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Covid-19 researchers are predicting that up to 80% of Coloradans could be immune to the Omicron variant by the middle of this month, but that doesn’t mean it’s time to become complacent. The Auraria Campus’ 5th Street Garage, which has become one of the state’s largest Covid-19 testing sites, has been vital in the effort to keep the campus and the larger community safe. “We can go anywhere from 100 tests per day to 3,000 a day, and there’s no other site in the state that can scale up like that in 24 hours,” said Taylor Wettlaufer, program director for the Health Center at Auraria’s Covid-19 testing and vaccination work. “In terms of public-health measures, having convenient and rapid access to testing is one of the most important things we can do,” Health Center at Auraria physician James Dunbar, M.D., recently told RED.
Learn more about this vital campus and community resource in RED.