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Some rural Colorado health departments turn to ‘influencers’ to combat vaccine hesitancy
Of six counties served by the Northeast Colorado Health Department, only Phillips County has vaccinated more than 50 percent of its eligible population. Author: Steve Staeger Updated: 9:45 PM MDT July 19, 2021
FORT MORGAN, Colo. People on Colorado’s Eastern Plains may soon hear from their prominent neighbors who’ve received the COVID-19 vaccine, in the latest effort to combat hesitancy about the shot.
The Northeast Colorado Health Department (NCHD), which serves six counties, will roll out the program soon, according to marketing director Mary Brumage.
Of the counties the health department serves, only one, Phillips County, has vaccinated more than 50% of its eligible population, according to data from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. Washington, Sedgwick, Logan, Morgan and Yuma counties are all below 50%, according to tha