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The message from Chaffee County Public Health regarding how to get a handle on COVID-19 is a stark one: “COVID stops with you.”

In case people still need an incentive to get vaccinated, CCPH will be giving away five free Colorado State Park Passes, this Friday, June 11, at the county’s Walk-up Vaccination clinic (see chart below). Winners will be called after the clinic closes at 7:00 p.m. The donation is courtesy of the State of Colorado and Gary and Terri Buchanan of Heart of the Rockies Radio.

Chaffee County COVID Dashboard

It’s been a while since many of us have thought about the Chaffee County COVID Dashboard, but it’s time to take a look.

  • Yes, the county is still having COVID-19 cases.
  • Yes, those new cases are symptomatic.
  • Yes, there have been 17 cases diagnosed in the past 14 days.
  • Yes, those cases are being spread person to person.
  • Yes, the total number of in-county cases diagnosed in our county since this thing began is 1,252.
  • Yes, our positivity rate is low — 2.59 percent.
  • Yes, vigilance is required to avoid the kinds of surges being seen in Mesa and Alamosa counties, and vaccination is our way out of this.

Chaffee County Vaccination Results to Date

The State of Colorado’s dashboard displays the level of disease spread in Chaffee County and all other counties in the state. COVID-19 Vaccination Status & Information State-level vaccination dashboard, including county-level data: https://covid19.colorado.gov/vaccine-data-dashboard.

Chaffee county data as of June 7:

  • 20,389 COVID-19 doses administered to Chaffee County residents. Includes ages 12+
  • 60.7 percent of eligible Chaffee County residents have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine. (includes ages 12+). This is the statistic being tracked by the state of Colorado for President Joe Biden’s goal of having 70 percent of eligible Americans with at least one dose of COVID vaccine by July 4.
  • 55.1 percent of Chaffee County residents have been fully immunized with COVID-19 vaccine (includes ages 12+). This is the statistic we are tracking with CCPH for our county 75 percent goal for fully-vaccinated individuals.

Note: BVCC and other state correctional facilities’ vaccination data are not included in the state counts, due to being federal facilities.

Getting vaccinated as soon as you are eligible helps you, your friends, and family — especially kids 11 and under that cannot be vaccinated yet — and our whole. community. Vaccination appointments are now open to all Colorado residents, aged 12+ and vaccination is recommended for all eligible individuals as an essential public health strategy to end the COVID-19 pandemic.

Chaffee County has many providers offering convenient and free vaccination appointments. See the full list of local vaccine providers here. Summer recreation employees; these clinic locations, and the free walk-up clinics below are a great opportunity to get your free vaccination.

CPH Walk-Up COVID-19 Vaccination Clinics:

June 11, 4:00-7:00 p.m.

  • At Salida Middle School – just look for signage
  • No appointment is necessary
  • Pfizer for ages 12+ and Johnson & Johnson vaccine for 18+ years

July 7, 4:00-7:00 p.m.

  • At Salida Middle School – just look for signage
  • No appointment is necessary
  • Pfizer for ages 12+ and Johnson & Johnson vaccine for 18+ years

July 28, 4:00-7:00 p.m.

  • At Salida Middle School – just look for signage
  • No appointment is necessary
  • Pfizer for ages 12+ and Johnson & Johnson vaccine for 18+ years

Those businesses interested in having CCPH come to your workplace or organization for an on-site vaccination mini-clinic with a group can set up their own vaccine clinic. All you need is a guarantee of at least five employees (for Pfizer) or seven (for Moderna or J&J). Reach out to CCPH at 719-539-4510 to discuss options or just fill out the interest form here.

CCPH is doing a Vaccination Survey to understand more about the attitudes about the COVID-19 vaccine and barriers to coming forward to be vaccinated: https://forms.gle/uoD2PZAtZgVA5Khy5.

The state Vaccine Call Center is open 24 hours day/day, 7 days/week ~ the toll-free number is 1-877-CO VAX CO (1-877-268-2926). Vaccine call center staff are available to answer COVID-19 vaccine-related questions, provide info about vaccine providers across the state, and give general information about COVID-19.

Featured image: Image courtesy of the CDC.