Little has been consistent during the coronavirus pandemic in Colorado, but this has: Fall is COVID season. In both 2020 and 2021, as kids returned to classes and pumpkin-spiced lattes emerged from their caffeinated hidey-holes, COVID cases began to rise in the state. By this time last year, reports of new coronavirus infections had already […]
Jonathan Samet
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To better control COVID, Colorado must unlock the secret to its mysterious seasonal trends
To understand one of the essential mysteries of how and when the coronavirus spreads in Colorado, you need look no further than a basic graph of case trends. Nearly two years into the pandemic, an astonishing symmetry is contained within it. Colorado has had five distinct waves of cases, but the two biggest are the […]
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Some of the worst ozone pollution in the U.S. settles along the Front Range. New rules to fix it are ahead.
When it comes to oxygen, the Front Range sometimes has too much of a good thing. On many sunny, summer days the region has not only O2 in the air but also O3 – oxygen with an extra atom that transforms it into a corrosive gas — ozone. “The extra atom of oxygen turns it […]
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Colorado health officials warn state could reach record coronavirus hospitalizations by Nov. 10
Colorado health officials on Friday warned that the state could set a new record for coronavirus hospitalizations as soon as Nov. 10 with the disease continuing its rapid spread. As of Friday, 663 people were hospitalized in Colorado with COVID-19, the highest level since May 4. Hospitalizations have been steadily rising since Oct. 17. The […]