COVID-19 cases are ticking up again in Colorado, reports Axios Denver, citing state health data showing a gradual rise in infections over recent weeks. Hospitalizations remain relatively low, but officials are monitoring the trend and encouraging people – here it comes – to get vaccinated and take precautions as fall approaches. Wastewater data, considered an early indicator, has shown viral levels creeping up, especially in urban areas.
The tone? Oh, you’ve heard this song before – soft data, big drama. Cases barely blip, but the hand-wringers fire up the booster choir like it’s 2020 all over again. The “pandemic” is over everywhere except in the heads of media fear junkies and public health bureaucrats who can’t quit their starring role. It’s not science anymore, it’s syndication – and COVID’s just the rerun they keep shoving into prime time.
The Bullet Point Brief
- Colorado COVID-19 cases are rising modestly, according to state data, with wastewater readings climbing in several cities. Good to know there’s a guy paid with taxpayer dollars to monitor my poop.
- Public health officials recommend vaccinations and “layers of protection,” because apparently we haven’t heard that enough since 2020.
- Seasonal upticks are expected as people spend more time indoors, but headlines still frame it like Act IV of a never-ending play.
- The article closes with the vaccine push – because the pandemic might be over, but Big Pharma’s marketing department never sleeps.
My Bottom Line
Here we go again. The headlines sound like déjà vu because they are – a drip-feed of fear just in time for fall. Hospital numbers are non-existent, but Axios and company want you prepped for masks, jabs, and that familiar low-grade anxiety. No thanks. We’re done being the test group for pharmaceutical giants who treat “public health” like a quarterly sales goal. If Coloradans have learned anything, it’s that we can read the data ourselves and skip the sermon. Then again… Boulder still exists.
