{"id":1107873,"date":"2021-12-11T01:43:40","date_gmt":"2021-12-11T06:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1107873"},"modified":"2021-12-11T01:43:43","modified_gmt":"2021-12-11T06:43:43","slug":"co-gov-polis-covid-emergency-is-over-and-we-dont-get-to-tell-people-what-to-wear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/co-gov-polis-covid-emergency-is-over-and-we-dont-get-to-tell-people-what-to-wear\/","title":{"rendered":"CO Gov. Polis: COVID &#039;Emergency Is Over&#039; and We Don&#039;t &#039;Get to Tell People What to Wear&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fco-gov-polis-covid-emergency-is-over-and-we-dont-get-to-tell-people-what-to-wear%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1107873&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/AP_21029799442501-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>During an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cpr.org\/2021\/12\/10\/interview-gov-jared-polis-mask-mandates-covid\/\">interview<\/a> with Colorado Public Radio on Thursday released on Friday, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) defended his refusal to reinstitute a state mask mandate by saying that the coronavirus \u201cemergency is over\u201d and state public health officials don\u2019t \u201cget to tell people what to wear.\u201d Polis also argued that because vaccines have been available for a long time, \u201cPeople who want to be protected are.\u201d And that \u201cIf you haven\u2019t been vaccinated, that\u2019s your choice. I respect that. But it\u2019s your fault when you\u2019re in the hospital with COVID.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Polis said, \u201cWell, you know, our top goal is always to follow the science, and there was a time when there was no vaccine and masks were all we had and we needed to wear them and Colorado stepped up, which was great. The truth is, we now have highly effective vaccines that work far better than masks, I mean, not even close. If you wear a mask, it does decrease your risk of getting COVID, and that\u2019s a good thing to do indoors around others. But if you get COVID and you are still unvaccinated, the case is just as bad as if you were not wearing a mask. So, it\u2019s a different place. Everybody\u2019s had more than enough opportunity to get vaccinated, I think. \u2026 At this point, if you haven\u2019t been vaccinated, it\u2019s really your own darn fault.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>He added that he sees the vaccines as \u201cthe end of the medical emergency, frankly. People who want to be protected are.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Polis further stated that having a mask mandate is \u201cthe kind of thing that I never \u2014 I didn\u2019t hesitate to do in the emergency. The emergency is over. So, you know, public health doesn\u2019t get to tell people what to wear. I mean, that\u2019s just not their job. I think it\u2019s great to wear a mask indoors around others. But when you\u2019re not in an emergency situation \u2014 public health would say to always wear a mask. Because it always decreases flu, it always decreases anything. But that\u2019s not something that you require. You don\u2019t tell people what to wear. You don\u2019t tell people to wear a jacket when they go out in winter and force them to. If they get frostbite, it\u2019s their own darn fault. If you haven\u2019t been vaccinated, that\u2019s your choice. I respect that. But it\u2019s your fault when you\u2019re in the hospital with COVID.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After the interview, Polis\u2019 office put out a statement saying that he was referring to the role of state officials, and he \u201cbelieves that local leaders can and should put disease reduction protocols in place based off their disease levels and community support for those policies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>(h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/news\/democratic-governor-of-colorado-not-our-job-to-enforce-masks-as-vaccines-have-ended-medical-emergency\/\">Mediaite<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow <\/em><em>Ian&nbsp;Hanchett on Twitter&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IanHanchett\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@IanHanchett<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During an interview with Colorado Public Radio on Thursday released on Friday, Colorado Gov. 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