RAE ELLEN BICHELL
Kaiser Health News
The airport says a lot about Cortez, Colorado: The single-engine planes that fly into its one-room airport seat nine passengers at most. The city of about 9,000 is known largely as a gateway to beautiful places like Mesa Verde National Park and the Four Corners Monument. But COVID-19 vaccines have made Cortez a destination in its own right.
âWe had a couple fly in to get their vaccine from Denver that couldnât get it in the Denver metro area,â said Marc Meyer, director of pharmacy services and infection control for Southwest Health System, which includes clinics and a community hospital in Cortez. Others have come from neighboring states and as far away as California, Florida and the Carolinas. âThey all come back for their second dose,â he said. âBecause itâs so hard to get in the cities.â
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The airport says a lot about Cortez, Colorado: The single-engine planes that fly into its one-room airport seat nine passengers at most. The city of about 9,000 is known largely as a gateway to beautiful places like Mesa Verde National Park and the Four Corners Monument. But covid vaccines have made Cortez a destination in its own right. We had a couple fly in to get their vaccine from Denver that couldn t get it in the Denver metro area, said Marc Meyer, director of pharmacy services and infection control for Southwest Health System, which includes clinics and a community hospital in Cortez. Others have come from neighboring states and as far away as California, Florida and the Carolinas. They all come back for their second dose, he said. Because it s so hard to get in the cities.
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