Our View: Jail inmate is grateful for vaccine
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It’s not every day that the Opinion page editor receives a letter from a jail inmate.
But it’s not unusual for incarcerated people to write journalists about their plights, hoping to find a sympathetic ear. Many journalists have collaborated with prisoners in order to get inside information about nefarious prison operations; others, believing a prisoner’s claim of innocence, have investigated and exonerated those wrongly convicted of crimes.
Rapid testing arrives in La Plata County
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Quick results can help identify outbreaks in high-risk locations
Friday, Dec. 18, 2020 5:03 AM Pamela Moreno, a registered nurse at Durango Urgent Care, takes a nasal swab from Mike Anderson, co-owner of the center, on Tuesday to place in the facility’s new COVID-19 rapid-test machines. The test takes 15 minutes with a 99% accuracy rate for positive cases. Jerry McBride/Durango Herald Couresty of San Juan Basin Public Health
La Plata County Jail officials discuss with San Juan Basin Public Health how to best implement rapid testing in the jail.