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The Colorado Sun

Which Coloradans should receive the coronavirus vaccine first? The answer depends on who you ask.

news outletThe Colorado Sun
Publish DateDecember 11, 2020

“We created this monster to some extent,” said Dr. Matthew Wynia, the director of the Center for Bioethics and Humanities at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. He is firmly in the public health camp. But he said some of the ethical discussions surrounding vaccine allocation priorities focused on reciprocity.

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Newsweek

How Promising is the Vaccine News if People Won't Take it? | Opinion

news outletNewsweek
Publish DateDecember 11, 2020

This op-ed was written by the Risk & Social Policy Working Group, an interdisciplinary team of scholars formed to study risk messaging and public policy during the COVID-19 pandemic, including Katie Dickinson, Colorado School of Public Health, and Courtney Welton-Mitchell, Colorado School of Public Health.

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9News

Q&A: Colorado physicians urge against panic after 2 people in the UK report allergic reaction to vaccine

news outlet9News
Publish DateDecember 11, 2020

Dr. Thomas Campbell, infectious disease physician for the CU School of Medicine: "Two health care workers who received the Pfizer COVID vaccine had severe allergic reactions ... Both of the individuals who had this reaction to the Pfizer vaccine had a past history of severe allergic reactions. In the UK, the medical authorities are advising people who have that type of past history, not to receive the vaccine."

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Denver 7

Colorado could receive COVID-19 vaccines in a few weeks; here's what health experts have to say

news outletDenver 7
Publish DateDecember 04, 2020

Medical professionals like Emily Cheshire, a family nurse practitioner and a University of Colorado College of Nursing assistant professor, said they’re fielding a lot of questions from patients wanting to know more about the safety of the vaccine. “I get questions around the safety because it came out so quickly,” Cheshire said. “I would say a wide variety [of questions], and I think they’re all very valid.”

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CBS4 Denver

COVID In Colorado: Coronavirus Vaccine Trials On Children Just Getting Underway

news outletCBS4 Denver
Publish DateDecember 04, 2020

“In terms of rolling it out to larger populations of children, we’re several months away from that,” said Dr. Sean O’Leary a pediatrician at Children’s Hospital Colorado and professor of pediatrics at CU Anschutz.

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Colorado Public Radio

If Coloradans Can’t Control The Spread Of Coronavirus, Thousands More Could Die By The New Year

news outletColorado Public Radio
Publish DateDecember 04, 2020

“Given the fact that we've experienced rising cases and hospitalizations, there's no doubt that the numbers of deaths will rise,” said Dr. Jonathan Samet, dean of the Colorado School of Public Health in a remote update. “I hope that our numbers are overestimates, but I think we're facing a number of deaths that's far greater than we would like to experience.”

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The Colorado Sun

Something in the way we move: The reason coronavirus came roaring back in Colorado

news outletThe Colorado Sun
Publish DateDecember 04, 2020

Elizabeth Carlton, an infectious disease researcher at the Colorado School of Public Health who works with Bayham as part of the modeling team helping the state project the pandemic’s course, said COVID fatigue likely plays a big role. People just want to go back to their normal lives, which leads them to let down their precautions in what they consider “safe” environments, like their own home in the company of friends.

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The Denver Post

COVID-19 deaths in Colorado are shooting up. Here’s how officials track the numbers.

news outletThe Denver Post
Publish DateDecember 04, 2020

“It is always a bit politically charged because different people have different motivations,” said Dr. Matthew Wynia, director of the Center for Bioethics and Humanities at the University of Colorado. “But it has played out in spades with the COVID pandemic because there is such a lot of political motivation to say, ‘Oh, it’s not that many people. It’s not so dangerous.’”

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