By John Estridge
Franklin County’s COVID-19 Task Force is no longer meeting.
On Fridays, the task force usually issues a press release through the Franklin County Health Department Facebook Page.
Apparently the page no longer exists. And FCHD nurse Angie Ruther issued the following two-line email Friday afternoon, August 28: “The COVID task force is not meeting at this time. All COVID numbers for Franklin County can be found on the ISDH website.”
A Franklin County resident strongly protested, on social media, his mother being listed that her death was related to COVID-19. After that incident, the FCHD Facebook page disappeared. It is not known if the two incidents are related. It is not known, if the fact the task force is no longer meeting, is also related to the incident.
The state has said 25 deaths in Franklin County are related to COVID-19.