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Polis: Unsafe Holiday Actions Like Putting a Gun to Grandma's Head
Colorado Governor Jared Polis's November 13 press conference about COVID-19 contained plenty of terrifying data from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, including an astronomical new daily case count. But arguably his most chilling words were reserved for stressing the risks involved with intergenerational celebrations of Thanksgiving.
According to Polis, celebrants from different households who want to spend Thanksgiving together need to isolate themselves starting today in order to minimize the prospect of unwittingly transmitting the disease to vulnerable individuals. "For families who do want to get together and that's something you want to enjoy," he said, "the more family members who make the decision to self-quarantine, the more likely it is that you're not bringing a loaded pistol to grandma's head."
Polis delivered much of the bad news related to COVID-19 in the first moments of his remarks. He pointed out that the state's positivity rate is over 11 percent — 5 percent is considered a red line by the World Health Organization — and that 1,159 Coloradans are currently hospitalized for treatment of the virus. But while he was proud this state tested more than 51,000 people in a single day, a new highpoint for that metric, the results were positive for 6,439 people. Mere months ago, daily positive case counts were in the low hundreds.
https://www.westword.com/news/covid-19-polis-compares-unsafe-thanksgiving-gatherings-to-russian-roulette-11842967
this anon thought grandma got run over by a reindeer.
Dear Polis, I fear you heard the story wrong. Let me correct it for you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgIwLeASnkw