Paramedics with Southwest Health System prepare to administer Tresa Gleeson's second dose of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine at her home near Cortez. The team traveled around the region to vaccinate people unable to leave their homes. Photo courtesy Anthony Nicotera/The Journal
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Some fly to Cortez to get vaccinated, while others can’t reach a clinic
The airport says a lot about Cortez: The single-engine planes that fly into its one-room airport seat nine passengers at most. The city of about 9,000 is known largely as a gateway to beautiful places like Mesa Verde National Park and the Four Corners Monument. But COVID-19 vaccines have made Cortez a destination in its own right.
“We had a couple fly in to get their vaccine from Denver that couldn’t get it in the Denver metro area,” said Marc Meyer, director of pharmacy services and infect...