Courtesy of Aspen Valley Hospital
Roaring Fork Valley health leaders say high levels of local demand for coronavirus vaccines are outpacing new shipments of doses from the state. That is partially due to recent and sudden changes to the state’s priority guidelines, which made people 70 years of age or older eligible for the vaccine.
“We’re definitely ordering more vaccine than is coming,” said Carrie Godes, public health specialist for Garfield County. “It is coming, but it’s slow. A lot of our messages that we have been urging are for patience. We’re optimistic, we’re hopeful, we are administering doses.”
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