Some parents talked about how their teenagers slowly became hooked on various forms of marijuana concentrate, which now ranges from 50 percent to upwards of 90 percent THC, while other parents, whose children are medical marijuana patients, as well as adult patients testified that those same products are what they need to keep their lives comfortable. We re hearing more and more about how the market is changing away from traditional flower and toward concentrates, said House Speaker and bill sponsor Alec Garnett, adding that he s concerned that eighteen-year-old medical marijuana patients who haven t yet graduated are “using the loopholes in our system to divert product into the high school.”
Colorado is leading the nation with the highest rate of new coronavirus cases over the past seven days, federal data shows. But COVID-19 metrics statewide are lower than at any point since March and far below fall spikes, some state experts counter.
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention data show Colorado is seeing about 145 new COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people on average over seven days. Alabama has the second highest rate of cases, followed by Maine and Minnesota. The state is far outpacing all of its neighbors for new cases; none are in the top 10.
Colorado is averaging about 968 cases each day over the past week, according to state data. That s the lowest total since March and a 44% drop from the most recent peak on April 25. Hospitalizations, which have become a key metric in gauging the severity of the pandemic, have fallen steadily for 10 days; confirmed COVID-19 hospitalizations are down 23%, and suspected cases are down 29%.
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Kris Karnauskas is a Fellow of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) and an Associate Professor in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (ATOC) at the University of Colorado Boulder, with secondary faculty appointments in the CU School of Medicine and the Colorado School of Public Health. Prior to joining the CU Boulder faculty, Kris spent six years on the faculty of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and the MIT-WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography (also teaching at Boston College) followed by sabbatical at the Institut Pierre Simon Laplace (IPSL) in Paris, France through a Research Fellowship from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Kris completed his B.S. at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Ph.D. at the University of Maryland-College Park, both in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship in Ocean and Climate Physics at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University. Kris curre
More vaccinations, including in younger teens, could help Colorado reach 70% immunity, data says
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Pharmaceutical company Pfizer announced on its website that it had received permission from the Food and Drug Administration that they can enroll children as young as 12 in its COVID-19 vaccine trial. (Federica Narancio/AP)
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DENVER â Colorado health officials are projecting fewer COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations if more people continue to receive the vaccine heading into the summer, with the possibility of 70% immunity by August if transmission control efforts stay in place.
The data released in the state s latest modeling report Friday underscored the importance of vaccine distribution in keeping cases and hospitalizations on a decline: The continued high levels of hospitalizations and infections are likely due to increased mobility and the spread of infection among the Coloradans who are not yet immune, the repor