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What America s Richest Ski Town s Handling of COVID-19 Says About the Country Time 2/1/2021 © Courtesy of Jesse Bryant Jesse Bryant skiing at JHMR, in Jackson, Wyoming. Tucked in the shadow of the Tetons, the town of Jackson, Wy., and surrounding Teton County is home to less than 25,000 fulltime residents, but annually hosts over 2.5 million visitors. The valley’s natural beauty attracts an influx of tourists, who in turn are responsible for roughly 30% of the region’s jobs and over $1 billion in annual revenue, but this year, visitors came with an unwelcome price tag for locals: “Every time in this pandemic that we’ve had an influx of visitation, whether that’s second homeowners, or people just coming for a weekend, it follows with an uptick in cases and hospitalizations” says Dr. Jeff Greenbaum, medical director at the Emergency Department for Saint John’s hospital and the Jackson Hole Mountain Ski Resort (JHMR) ski patrol.

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