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Report: COVID-19 exposure has sidelined all of Denver's QBs for Sunday
Jeff Driskel’s positive COVID-19 test has sidelined the entire Broncos quarterback room.
According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter,Drew Lock, Brett Rypien and Blake Bortles have all been deemed close contacts and are ineligible to play against the Saints on Sunday afternoon. None of the quarterbacks were wearing masks when they came in contact with Driskel.
As of 6:45 Saturday night, the game was still on as scheduled. Schefter also reported the Broncos wouldn’t forfeit, so they’re going to have to get creative, but don’t expect 60-year-old John Elway to come down from the general manager’s booth.
Report: COVID-19 exposure has sidelined all of Denver's QBs for Sunday
Jeff Driskel’s positive COVID-19 test has sidelined the entire Broncos quarterback room.
According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter,Drew Lock, Brett Rypien and Blake Bortles have all been deemed close contacts and are ineligible to play against the Saints on Sunday afternoon. None of the quarterbacks were wearing masks when they came in contact with Driskel.
As of 6:45 Saturday night, the game was still on as scheduled. Schefter also reported the Broncos wouldn’t forfeit, so they’re going to have to get creative, but don’t expect 60-year-old John Elway to come down from the general manager’s booth.
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Polis and his husband have tested positive for COVID. Both asymptomatic and feeling fine so far.
Gov. Polis, partner test positive for COVID | 9news.com
Gov. Polis, partner test positive for COVID | 9news.com
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“Polis had been quarantining since Wednesday after being exposed to someone else who had tested positive.”
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“DENVER — Gov. Jared Polis (D-Colorado) and his partner, Marlon Reis, have both tested positive for COVID-19, according to a post on the governor's Facebook pageSaturday night.“
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“Wednesday night, the governor's office released a statement announcing Polis was in quarantine after being exposed to someone who had tested positive for COVID-19.
A test that day came back negative, but the release said he would be tested again in the coming days.“
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Nightmares and tears: Covid-19 takes a heavy toll on health care workers in Colorado - CNN
COVID-19: In Conservative Colorado Town, Mask Wearing Gets Worse
Governor Jared Polis: My COVID-19 Infection Story
“He conceded, "I'm certainly not out of the woods, nor is Marlon. As we know, this can take a different turn."
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As for how he and Reis became infected, Polis pointed out that approximately one of every 41 Coloradans is carrying the virus right now. "There are exposures I know about, and also exposures I didn't know about" that might have resulted in him catching COVID-19 — but he suggested that his situation is no different from anyone else's. After all, he said, "If you're around forty people in a grocery store, chances are that one of them is contagious."
When his turn came, Fauci expressed sympathy for Polis. "You're a strong guy," he said. "Your constituents should know you're putting on a strong face."
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Something in the way we move: The reason coronavirus came roaring back in Colorado
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Gov. Polis says Colorado prisoners shouldn't get COVID-19 vaccine before free people
(Um, yeah....we don’t even know if there will be enough doses for all the health workers, nursing home residents and essential workers at this point (jmo, according to some videos I’ve seen. No freaking way “Chris Watts” or “ARS” should get a vaccine before them imo...yeah I know, they’ve been transferred out of state, but YKWIM!).
However, projected doses look pretty good in Colorado it seems:
“Gov. Jared Polis previously predicted the state could get 100,000 to 200,000 doses in December and early January. Fauci said the 40 million doses that will be available in December — each person will receive two doses of the vaccine — will be distributed to states based on population, which means Colorado could get more than Polis has predicted.
Colorado’s draft distribution plan calls for health care workers to be first in line for the vaccine, including those who work in assisted living facilities.
First responders like police, firefighters, corrections workers and others deemed members of Colorado’s “critical” workforce would be next, then residents of nursing homes and long-term care facilities, followed by people living in close quarters like prisons and shelters for the homeless. “
Colorado Could Get More Coronavirus Vaccine Doses Than Predicted, Dr. Fauci Says
COVID-19: In Conservative Colorado Town, Mask Wearing Gets Worse
Governor Jared Polis: My COVID-19 Infection Story
“He conceded, "I'm certainly not out of the woods, nor is Marlon. As we know, this can take a different turn."
BBM:
As for how he and Reis became infected, Polis pointed out that approximately one of every 41 Coloradans is carrying the virus right now. "There are exposures I know about, and also exposures I didn't know about" that might have resulted in him catching COVID-19 — but he suggested that his situation is no different from anyone else's. After all, he said, "If you're around forty people in a grocery store, chances are that one of them is contagious."
When his turn came, Fauci expressed sympathy for Polis. "You're a strong guy," he said. "Your constituents should know you're putting on a strong face."
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Something in the way we move: The reason coronavirus came roaring back in Colorado
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Gov. Polis says Colorado prisoners shouldn't get COVID-19 vaccine before free people
(Um, yeah....we don’t even know if there will be enough doses for all the health workers, nursing home residents and essential workers at this point (jmo, according to some videos I’ve seen. No freaking way “Chris Watts” or “ARS” should get a vaccine before them imo...yeah I know, they’ve been transferred out of state, but YKWIM!).
However, projected doses look pretty good in Colorado it seems:
“Gov. Jared Polis previously predicted the state could get 100,000 to 200,000 doses in December and early January. Fauci said the 40 million doses that will be available in December — each person will receive two doses of the vaccine — will be distributed to states based on population, which means Colorado could get more than Polis has predicted.
Colorado’s draft distribution plan calls for health care workers to be first in line for the vaccine, including those who work in assisted living facilities.
First responders like police, firefighters, corrections workers and others deemed members of Colorado’s “critical” workforce would be next, then residents of nursing homes and long-term care facilities, followed by people living in close quarters like prisons and shelters for the homeless. “
Colorado Could Get More Coronavirus Vaccine Doses Than Predicted, Dr. Fauci Says
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I will remember the towns who refuse to wear a mask and be sure never to visit there. I am not going to concern myself with their economy if they are not concerned about my health.
Number 1 on the list - Castle Rock, Colorado.
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One in 40 people in Colorado are contagious for the novel coronavirus
More than 46,000 doses of coronavirus vaccine will soon head to Colorado. Here’s what happens next.
Colorado lab flips business model, turns to COVID-19 testing during pandemic
‘We’re Almost There’: Polis Expects 1st COVID-19 Vaccine Doses As Soon As Next Week
“In an interview with Colorado Matters on Friday, Gov. Jared Polis said the Pfizer vaccine would be made available first, followed a few weeks later by the Moderna vaccine. Both vaccines require two doses with 30 days in between.
"We are only hopefully a week away from the first highly effective vaccine arriving at our state," he said. "And I would encourage anybody just to look at the data on the efficacy of this vaccine — 90 percent, 94 percent, there’s two of them."
"We’re excited, double down, wear masks, avoid others," Polis exclaimed. "We’re almost there."”
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Interview Transcript
“Ryan Warner: This is Colorado Matters from CPR News. I'm Ryan Warner. Hospitalizations for COVID-19 have been steadily climbing in Colorado to their highest numbers of the pandemic. Deaths from the virus are averaging more than 200 a week here for the first time since April. Meanwhile, lawmakers met this week in special session to help Coloradans who need financial life support. These are topics we'll broach with Colorado's Governor Jared Polis. We'll also talk about how vaccines will roll out in the state.”
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“RW: And you remain in quarantine. Are we going to see any counties move to purple status, the strictest phase of the state's dial, the equivalent of a local stay-at-home order, anytime soon?
JP: Well, I sure hope not, Ryan. What that is designed to do is really make sure that we do not overwhelm our hospitals, which means that there would no longer be a bed, not just for COVID, but a heart attack, a stroke, appendicitis, whatever you need. We are not out of room right now, but it is very strained, very strained, some systems more than others, some parts of our state, more than others. We've been working with the hospitals around additional capacity. They have additional capacity since March, thank goodness, to serve people. We also have a little bit of room at the alternative care sites, which we monitor the information in real time and we stand by ready to trigger if needed.
RW: Okay. So no county is imminently going to purple. And it doesn't sound like those alternative care sites, which range from the convention center to other sites across the state, those are on standby, but you don't anticipate those opening immediately?
JP: That would be before any type of purple or anything like that. So the two that would be first would be Westminster and Pueblo, they're two smaller sites. And we monitor the hospitalizations really daily, even hourly, to see if that's needed. And right now I think what the biggest threat is, and we simply don't know yet, Ryan, is what people did over Thanksgiving. And will that lead to another surge that would necessitate the activation of those sites.
RW: Will the state's guidance, speaking of Thanksgiving, will the state's guidance for the December holidays mirror what you said around turkey day?
JP: We're going to learn a lot from Thanksgiving. So really, frankly, starting today actually, you should see the first test results in cases. I hope, I hope Ryan, that people avoided mixing households over Thanksgiving, especially if they went to see their elderly relatives. We'll really see over the next week exactly what that looks like. And that'll help inform the Christmas guidance for folks.
RW: Okay. And you expect to see the early signs of that today, the tail of Thanksgiving —
JP: Starting today. We'll start seeing some of the very first cases from people's Thanksgivings today. But I would say, let's give it three to five days to really form any conclusions on what Thanksgiving looked like. What's most important for folks to realize is, this is just the most prevalent in the entire country that coronavirus has ever been. So if you've ever worn a mask, wear one now and wear it properly, right? It's not a decoration you adorn yourself. It's a tool, it's clothing. Just like you wear your shoes properly, wear your mask properly. Avoid socializing with people outside of your household and try to stay six feet away whenever possible.“
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“RW: The special session of the state legislature which you called, ended in the middle of the week and committed $342 million to COVID relief. When will we start to see that aid roll out? Like who benefits first, earliest?“
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More than 46,000 doses of coronavirus vaccine will soon head to Colorado. Here’s what happens next.
Colorado lab flips business model, turns to COVID-19 testing during pandemic
‘We’re Almost There’: Polis Expects 1st COVID-19 Vaccine Doses As Soon As Next Week
“In an interview with Colorado Matters on Friday, Gov. Jared Polis said the Pfizer vaccine would be made available first, followed a few weeks later by the Moderna vaccine. Both vaccines require two doses with 30 days in between.
"We are only hopefully a week away from the first highly effective vaccine arriving at our state," he said. "And I would encourage anybody just to look at the data on the efficacy of this vaccine — 90 percent, 94 percent, there’s two of them."
"We’re excited, double down, wear masks, avoid others," Polis exclaimed. "We’re almost there."”
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Interview Transcript
“Ryan Warner: This is Colorado Matters from CPR News. I'm Ryan Warner. Hospitalizations for COVID-19 have been steadily climbing in Colorado to their highest numbers of the pandemic. Deaths from the virus are averaging more than 200 a week here for the first time since April. Meanwhile, lawmakers met this week in special session to help Coloradans who need financial life support. These are topics we'll broach with Colorado's Governor Jared Polis. We'll also talk about how vaccines will roll out in the state.”
[...]
“RW: And you remain in quarantine. Are we going to see any counties move to purple status, the strictest phase of the state's dial, the equivalent of a local stay-at-home order, anytime soon?
JP: Well, I sure hope not, Ryan. What that is designed to do is really make sure that we do not overwhelm our hospitals, which means that there would no longer be a bed, not just for COVID, but a heart attack, a stroke, appendicitis, whatever you need. We are not out of room right now, but it is very strained, very strained, some systems more than others, some parts of our state, more than others. We've been working with the hospitals around additional capacity. They have additional capacity since March, thank goodness, to serve people. We also have a little bit of room at the alternative care sites, which we monitor the information in real time and we stand by ready to trigger if needed.
RW: Okay. So no county is imminently going to purple. And it doesn't sound like those alternative care sites, which range from the convention center to other sites across the state, those are on standby, but you don't anticipate those opening immediately?
JP: That would be before any type of purple or anything like that. So the two that would be first would be Westminster and Pueblo, they're two smaller sites. And we monitor the hospitalizations really daily, even hourly, to see if that's needed. And right now I think what the biggest threat is, and we simply don't know yet, Ryan, is what people did over Thanksgiving. And will that lead to another surge that would necessitate the activation of those sites.
RW: Will the state's guidance, speaking of Thanksgiving, will the state's guidance for the December holidays mirror what you said around turkey day?
JP: We're going to learn a lot from Thanksgiving. So really, frankly, starting today actually, you should see the first test results in cases. I hope, I hope Ryan, that people avoided mixing households over Thanksgiving, especially if they went to see their elderly relatives. We'll really see over the next week exactly what that looks like. And that'll help inform the Christmas guidance for folks.
RW: Okay. And you expect to see the early signs of that today, the tail of Thanksgiving —
JP: Starting today. We'll start seeing some of the very first cases from people's Thanksgivings today. But I would say, let's give it three to five days to really form any conclusions on what Thanksgiving looked like. What's most important for folks to realize is, this is just the most prevalent in the entire country that coronavirus has ever been. So if you've ever worn a mask, wear one now and wear it properly, right? It's not a decoration you adorn yourself. It's a tool, it's clothing. Just like you wear your shoes properly, wear your mask properly. Avoid socializing with people outside of your household and try to stay six feet away whenever possible.“
[...]
“RW: The special session of the state legislature which you called, ended in the middle of the week and committed $342 million to COVID relief. When will we start to see that aid roll out? Like who benefits first, earliest?“
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First Gentleman Taken to Hospital for COVID-19 Symptoms Monitoring | Colorado Governor Jared Polis
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2020
“DENVER - Over the last 24 hours, First Gentleman Marlon Reis started to experience a slightly worsening cough and shortness of breath on day eight after being diagnosed with COVID.
As a precaution, the First Gentleman has been transported to the hospital for review and treatment. Governor Polis is not experiencing any additional symptoms at this time.
The Governor drove the First Gentleman in his personal vehicle to the hospital. We will continue to update the general public as new information is available.“
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2020
“DENVER - Over the last 24 hours, First Gentleman Marlon Reis started to experience a slightly worsening cough and shortness of breath on day eight after being diagnosed with COVID.
As a precaution, the First Gentleman has been transported to the hospital for review and treatment. Governor Polis is not experiencing any additional symptoms at this time.
The Governor drove the First Gentleman in his personal vehicle to the hospital. We will continue to update the general public as new information is available.“
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Colorado COVID-19 update | 9news.com
State rolls out COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan
As part of the three-phase plan members of the general public aren't expected to get the vaccine until summer.
“DENVER — People who have direct contact with COVID-19 patients for 15 minutes or more, such as emergency room workers and staff at longterm care facilities, will receive first-priority vaccines.
They will be followed by additional healthcare workers, staff at dental offices, hospice workers and first responders, which are all included in the first phase of the three-phase distribution plan.“
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“Phase 2 would include the following:
State rolls out COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan
As part of the three-phase plan members of the general public aren't expected to get the vaccine until summer.
“DENVER — People who have direct contact with COVID-19 patients for 15 minutes or more, such as emergency room workers and staff at longterm care facilities, will receive first-priority vaccines.
They will be followed by additional healthcare workers, staff at dental offices, hospice workers and first responders, which are all included in the first phase of the three-phase distribution plan.“
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“Phase 2 would include the following:
- Grocery store workers
- Chronic health conditions
- Educators
- People who work in high-density environments (meatpacking plants)
- 65 or older
- Other healthcare workers not included in phase 1
- Any adult who participated in the vaccine trial who received the placebo“
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- “The vaccine will not be mass distributed to everyone in those places as part of phase two.
At this point, the vaccine is only available to those 18 and older.“
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Officials said they expect a lot of questions about the vaccine and the process and have set up 1-877-462-2911 as a hotline to call for information. Vaccine information can also be found online by visiting here.
Colorado COVID-19 update | 9news.com
Colorado COVID-19 update | 9news.com
you are so right....that goes for stores too. I no longer shop at my friends store because she does not wear a mask, will not distance, lets more people in then allowed, customers don’t have to wear masks either. This no longer a friend, can’t figure out why her sales are down!
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Colorado COVID-19 update | 9news.com
Reporting and tracking
Reporting and tracking
- COVID-19 vaccine providers must document administered vaccines in the patient’s vaccine record within 24 hours of vaccine administration as well as report required information to the Colorado Immunization Information System (CIIS) as soon as practicable and no later than 72 hours after vaccine administration.
- CDPHE will submit daily, de-identified COVID-19 vaccine administration data to the CDC as required. No personally identifiable information will be shared with CDC.
- CDPHE will monitor compliance with CDC documentation and reporting requirements. Additional tracking will occur through the CIIS Vaccine Ordering and Inventory Module (VOM).
- CDPHE will offer direct assistance and technical support to COVID-19 vaccine providers to help them meet reporting requirements.
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COVID outbreaks at big box retailers, grocery stores in Colorado | 9news.com
Prisons and jails
5,103 COVID-19 cases among inmates
494 among staff
“This comes as state officials weigh how to prioritize inmates when it comes to distributing the COVID-19 vaccine.”
Retailers
478 COVID-19 cases associated with 68 active outbreaks at retailers, including “two Costco locations, seven Targets, 11 Home Depots and 11 Walmarts.”
Grocery stores
active COVID-19 outbreaks at 33 grocery stores, 302 cases among staff and none that have been confirmed among attendees, according to CDPHE's data.
Stores include “four City Market stores, three Costcos, 10 King Soopers, four Trader Joe's, two Walmarts and six Whole Foods locations.”
Restaurants
69 active COVID-19 outbreaks associated with restaurants
Schools
532 cases of COVID-19 among staff at schools with active outbreaks
5,204 among students
“It's worth mentioning that more than 4,000 of the student cases are from the three largest outbreaks at CU Boulder, CSU in Fort Collins and the University of Denver.“
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“There are 200 outbreaks tied to senior care facilities, according to data from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE).“
Colorado nursing homes account for 23% of deadly COVID outbreaks | 9news.com
Dec. 7, 2020
Prisons and jails
5,103 COVID-19 cases among inmates
494 among staff
“This comes as state officials weigh how to prioritize inmates when it comes to distributing the COVID-19 vaccine.”
Retailers
478 COVID-19 cases associated with 68 active outbreaks at retailers, including “two Costco locations, seven Targets, 11 Home Depots and 11 Walmarts.”
Grocery stores
active COVID-19 outbreaks at 33 grocery stores, 302 cases among staff and none that have been confirmed among attendees, according to CDPHE's data.
Stores include “four City Market stores, three Costcos, 10 King Soopers, four Trader Joe's, two Walmarts and six Whole Foods locations.”
Restaurants
69 active COVID-19 outbreaks associated with restaurants
Schools
532 cases of COVID-19 among staff at schools with active outbreaks
5,204 among students
“It's worth mentioning that more than 4,000 of the student cases are from the three largest outbreaks at CU Boulder, CSU in Fort Collins and the University of Denver.“
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“There are 200 outbreaks tied to senior care facilities, according to data from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE).“
Colorado nursing homes account for 23% of deadly COVID outbreaks | 9news.com
Dec. 7, 2020
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Colorado State Fire Chiefs unhappy with first responder placement on COVID vaccination plan
“Under the plan released Wednesday, first responders, including EMS, police and firefighters, will be in the 1B category, below hospital workers and long-term care facility staff and residents.
“It’s not so much that we want to be put ahead of other health care professionals, but just to be in the same tier as them,” says Lombardi.“
“Under the plan released Wednesday, first responders, including EMS, police and firefighters, will be in the 1B category, below hospital workers and long-term care facility staff and residents.
“It’s not so much that we want to be put ahead of other health care professionals, but just to be in the same tier as them,” says Lombardi.“
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