Teton County has a new problem with vaccines, albeit a much more desirable one.
After finding out at the end of February that it would receive about 5,600 doses of vaccines in March, the Teton County Health Department learned it would actually get more than 7,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine this month, along with 300 doses of the newly approved Johnson & Johnson shot.
The surplus doses are coming in an extra box of Pfizer vaccines this week. For a county that as of Monday had administered 7,630 doses total (first and second) in the first two and half months of vaccine distribution, giving out more than 7,000 first doses this month will be a huge undertaking.
The Teton County Health Department wants your input.
In partnership with St. Johnâs Health and other providers, the department is administering the Community Needs Health Assessment, which identifies and sets priorities for community health every three years. Residents can improve the data and results by taking a quality of life survey.
The five-minute survey poses questions about how living in Teton County is, and it asks respondents to rank the most important factors for a healthy community, the biggest health problems in the community and the biggest risk factors.
The 2018 needs assessment garnered about 1,300 responses, including between 200 and 300 in Spanish.
The town of Jackson announced this week that a START Bus driver had tested positive for COVID-19. The town updated that notice Thursday to correct which routes were impacted.