Utah hospitals are filling up, and more than 95% of the COVID patients weren’t vaccinated

‘These are preventable hospitalizations,’ Intermountain Healthcare doctor says.

(Jeremy Harmon | The Salt Lake Tribune) Dr. Eddie Stenehjem, an infectious disease physician at Intermountain Healthcare in Murray, Utah.

(Jeremy Harmon | The Salt Lake Tribune) Dr. Eddie Stenehjem, an infectious disease physician at Intermountain Healthcare in Murray, Utah.

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