Even as Gov. Jared Polis on Tuesday unveiled tighter coronavirus restrictions he hopes will avoid the need for a harsh lockdown, the head of the state’s largest local public health agency said he’s not sure whether the measures will be enough. But Dr. John Douglas, the executive director of Tri-County Health Department, said he is […]
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Colorado governor unveils new coronavirus restrictions aimed at preventing lockdowns
Gov. Jared Polis announced new coronavirus restrictions Tuesday aimed — at least temporarily — at preventing about half of Colorado’s counties from being forced into lockdown as COVID-19 sickens more people and fills more hospital beds each day. The new mandates are intended to give counties with a worsening COVID-19 situation another chance to improve […]
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Why another statewide lockdown is unlikely, even as Colorado’s coronavirus situation worsens each day
Coloradans are more likely to encounter someone with coronavirus now than at any point during the pandemic, state health officials say. Hospitalizations because of COVID-19 have surged to a new high. The state’s health care capacity is at risk of being overwhelmed in a matter of weeks. Yet Gov. Jared Polis has declined to place […]
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Littwin: Trump wasn’t kidding about testing, and some red-state governors aren’t either
It was great to see Dr. Tony Fauci again. I don’t know about you, but I’ve missed the guy. I know Donald Trump isn’t a big believer in quarantines, but he has apparently been doing his best to quarantine his leading infectious disease expert. But there Fauci was Tuesday morning, making his TV comeback, testifying […]
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Drew Litton: Only half of Colorado is diving back into the reopening
More cartoons from The Colorado Sun.
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Opinion: If you’re 50 or older during the coronavirus, you’re apparently on your own
To be younger in Colorado now is indeed to be free, as the state opens up from its COVID-19 lockdown. Not only do the young get to go out, but the people over a certain age are officially admonished to stay out of their way. Colorado is working hard to get children safely back into […]
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Colorado lawmakers focus on essential workers amid coronavirus, push to make paid sick leave a right for all
To lift public health restrictions and reopen Colorado, Democratic lawmakers say the first step is to protect essential workers like Mirja McDade in the retail and service industries. McDade’s past jobs in the restaurant industry didn’t include paid sick time, so she worked regardless of her health. “The food industry is probably the worst as […]
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Opinion: Why fighting epidemics is not left to politicians in Colorado
There is no nice way to say it. Dr. Florence Sabin and the Health Committee of the Colorado State Post-War Planning Committee in 1947 did not trust Colorado’s politicians to care for the public’s health. History supported their skepticism. The health of Colorado was abysmal. More than 40% of Colorado draftees for World War II were […]
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Carman: Welcome to Colorful Colorado. How about a side of COVID with your coffee?
For a long time, a surprising number of Americans have substituted ideology for reality. For them, facts are fungible. Science is for suckers. And some of these same Americans have come to believe that their innate privilege affords them immunity from all manner of unpleasantness. If you’re white and a member of a particular political […]
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Opinion: Your bank could help fight climate change — but will it?
For six weeks now, my truck has been parked, like so many millions of other vehicles idled by sheltering in place. Across the adventure sports community travel to ski resorts abruptly stopped in mid-March, mountain expeditions are on hold, and most of the industry is working from home. This sudden retreat from travel has driven […]