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Hart Van Denburg/CPR News Dr. Steve Brizendine in the Intensive Care Unit of Platte Valley Medical Center in Brighton on Tuesday, May 25, 2021. Even as the pandemic seems to be receding, about 500 people remain hospitalized in Colorado with COVID-19. Almost all of them share a common trait: they are unvaccinated. The vaccines now in use and available to just about anyone 12 and older provide near universal protection against illness and even greater protection against severe cases leading to hospitalizations. Even more, doctors in hospitals treating COVID-19 patients in the state can’t recall a single death of a vaccinated person. ....