Day in and day out all around the world, highly trained epidemiologists are constantly on watch for the next bug that might result in widespread mortality. In Jefferson County, that guardian is Public Health Officer Dr. Tom Locke. This week on the Compass, we talk with Dr. Locke about the threat posed by the new coronavirus that’s been dubbed COVID-19, and the plans that are being laid to deal with what he believes is the inevitable local spread of the potentially lethal virus.