mark johnson
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Rocked by deadly pandemic, Colorado public health faces needed rebuild
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Colorado public health officials vaulted to prominence three years ago when residents started to sicken and die of COVID-19, kicking off a pandemic that would spark fierce, even violent political debate and offer clear lessons for the future. At the outset, the outpouring of response was vast and relatively harmonious. Crafters made thousands of masks,…
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What’s next for Colorado hospitals, health care with staffing as COVID-19 pandemic ebbs?
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When the pandemic began two years ago, many policymakers and health officials worried over hospital capacity. Did hospitals – here and across the country – have enough beds to meet the expected flood of COVID-19 patients? As the pandemic wore on, the concern shifted away from beds themselves and toward the doctors, nurses, respiratory therapists and…
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Polis digs in as criticism grows over handling of latest COVID surge
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In early April, Gov. Jared Polis’s public optimism neared its apex. After a winter spent fighting an unprecedented COVID-19 surge, cases were falling, mortality had plummeted, vaccines were flowing and a Colorado summer beckoned. Four months before, the governor had giddily greeted a FedEx truck delivering the first batch of doses to Colorado. He was…
