Colorado COVID-19 Outbreaks Changes June 2021
Why the switch? "We’re starting to see population-level protection from vaccines, and that lessens the risk of disease transmission across the state," says state epidemiologist Dr. Rachel Herlihy. "With an improved testing landscape, especially in settings like schools and summer camps where we typically see a large number of outbreaks, this change allows us to efficiently focus our resources on the outbreak scenarios most likely to impact public health." The move also makes the state's stats look better — but the outbreak totals were already falling under the old rules. Until June 1, t...
Source: westword.com
