Proposed new Covid-19 dial framework
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/st...id=hplocalnews
I'm not surprised this is being considered. The dial is simply not an accurate measure of real danger across all parts of the state. The last one is particularly interesting as I just mentioned this a couple posts ago.
Here are the proposed changes to the framework:
An increase in the range of incidence metrics for all colors to better balance disease suppression with economic hardship while preventing a hospital capacity breach.
Moving to a seven-day metric of incidence rate, percent positivity of testing and hospitalizations instead of a 14-day metric to more quickly respond to local conditions
Decreasing the metric requirement for testing positivity rates in the yellow and orange levels to continue to promote testing as an important disease containment strategy
Special consideration from CDPHE for counties with populations under 20,000 to determine the level on the dial, accounting for weekly variability in the percent positivity of tests and disease incidence rates