{"id":2455976,"date":"2020-03-18T13:05:32","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T19:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=322853"},"modified":"2020-03-18T22:22:17","modified_gmt":"2020-03-19T04:22:17","slug":"colorado-governor-warns-more-social-distancing-restrictions-are-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/colorado-governor-warns-more-social-distancing-restrictions-are-coming\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado governor warns more social distancing restrictions are coming"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis speaks during a news conference to outline the state’s efforts to fend off the spread of coronavirus Monday, March 16, 2020, in Denver.<\/strong>
AP Photo\/David Zalubowski<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Gov. Jared Polis indicated Wednesday morning that more severe social distancing measures will occur in communities across Colorado as the COVID-19 virus spreads throughout the state.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to address the public health issue, so you\u2019ll continue to see additional guidance requirements in the coming hours and days with regard to containing the spread of the virus because if we fail, the economic consequences of the virus running rampant will be far worse in the medium and long term,\u201d he said during a press conference Wednesday morning. \u201cThis will be difficult, but this will also be temporary. Eventually, things will return to normal.\u201d<\/p>\n

He noted mountain communities are hotspots, and some of the draconian measures already taken by county health departments in those areas, like Summit County, which has shut down all non-essential businesses.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to take the steps we need to avoid catastrophic loss of life,\u201d Polis said, adding that a \u201cshelter in place\u201d order has impacts his office is considering. \u201cWe have to make sure that we have it in a way where there\u2019s compliance, where there\u2019s social order, where people can support themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n

When asked how a measure like that would be enforced, Polis said it\u2019s up to the people of Colorado to do the right thing.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to be clear that the responsibility is on the people at the end of the day,\u201d he said, adding the state\u2019s recommendation is no more than 10 people in one place. \u201cThere\u2019s not really the ability to police. If you\u2019re stupid and you have 30 or 40 or 80 people at your home, I mean, maybe the neighbors will complain and maybe the police will come out, but please don\u2019t be stupid, your local law enforcement is not going to be everywhere.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not something you\u2019re trying to get away with. What you\u2019re doing is you\u2019re jeopardizing the lives of your friends.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis speaks during a news conference to outline the state’s efforts to fend off the spread of coronavirus Monday, March 16, 2020, in Denver.AP Photo\/David Zalubowski Gov. Jared Polis indicated Wednesday morning that more severe social distancing measures will occur in communities across Colorado as the COVID-19 virus spreads throughout the state. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2455976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-18 09:35:29","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSPN The Valley's Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2455976"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2455987,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455976\/revisions\/2455987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2455976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2455976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2455976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}