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The rate of COVID-19 vaccinations has slowed considerably around the Mountain West, but most people are still unvaccinated in the region. Epidemiologists say areas with low rates of immunity could allow the virus to mutate into a more dangerous strain.

Get our free mobile app In Natrona County, expanding who can get vaccinated may do little to increase the number of people that get the vaccine, as Wyoming is the state with the greatest levels of vaccine hesitancy. Natrona County Health Officer Dr. Mark Dowell said he sees a lot of patients who have questions about the vaccine and tries his best to address misinformation. "I hear things like youre advocating for the vaccine cause youre getting paid to say it, I dont get anything, well theyre m...

"25 percent of the population in Natrona County has been vaccinated, and of the 18-and-older group, only 29 percent [has been vaccinated]," according to Natrona County Health Officer Dr. Mark Dowell. "Thats why Natrona County made the New York Times as one of the least vaccinated counties in the United States. Get our free mobile app Dr. Dowell returned to YouTube on Wednesday to offer some statistics about the current state of the county when it comes to COVID-19. "As a group, as a family in N...

Originally published on May 3, 2021 2:32 pm Inside Eastridge Shopping Mall in Casper, Wyoming was once a Macys. And signs of that department store life remain — a lot of mirrors, the old beauty department counter, and what used to be changing rooms to try on the latest fashions. Now, this building is a well-oiled, pandemic-fighting machine, with no customers. Listen / "If youre just out doing your thing and think, Well, I have a spare 30 minutes, I could go get my vaccine. Come on d...

The Casper-Natrona County Department Health Departments COVID Vaccine Center at the Eastridge Mall. Inside Eastridge Shopping Mall in Casper, Wyoming was once a Macys. And signs of that department store life remain — a lot of mirrors, the old beauty department counter, and what used to be changing rooms to try on the latest fashions. Now, this building is a well-oiled, pandemic-fighting machine, with no customers. "If youre just out doing your thing and think, Well, I have a spare 30 minutes...

5:03 Before the pandemic hit, not many people knew each county had a public health officer or what they did exactly. Natrona County Public Health Officer Dr. Mark Dowell has been in that position since the late 1990s. "I would oversee sexually transmitted disease clinics. I would do immigration physicals. We would look at reproductive planning, these kinds of things," Dowel described. But all of that changed when the pandemic hit. Public health employees all of the sudden were on the front line...

Natrona School Board Narrowly Votes to Keep Masks in Schools Trustees Kyla Alvey, Rita Walsh, Kianna Smith and Debbie McCullar voted for the variance. Trustees Clark Jenson, Thomas Myler, Dave Applegate, Dana Howie and Board Chairman Raymond Catellier voted against. During the school board meeting, the results of a survey that asked parents and staff whether they wanted the mandate or not was shared. It showed that, among the 4,537 respondents, 80% of parents and 75% of staff wanted the mask ma...

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Wyoming adding new education requirements for local health officers under new law By Brendan LaChance on April 1, 2021 Dr. Mark Dowell, M.D., Dr. Ghazi Ghanem, M.D., both infectious disease experts at WMC, are joined by Anna Kinder with the Natrona County Health Department, and Dr. Ron Ivenson, M.D., during a press conference on coronavirus plans. (Dan Cepeda, Oil City) CASPER, Wyo. — New education requirements for local health officers in Wyoming will go into effect on July 1, 2021 after Go...

Gov. Mark Gordon announced last week that most statewide health restrictions would be lifted. He cited a drop in cases, hospitalizations, and deaths as