{"id":1131177,"date":"2021-12-18T18:34:51","date_gmt":"2021-12-18T23:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1131177"},"modified":"2021-12-18T18:34:54","modified_gmt":"2021-12-18T23:34:54","slug":"dem-gov-defends-saying-covid-emergency-is-over-people-want-facts-not-fear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-gov-defends-saying-covid-emergency-is-over-people-want-facts-not-fear\/","title":{"rendered":"Dem Gov Defends Saying COVID \u2018Emergency Is Over\u2019: People Want \u2018Facts, Not Fear\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Fdem-gov-defends-saying-covid-emergency-is-over-people-want-facts-not-fear%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=1131177&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--><p>On Friday, Democratic Governor of Colorado Jared Polis appeared on CNN\u2019s \u201cAnderson Cooper 360\u201d to defend his recent statement that the COVID-19 \u201cemergency is over.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During an interview on December 10, Polis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/colorado-democrat-governor-declares-covid-19-emergency-over\">stated<\/a> that \u201c[everybody] had more than enough opportunity to get&nbsp;vaccinated,\u201d and that if someone is unvaccinated and catches COVID-19, it\u2019s their \u201cown darn fault.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The governor continued: \u201cThe emergency is over. \u2026 You know, public health [officials] don\u2019t get to tell people what to wear; that\u2019s just not their job. Public health [officials] would say to always wear a mask because it decreases flu and decreases [other airborne illnesses]. But that\u2019s not something that you require; you don\u2019t tell people what to wear.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Cooper began by asking Polis what he meant by his \u201cemergency is over\u201d remark.<\/p>\n<p>Polis replied:<\/p>\n<p><em>I hear terms like \u201cviral tidal wave,\u201d and I think what people want at this point in the pandemic are facts, not fear, and people should be empowered to make decisions to protect themselves, science-based decisions with the health and safety \u2026 we need to live, we&nbsp;<\/em><em>need to operate from doctors and scientists with the individual freedom and local control that we deserve.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I think it should be no surprise that Julesburg, Colorado, population 1,253, addresses this in a different way than San Francisco or New York City, and even in our own state \u2014 cities<\/em><em>&nbsp;like Denver, Aspen, Colorado Springs are all taking this seriously and making sure that we have the capacity to serve those in need, but they have different approaches to do it.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Cooper followed up by asking about Colorado hospitals, making reference to the state of Ohio bringing in National Guard troops due to alleged staff shortages at Ohio hospitals. The governor responded, saying that he knows the Omicron variant will spread in the state, and that they are prepared with \u201cfree at-home testing,\u201d as well as \u201cwidely available\u201d \u201cmonoclonal antibody treatment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Polis emphasized that the world is in a different position relative to where it was at the beginning of the pandemic, with vaccines and effective treatments:<\/p>\n<p><em>It\u2019s important that people know that we\u2019re in a very different place, Anderson, than March of 2020. We now have vaccinations, highly effective. Everybody should get vaccinated and boosted. On top of that, monoclonal antibody treatment can reduce the hospitalization risk if you are infected by over 70%. So, that\u2019s where we are today, and we just want to lead with facts.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Following some further conversation, Cooper asked: \u201cSo, is it that \u2026 you wouldn\u2019t characterize what\u2019s happening in Colorado as a medical emergency at this point?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we had a medical emergency back in 2020,\u201d Polis replied before pointing to the vaccines and boosters as a major difference between the early days of the pandemic and today.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Colorado Gov. Jared Polis: \u201cIf you are unvaccinated and watching this, you very likely will get Covid and every bit of data shows and science, you are much better off if you get vaccinated first.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hIHPExdSuf\">https:\/\/t.co\/hIHPExdSuf<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/83vhHZpiDd\">pic.twitter.com\/83vhHZpiDd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Anderson Cooper 360\u00b0 (@AC360) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AC360\/status\/1472022084054310912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Related:<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is fighting Joe Biden\u2019s vaccine mandate in federal court. Join us in this fight by <a href=\"https:\/\/lp.dailywire.com\/osha-petition\/\">signing<\/a> our petition to OSHA, telling them that you will not comply with this mandate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, Democratic Governor of Colorado Jared Polis appeared on CNN\u2019s \u201cAnderson Cooper 360\u201d to defend his recent statement that the COVID-19 \u201cemergency is over.\u201dDuring an interview on December 10, Polis stated that \u201c[everybody] had more than enough opportunity to get\u00a0vaccinated,\u201d and that if someone is unvaccinated and catches COVID-19, it\u2019s their \u201cown darn fault.\u201dThe governor continued: \u201cThe emergency is over. \u2026 You know, public health [officials] don\u2019t get to tell people what to wear; that\u2019s just not their job. Public health [officials] would say to always wear a mask because it decreases flu and decreases [other airborne illnesses]. But that\u2019s not something that you require; you don\u2019t tell people what to wear.\u201dOn Friday, Cooper began by asking Polis what he meant by his \u201cemergency is over\u201d remark.Polis replied:I hear terms like \u201cviral tidal wave,\u201d and I think what people want at this point in the pandemic are facts, not fear, and people should be empowered to make decisions to protect themselves, science-based decisions with the health and safety \u2026 we need to live, we\u00a0need to operate from doctors and scientists with the individual freedom and local control that we deserve.I think it should be no surprise that Julesburg, Colorado, population 1,253, addresses this in a different way than San Francisco or New York City, and even in our own state \u2014 cities\u00a0like Denver, Aspen, Colorado Springs are all taking this seriously and making sure that we have the capacity to serve those in need, but they have different approaches to do it.Cooper followed up by asking about Colorado hospitals, making reference to the state of Ohio bringing in National Guard troops due to alleged staff shortages at Ohio hospitals. The governor responded, saying that he knows the Omicron variant will spread in the state, and that they are prepared with \u201cfree at-home testing,\u201d as well as \u201cwidely available\u201d \u201cmonoclonal antibody treatment.\u201dPolis emphasized that the world is in a different position relative to where it was at the beginning of the pandemic, with vaccines and effective treatments:It\u2019s important that people know that we\u2019re in a very different place, Anderson, than March of 2020. We now have vaccinations, highly effective. Everybody should get vaccinated and boosted. On top of that, monoclonal antibody treatment can reduce the hospitalization risk if you are infected by over 70%. So, that\u2019s where we are today, and we just want to lead with facts.Following some further conversation, Cooper asked: \u201cSo, is it that \u2026 you wouldn\u2019t characterize what\u2019s happening in Colorado as a medical emergency at this point?\u201d\u201cI think we had a medical emergency back in 2020,\u201d Polis replied before pointing to the vaccines and boosters as a major difference between the early days of the pandemic and today.Colorado Gov. Jared Polis: \u201cIf you are unvaccinated and watching this, you very likely will get Covid and every bit of data shows and science, you are much better off if you get vaccinated first.\u201d https:\/\/t.co\/hIHPExdSuf pic.twitter.com\/83vhHZpiDd\u2014 Anderson Cooper 360\u00b0 (@AC360) December 18, 2021Related:The Daily Wire is fighting Joe Biden\u2019s vaccine mandate in federal court. Join us in this fight by signing our petition to OSHA, telling them that you will not comply with this mandate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":132,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1131177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1131177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/132"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1131177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1131177\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1131177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1131177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1131177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}