COVID-19 report card: Colorado scores better on health and education, but worse economically
Stats bear out different approaches state-to-state
KMGH
and last updated 2021-03-08 07:16:19-05
DENVER Figuring out how to handle a once-in-a-century pandemic is no easy task.
And states across the nation took vastly different paths.
Now, a year into the pandemic - we re taking a look at what worked and what didn t in the state of Colorado by going 360 and grading Coloradoâs COVID response.
We asked the Miller Chair of applied economics at the University of Denver, Jack Strauss, to help us out.
Letâs start with employment. According to tracktherecovery.org, unfortunately, employment is down across all three wage categories in Colorado.
While the pandemic impacted entrepreneurs across all demographics, the Small Business Association reports that Black-owned businesses saw three times the decline in business activity compared to other owners.