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Least Vaccinated U.S. Counties Have Something in Common: Trump Voters April 17, 2021 About 31 percent of adults in the United States have now been fully vaccinated. Scientists have estimated that 70 to 90 percent of the total population must acquire resistance to the virus to reach herd immunity. But in hundreds of counties around the country, vaccination rates are low, with some even languishing in the teens. The disparity in vaccination rates has so far mainly broken down along political li...

The Casper-Natrona County Health Department, in partnership with the Natrona County School District, is now offering all district employees the opportunity to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, according to a prepared statement from the health department on Thursday. “With the beginning of this new phase, we’re able to provide vaccines to the educators who are so integral in our community," health department spokeswoman Hailey Bloom said. "While we know this wait has been difficult, we are n...

Wyoming Health Officials Use Ads to Promote COVID-19 Shots CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — Public health officials in Wyoming say its a challenge to persuade large numbers of people to get the coronavirus vaccine. The Casper-Natrona County Health Department is working with Casper-based advertising agency Adbay to counter misinformation and encourage people to get shots as they become available. The ads appear with the slogan “Casper vs. COVID.” The Casper Star-Tribune reports the ads are appearing on...

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — It’s one thing to market a brand of perfume or a new kind of chocolate bar — things people want but don’t need. It’s another beast altogether to try to market a vaccine —...

As vaccines roll out across the state and become available to more of its population, Wyoming health officials are tasked with getting as many people inoculated as possible with the

Casper-Natrona County Health Dept. Expands Vaccine Eligibility Just who can receive a vaccine will expand in Natrona County this week. The Casper-Natrona County Health Department on Monday said that beginning Wednesday, anyone who is 70 years or older will be able to get a vaccine at locations across Casper. Enter your number to get our free mobile app Its part of the health departments planned vaccination phasing. “With the beginning of this new phase, we’re able to start protecting our mo...

It’s Christmas Eve and she’s tired. Shes been tired for the majority of the year. Like most healthcare workers, she puts in long hours and long days. Days turn into nights, then back into days again. Time becomes irrelevant because it seems like she is always at the hospital. Christmas for many healthcare workers looks like reheated leftovers, videos of gifts being opened, It’s a Wonderful Life on a muted TV and maybe, if they’re lucky, a tree. Enter your number to get our free mobile a...

But a glimmer of hope arrived Wednesday in Natrona County. The COVID-19 vaccine is here. “It truly is awesome to come this far along in 10 months, through tragedy and everything else, it’s a big moment,” said Dr. Andy Dunn, Wyoming Medical Center chief of staff and the first staff member to be vaccinated Wednesday morning. A shipment of 975 Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines arrived at both the Natrona County and Laramie County health departments Monday. On Tuesday, 10 Cheyenne he...

First COVID-19 Vaccines Arrive, Administered in Natrona County A Casper firefighter on Wednesday received the first shot of the first shipment to Natrona County of the COVID-19 vaccine. “I’m just relieved that the vaccine is finally here so we can get ourselves out of this,” Dane Andersen said. He was among about a dozen Casper Fire Department personnel who met at the Casper-Natrona County Health Department to receive the shot, Andersen said. The health department received its first shipm...