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Yazmin Almanza with Vail Health tests a patient for COVID-19 at the Dotsero Mobile Home Park in Dotsero. A year ago, COVID-19 hit home for people in Eagle County and at the time, local health officials predicted as many as 40 local residents would lose their lives to the virus.
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One year ago, COVID-19 hit hard in Eagle County, leaving local health officials grappling with what the global pandemic would mean to the local population.
Within a couple of weeks, they were sharing those thoughts with residents and their conclusions were startling.
Today, Chris Lindley’s title at Vail Health is chief population health officer. But back on May 18, 2020, when the Vail Daily ran a story detailing his COVID-19 predictions, Lindley had been assigned to head up Vail Health’s COVID-19 task force. He began that work in January 2020, armed with a combination of education and experience master’s of public health, a master’s in the science of epidemiology and a master’s