Commentary from a coloradan parent who wants people to understand the COVID situation in Colorado. Tweets A LOT about masks. Blocks misinformation spreaders
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COVID, Flu & RSV in Colorado update, 10/14/26 *Holiday Week
Bad news on Flu continues.
COVID indicators rise slightly.
Flu positivity & hospitalizations continue to rise, and is now appearing in wastewater.
*Holiday weeks subject to data delays
Love thy neighbor: wear an N95😷 retweeted
Last season, Colorado recorded eight children dying from flu. Five were unvaccinated. Four had no record in a state database showing they were vaccinated. The other was a child younger than 6 months old, too young to get the flu vaccine. cpr.org/2026/10/15/colorado-…
Love thy neighbor: wear an N95😷 retweeted
If you are flying and sick, don't be an ass to others and WEAR👏A👏MASK!!!!!👏
Colorado reports its first pediatric flu death for this season, in an elementary school aged child from outside the Denver Metro.
This is TWO MONTHS ahead of last year's first pediatric flu death.
cpr.org/2026/10/15/colorado-…
Correct link to 9 news story:
9news.com/article/news/healt…
I want to add:
There are forms of the flu vaccine available without needles, that can even be taken at home.
Also, a flu vaccine reduces your chance of catching the flu, and prepares your body to effectively fight the flu if you do catch it, reducing duration and severity.
Love thy neighbor: wear an N95😷 retweeted
Colorado's early start to #flu season is defying seasonal norms, which has prompted state health officials to urge Coloradans to get vaccinated now.
My latest: denver7.com/lifestyle/health…
There are VERY few journalists whose work I have held in such high esteem throughout the COVID pandemic as Helen Branswell.
Her work was incredible. And I am devastated that we have lost her voice.
Im so grateful for the excellent work of journalists like her.
Helen Branswell, STAT's infectious disease reporter who earned the respect of experts and public health officials with her accessible, prescient dispatches, has died at age 69. trib.al/3bBswKg
COVID, Flu & RSV in Colorado update, 10/7/26
*Holiday Week
Bad news on Flu continues.
COVID indicators including wastewater drop slightly, remaining elevated.
Flu positivity & hospitalizations continue to rise VERY EARLY!
*Holiday weeks subject to data delays
The COVID median and average dip.
However, 5 utilities are at a "high" level:
Aspen, Fort Collins, Metro PRC, Montrose, and Silverthorne/Dillon.
Half of the utilities (11) are rising, half are dropping.
EV-68 remains very high.
