(Screengrab from YouTube) Dr. Sankar Swaminathan, chief of infectious diseases at University of Utah Health, discusses the toll of the COVID-19 pandemic on Utah's health care system in a YouTube video created by Salt Lake County. The county has launched a campaign sharing pandemic stories in an effort to get Utahns to take the coronavirus seriously.
Leia Larsen is a sixth generation Utahn and a water and land use reporter reporter for The Salt Lake Tribune. She has covered environment, energy and political issues throughout the West. When she’s not chasing the news, Leia can be found exploring the Wasatch Mountains, sleeping in the desert or rooting around her garden.