By John Daley, CPR
“With the pandemic evolving and the most vulnerable Coloradans getting closer to protection from COVID-19 through vaccines, Gov. Jared Polis said Friday that the state would change the restrictions dial to allow for bigger crowds in restaurants and gyms.
At a news briefing, Polis said the changes would go into effect Saturday at 9 a.m., at which point Front Range counties will move from working under orange restrictions to yellow.
“Colorado is moving in the right direction,” Polis said. “But that could easily change.”
The biggest change in the dial is the speed with which counties can now move to fewer restrictions. Under the current dial, most measurements of viral transmission were taken over 14 days, forcing counties to show sustained improvement before they moved to a less restrictive place. Polis has now cut that in half.
That allows an immediate shift of most, perhaps all, of Colorado’s counties to less restrictive conditions.”
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