Health

The update offers reasons for optimism.

The governor was as hyped as if he’d just snorted cocaine. (Which he hadn’t.)

Weld County has battled safety protocols throughout the pandemic.

COVID-19 data in most categories is still worsening.

Our best guesses about people pretending to be vaccinated.

At one point, Polis seemed to drift into a fog.

The CDPHE’s approach makes the numbers look better.

Over a third of new outbreaks are tied to children.

Only Michigan’s currently stats can compared.

One box store has 142 staff cases.

Stores had varying policies about face coverings.

Vaccination stats are lukewarm at best.

The specifics of the new public health order are unclear.

Many of the new rules are likely in flux.

State officials appear to have been caught flatfooted.

Early vaccinations haven’t prevented the outbreaks.

The pace of COVID-19 deaths has increased.

The school wound up on the state’s outbreak list.

The smirking dude was clad head to toe in camo.

Proof of vaccination is a key to the new order.

Nearly a third of active outbreaks are at K-12 schools.

Rates in urban counties aren’t much higher than in rural areas.