Summit County Director of Public Health Amy Wineland received the Breckenridge Community Leadership Award during a Breckenridge Town Council meeting Tuesday, Dec. 13. Wineland was recognized for her work during the last two years of.
The days are getting warmer, vaccines are readily available and communities across the state are reopening with looser restrictions. As life returns to this new normal, community leaders and members alike will begin to dig.
Photo from Keystone Resort
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Notable characters from the early days of Keystone Resort gathered in front of the Argentine chairlift on Sunday, April 11, to swap memories and take a final ride on the lift, which will be removed this summer. The closing day marked the end of Keystone’s 50th season.
The resort hosted its closing day and final operations of the Argentine lift on a sunny, windy April day, although, there were fewer of the usual closing-day crowds and parking lot parties due to COVID-19 restrictions. However, a small group of people integral to Keystone’s history gathered to see off the Argentine lift, which was one of the original chairs installed at Keystone for its first operating season.
What considerations are there for businesses that have most, if not all, of their staff vaccinated?
“What’s really important is that we’re still learning a lot about the vaccine,” Wineland said. “We know that it’s almost 100% preventable in serious illness, hospitalizations and death.
“What we also know is that people who are fully vaccinated still contract the virus. They still might have mild illness, and they might spread the virus. What role vaccinated people play in the continued spread of this virus we are still learning. … It is really critical that even people who have been vaccinated continue to wear that mask until we reach a high level of protection within our population.”
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