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Phony optimism won’t get Utahns past COVID, Editorial Board writes

Gov. Cox is not helping by saying that anyone should ‘take this disease a lot less seriously.’

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Gov. Spencer Cox receives his first COVID-19 vaccine from Utah County Health Department nurse Sage Hall as state epidemiologist Dr. Angela Dunn and Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson watch, Mar. 25, 2021. Cox, who received his vaccine live on camera Thursday, said there's been "great demand" for the COVID-19 vaccine throughout Utah, and credited vaccinations for the declining coronavirus case counts.