Colorado prepares for possible mask, vaccine mandate as COVID hospitalizations grow

Chief medical officer urges restaurants, businesses to implement mandates on their own

It’s not unusual for a few thousand people to be hospitalized over the entire flu season, so that might lead to about 300 or so people needing beds for influenza in a matter of months, France said.

France encouraged Coloradans to wear masks indoors and to get either vaccinated or receive their booster shot if they are already inoculated.

People should also get their flu shot as a normal flu season, in which more people are hospitalized, “might be the straw that breaks the camel’s back,” he said.

https://www.denverpost.com/2021/10/25/mask-vaccine-mandates-colorado/

With a little over a week to vote, fewer than 10 percent of Colorado voters have cast ballots for November’s election

A little over 8 percent of eligible Colorado voters have cast their ballots for the upcoming election, according to Secretary of State Jena Griswold.

With a little over a week to vote, only 313,372 ballots have been returned as of Monday afternoon. There are more than 3.8 million registered voters in Colorado. El Paso and Jefferson counties have the highest total voter turnout so far, both with just over 40,000 ballots tallied. San Juan County has the lowest, reporting 35 returned ballots.

The 2021 vote is an off-year election, with no major political races and a limited number of statewide ballot measures. Issues on the ballot include state spending and taxes.

A final ballot count of 2019’s coordinated election showed that 1,580,812 people voted. That year’s turnout was higher than the previous two off-years.

https://www.cpr.org/2021/10/25/early-ballot-count-november-election-voters/