Why the switch? We’re starting to see population-level protection from vaccines, and that lessens the risk of disease transmission across the state, says state epidemiologist Dr. Rachel Herlihy. With an improved testing landscape, especially in settings like schools and summer camps where we typically see a large number of outbreaks, this change allows us to efficiently focus our resources on the outbreak scenarios most likely to impact public health.
The move also makes the state s stats look better but the outbreak totals were already falling under the old rules.
Until June 1, the CDPHE considered an entity an outbreak after two or more COVID-19 cases among residents, staffers or other people connected to a specific location were confirmed within a fourteen-day period, or two or more cases of respiratory illness with an onset of symptoms within a fourteen-day period were paired with at least one additional COVID-19 diagnosis.
Stacks of lumber are moved last week by employees at Foxworth-Galbraith Lumber & Building Materials on North Nevada Avenue in Colorado Springs. Building material costs, particularly lumber, have soared over the last year, leading to spikes in the cost of new homes, decks, home remodelings, hotels, offices and retail buildings, among other residential and commercial projects. JERILEE BENNETT, THE GAZETTE
Stacks of lumber are moved last week by employees at Foxworth-Galbraith Lumber & Building Materials on North Nevada Avenue in Colorado Springs. Building material costs, particularly lumber, have soared over the last year, leading to spikes in the cost of new homes, decks, home remodelings, hotels, offices and retail buildings, among other residential and commercial projects. JERILEE BENNETT, THE GAZETTE