Polis: 6 Goals to Colorado's 'Safer At Home' Order

Colorado Governor Jared Polis spoke on Monday, April 27, 2020, about the new 'Safer-at-Home' order and the six goals the order has in mind.

On April 27, 2020, Colorado officially moved out the 'Stay-at-Home' order in stopping the spread of COVID-19 in the state, to 'Safer-at-Home.' Governor Polis talked about the six goals that it hopes to achieve.

The six goals:

Manage the spread. The 'Stay-at-Home' order helped tremendously, but 'Safer-at-Home' will continue to 'flatten the curve' and reduce cases of COVID-19 in Colorado.
Access to world-class health care for every Coloradan that becomes sick. With the onset of the pandemic, access to hospital beds, ventilators, etc..was a concern. The 'Stay-at-Home' order helped to buy time, 'Safer-at-Home' will buy Colorado even more time to be sure everyone can get the health care they might need.
Find a more sustainable way to live with social distancing. Humans are sociable; it's unrealistic to think that Coloradans should stay-at-home indefinitely.
Help Coloradans earn a living while protecting health and safety. Coloradans need to work, but it needs to be in safe environments for employees and the customers they might serve.
Minimize secondary health effects (physical/mental health effects.) Staying home is difficult for mental health; people need to socialize. Also, people need to know that it is safe to seek out care for health concerns not related to COVID-19.
Protect vulnerable populations. Those in nursing homes and/or long-term facilities are very vulnerable; the state has put many safety measures/precautions in place to protects those citizens.

The Governor stated that we can move to 'Safer-at-Home' now because the rate in cases across the state has dropped to a level that our hospitals can handle.