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Before the pandemic hit, not many people knew each county had a public health officer or what they did exactly. Natrona County Public Health Officer Dr. Mark Dowell has been in that position since the late 1990s. I would oversee sexually transmitted disease clinics. I would do immigration physicals. We would look at reproductive planning, these kinds of things, Dowel described.
But all of that changed when the pandemic hit. Public health employees all of the sudden were on the front line of the fight. It was endless phone calls, endless hours, endless types of stress, and huge policy making decisions right on the fly, said Dowell. And having to do all the meetings with public officials, trying to convince people that the public health policies were the way to go for our county, and having to be in the media a lot, and having my life threatened.
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While there’s an ample supply of doses still available, the lack of demand is causing some changes to the scale and frequency of Park County Public Health’s clinics.
One change caused a bit of frustration last Saturday.
Of the 600 available slots, only 185 people signed up for the Saturday, April 17 vaccination clinic. On the day of the clinic, only 157 vaccines were distributed.
With this shortage of participants, the decision was made to close the clinic early. Calls were placed on Friday and Saturday to remind those who signed up that they were scheduled for a shot to make them aware of the change.
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CJ Baker
Powell Tribune
Via Wyoming News Exchange
POWELL â Although Gov. Mark Gordon has ordered bars and restaurants to close in-person service at 10 p.m., a Powell sports bar announced Friday that it isnât following the mandate, contending the stateâs rules donât apply to the business.
It appears to be the first open challenge to the public health orders in Park County.
The Red Zone Sports Bar and Grill made the announcement Friday, after being visited by a Powell police officer early that morning.
The officer had noticed the liquor establishment was still open around 12:10 a.m. and reminded a staffer of the 10 p.m. closing time listed in the health orders; the staffer told Sgt. Matt McCaslin they were allowed to remain open and the officer left.
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