Health & Prevention Report: An update from SHS's head of infection control on Southwest Colorado's COVID surge going into the holiday season

By Lucas Brady Woods

Published November 18, 2021 at 4:52 PM MST

Marc Mayer is Southwest Health System's head of infection control and pharmacy services.

For the last few weeks, Southwest Colorado has been experiencing one of the worst surges of COVID-19 so far in the pandemic. While that sounds bad, there is some good news in Montezuma County about rising vaccination rates and, maybe, a bit of light at the end of the tunnel. In this week’s Health & Prevention Report, KSJD’s Lucas Brady Woods gets the latest on the local pandemic situation from Marc Meyer, SHS’s head of infection control and pharmacy services.

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