Quick thread

So... Colorado is taking a major step toward reopening with restaurant announcement today.

Some things to consider:
Data is telling us things haven& #39;t looked better in months.

-- 15 straight days of positivity below 10%
-- Hospitalized #& #39;s lowest since March 30

-- testing remains BELOW Governor& #39;s goal... BUT... I think a more fitting metric is "If I have any symptoms, can I get a test and results ASAP"
(we are very close to that right now)

-- Daily admissions generally below 50 (Was five times that back in April)

-- cases reached peak in mid April... Have gone down since then (although -- and this shouldn& #39;t be ignored -- the virus is clearly still here based on the data)

(this is 3-day average chart)

What does it all mean?

That the trends are good. Colorado is weeks past peak...

Under this guidance, some amount of reopening is inevitable (unless you& #39;re assuming it& #39;s ok for the economy to continue to tank)

BUT... (you knew there had to be a BUT in there, right?)

We will have to watch these numbers very closely from here on out.

I& #39;ll be watching hospitalization admittance, positivity, and case counts (to some degree)

Let& #39;s hope the numbers continue to go down.