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1088325\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1088326,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1088325\/revisions\/1088326"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1088328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1088325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1088325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1088325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}