Current Events > CO Gov: Covid is over. It's your own fault if you're unvaxxed and get sick

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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, a Democrat, declared in a new interview that the COVID-19 emergency is "over" and that he wont be implementing another statewide mask mandate in response to the spread of the omicron variant, explaining that if people arent vaccinated at this point its their "own darn fault" if they get sick.
"Everybody had more than enough opportunity to get vaccinated," Polis told Colorado Public Radio on Friday. "Hopefully it's been at your pharmacy, your grocery store, a bus near you, [or at] big events. At this point, if you haven't been vaccinated, it's really your own darn fault."

"Those who get sick, it's almost entirely their own darn fault," he continued. "I don't want to say that nobody [will get the virus if theyre] vaccinated, but it's very rare. Just to put it in perspective, of the about 1,400 people hospitalized, less than 200 (or 16%) are vaccinated. And many of them are older or have other conditions. Eighty-four percent of the people in our hospitals are unvaccinated, and they absolutely had every chance to get vaccinated."

"And at this point, I think it's almost like they made a deliberate decision not to get vaccinated," he added. "I still encourage everybody who hasn't been vaccinated to get protected. And for those who are, make sure to get that booster after six months. The data shows it's important and very likely even more so with this omicron variant."
Polis said he supported local jurisdictions instituting their own mandates according to their individual needs, but that the state should stay out of it.

"The emergency is over," he said. "You know, public health [officials] dont get to tell people what to wear; that's 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's not something that you require; you don't tell people what to wear. You don't tell people to wear a jacket when they go out in winter and force them to [wear it]. If they get frostbite, it's their own darn fault.
"If you haven't been vaccinated, that's your choice. I respect that. But it's your fault when you're in the hospital with COVID," he added.
Polis lamented that there is an "alternate misinformation universe" contributing to people not getting vaccinated.
"There are people that believe you and I are part of some massive conspiracy, Ryan," he told "Colorado Matters" host Ryan Warner. "Some of them believe there is no COVID; some of them believe the vaccine doesn't work; some believe that the vaccine has severe side effects. The truth is they're in their own bubble, and it's very hard to penetrate."
The governors comments follow new restrictions instituted in several Denver metro area counties, including a "vax or mask" mandate, which requires businesses to either mandate masks indoors or require customers to provide proof of vaccination.

As someone not vaxxed, I am fine with this press release

As someone not vaxxed, I am fine with this press release

For further context: Those who do get breakthrough infections tend to have only mild if any symptoms. And that's the whole point of getting vaccinated. You can't necessarily stop a virus from getting into your body in the first place, but you can give your immune system a head start in destroying the virus once it invades.

For further context: Those who do get breakthrough infections tend to have only mild if any symptoms. And that's the whole point of getting vaccinated. You can't necessarily stop a virus from getting into your body in the first place, but you can give your immune system a head start in destroying the virus once it invades.

As someone not vaxxed, I am fine with this press release

For further context: Those who do get breakthrough infections tend to have only mild if any symptoms. And that's the whole point of getting vaccinated. You can't necessarily stop a virus from getting into your body in the first place, but you can give your immune system a head start in destroying the virus once it invades.

Cmon jimmeh boy, just take the jab

I agree with the unvaxxed part but saying it's over is fucking stupid

So is Boebert going to defy her Democrat governor and take the virus seriously?

It will never end until people start caring.

And as someone who is, I am fine with antivaxxers enduring the consequences. Someone wants to die on a stupid hill, at this point I'm slapping em on the back and saying "godspeed, bring your buddies".

That is exactly the attitude governments need to start taking. Fuck this idea of restricting people who've done the right thing, for the sake of protecting those who have not.

Are we going to ban them from hospitals and walking in public then?

We don't get to just not care.

They don't live in a bubble.

I agree with the unvaxxed part but saying it's over is fucking stupid