Attorney drills health officer with questions

RITZVILLE – Adams County Health Officer Dr. Alex Brzezny presented county commissioners an update on the status of COVID-19 in the county and elsewhere at their Mar. 10 meeting.

Following the presentation, Adams County Prosecuting Attorney Randy Flyckt had several questions for Brzezny.

“You said this has never been studied before, because this is a brand new virus and we've never been through this before,” Flyckt said.

“We are learning from the prior pandemics. But we've never deployed vaccine on this scale to control a global pandemic,” Brzezny answered.

Flyckt next asked how many variants t...