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Weld County’s health department is no longer allowed to post about COVID on social media

Updated Dec. 16, 2021: Following publication, Weld County reversed its decision and will allow the health department to post about COVID on social media. Weld County’s commissioners will no longer publish information about COVID-19 on social media following pushback on posts made to encourage residents to get vaccinated against the disease.  Three members of the […]

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Weld County’s top public health official warned commissioners against full reopening, documents show

Weld County businesses got the green light to reopen this week despite serious concerns expressed by Dr. Mark Wallace, executive director of the Weld County Department of Health and Environment.  A day before the five Weld County Commissioners unveiled their “safer-at-work” initiative, Wallace warned against it, according to internal emails obtained by The NoCo Optimist […]