The first month of this year has been the deadliest one Dr. Brent Blue has seen in his time as Teton County coroner.
âItâs really pretty bizarre, actually,â Blue said. âThese were all unrelated. There werenât two deaths that were related.â
Of the 15 deaths reported in January, 12 were what Blue calls âunattended,â usually meaning it was an unexpected death outside the hospital.
The three other deaths were COVID-19 related, according to the Teton County Health Department.
But the dozen that were or are being investigated by the Teton County Coronerâs Office were not related to COVID-19, Blue said.
The first month of this year has been the deadliest one Dr. Brent Blue has seen in his time as Teton County coroner.
âItâs really pretty bizarre, actually,â Blue said. âThese were all unrelated. There werenât two deaths that were related.â
Of the 15 deaths reported in January, 12 were what Blue calls âunattended,â usually meaning it was an unexpected death outside the hospital.
The three other deaths were COVID-19 related, according to the Teton County Health Department.
But the dozen that were or are being investigated by the Teton County Coronerâs Office were not related to COVID-19, Blue said.
Sanitizing her corded desk phone after four hours of scheduling COVID-19 vaccine appointments, Virginia Faulkner-Monks said she felt a bit like St. Nick.
âIt feels kind of like youâre Santa,â she said. âYouâre really making somebodyâs day whoâs been very anxious.â
Faulkner-Monks, 27, was one of the volunteers answering phones and making calls Monday at the Teton County Health Departmentâs vaccine call center. The center answers peopleâs questions about getting a vaccine, registers eligible Teton County residents for shots and, when itâs their turn, calls to schedule appointments. Itâs intended for people in the age-based vaccine priority groups the countyâs working through now. Others in employment-based subgroups like teachers and public transit employees will be vaccinated later in Phase 1b and register to receive the vaccine through their employers. Mary Grossman, the call centerâs founding employee, described
Week 47: The pandemic in Wyoming from Jan. 30-Feb. 5
(Dan Cepeda, Oil City File)
Vaccine demand continued to outstrip supply this week in Wyoming as the state expanded its priority population to include individuals 65 and older, more essential workers and residents with certain health conditions.
Against this backdrop, the state’s COVID-19 infection numbers improved in most areas, continuing a two-month positive trend.
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In Cheyenne, Gov. Mark Gordon and legislative leadership announced a plan to hold a hybrid in-person and virtual legislative session in the Capitol Building starting March 1. Normally held in January and February, this year’s session was redesigned with a one-day in-person and online kick-off, online-only committee hearings this week and last and an hyrbrid portion set to begin March 1 with new safety precautions.