While COVID-19 cases remain fairly low, we cannot forget the importance of protecting the most vulnerable populations in Mesa County. As we reflect on the news nationwide, most of the worst COVID-19 outbreaks have been within congregate care facilities – residential settings with 24-hour staff, like assisted living, jails, and […]

In recent weeks, we’ve all begun to hear the words “contact tracing”– seemingly everywhere. As epidemiologists, we are constantly studying patterns, whether patterns of infection or patterns of injury, and part of that study involves contact tracing. Contact tracing is just another way of saying we trace each positive infection […]

The residents of Mesa County have gone the (social) distance and taken our directive to stay at home, use cloth face coverings, socially distance, and avoid large gatherings seriously. We had the advantage of time as we watched COVID-19 spread from China to Italy, Washington, California, and New York, and […]