Last Updated on February 28, 2022 by cwl
- March 5th – one confirmed case of COVID-19 in Colorado – https://www.colorado.gov/governor/news/updated-information-covid-19
- March 10th – State of Emergency declared – https://www.colorado.gov/governor/news/gov-polis-provides-update-states-response-covid-19
- March 14th – all downhill ski resorts are closed for one week – https://www.colorado.gov/governor/news/gov-polis-issues-executive-order-suspending-down-hill-ski-area-operations-one-week – (extended to April 30th, which effectively closes the ski areas for the season)
- March 16th – Bars, restaurants, gyms, theaters, and casinos to be closed – https://www.colorado.gov/governor/news/state-health-department-issues-public-health-order-closing-colorado-bars-restaurants-gyms – Affects 286k jobs – https://restaurant.org/Downloads/PDFs/State-Statistics/colorado.pdf
- March 19th – Bars, restaurants, theaters, gyms and casinos to be closed, and to include nonessential personal services facilities, horse track and off-track betting facilities statewide. Nonessential personal services include hair or nail salons, spas, or tattoo or massage parlors. https://www.colorado.gov/governor/news/colorado-continues-take-action-response-covid-19
COVID-19 Colorado statistics as of March 19th, 4 PM (https://covid19.colorado.gov/data):
277 cases
38 hospitalized
22 counties
2,952 people tested
2 deaths
I’m an engineer, so I like numbers. Let’s run some:
- Colorado population: ~5.7 million – https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/CO/PST045218
- Percentage (by population) of COVID-19 cases in Colorado: 0.004859%
- Percentage (by population) of COVID-19 hospitalizations in Colorado: 0.000667%
- Percentage (by population) of COVID-19 deaths in Colorado: 3.509e-7%
The COVID-19 virus is real. So is this year’s flu virus. So who benefits from this (IMHO) overreaction to COVID-19? I haven’t been able to come to a conclusion yet. I do know who will get hurt from this: everybody but the 1%…