Facts On The Delta Variant Featured On Wellness Wednesday

AARP Wyoming

With the arrival of the Delta Variant of COVID-19 has come questions about what the variation of the virus means for Wyomingites. At 3 p.m. on July 7, Pharmacist Stevi Sy will offer facts about the Delta Variant and how to fight it.

The event is free and open to all citizens of Wyoming regardless of age or affiliation with AARP Wyoming. To view the event, go to AARP Wyoming’s Facebook page at:  facebook.com/AARPwy. 

Sy will use the webinar to offer an overview of the Delta Variant, where it came from and how transmissible it can be. She will also lead a discussion on who should be worried about new variants and how to avoid them, including when masks might need to be worn, Finally Sy will help participants understand what is known about vaccine coverage with the Delta Variant and other variants of concern. 

“The Delta variant, which has been sweeping across the world, is driving up hospital admissions in Wyoming,” Sy says. “There are concerns with rodeo and tourist season, the variant will spread faster across the state. It’s important that Wyomingites know how to protect themselves.”

Sy is a licensed pharmacist who works with Mountain-Pacific Quality Health. She joined Mountain-Pacific in 2017, bringing an expertise in medication safety, medication reconciliation and adverse drug event prevention to Mountain-Pacific. Sy also forms community teams to encourage accurate medication reconciliation, patient education and communication among stakeholders and providers in communities. 

Wellness Wednesdays Webinars are made possible through a collaboration with AARP Wyoming, The Wyoming Department of Health Injury and Violence Prevention Program, Wyoming Council on Aging, Wyoming Department of Health Aging Division, and Mountain Pacific Quality Health. The webinars are a monthly series devoted to maintaining a healthy lifestyle during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. The webinars are free to the public and there is no requirement to be an AARP member to take part.

For more information, contact Tom Lacock at tlacock@aarp.org.

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