Selena Calderon, who lives in Ridgway, got her first COVID-19 vaccine from Public Health Nurse Rebekah Stewart at the 4-H Center. The county has given more than 3,000 shots so far, and more than 1,600 people are considered "fully immunized," having received two Moderna shots or one Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Liz Teitz â Ouray County Plaindealer
Covid
Seeking vaccines for teens a ‘goose chase’
After the state announced last week that anyone over 16 would be eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine, Niki Dow began searching.
She’d already been vaccinated at the 4-H Center in Ridgway, but she wanted to find a shot for her 17-year-old daughter, who became eligible when the state’s “Phase 2” opened on Friday. What she hoped would be a simple process turned into “wild goose chase.”
While the state is now allowing anyone over 16 to be vaccinated, the Pfizer vaccine is the only one approved...
