Mental health care in Colorado has gone virtual thanks to coronavirus. For some patients, it’s long overdue. (link) Deby Williamson used to take note of her clients’ body language and the vibe that filled the room when they came to see her for mental health therapy. That’s not happening now, since she meets them via computer. Williamson, a licensed clinical social worker in private practice in Colorado Springs, is one of thousands of […]
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Months ago, Colorado trained to prepare for a pandemic. But not one like the coronavirus. (link) In August, months before the first case of the new coronavirus was documented, some of Colorado’s top health officials gathered in a room at the state Department of Public Health and Environment to train for a pandemic. The hypothetical scenario: A highly infectious and lethal new virus had jumped from animals to humans in China […]
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Silverman: Plea bargaining with capital punishment as leverage is over now (link) Colorado’s death penalty died quietly last Monday. Public defenders, Pope Francis, progressive prosecutors and John Hickenlooper paved the way. But it was Jared Polis who got it done. Gov. Polis made the abolition official amidst our COVID-19 crisis. Paradoxically, one day after clearing Colorado’s death row — and commuting those sentences to life in prison […]
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The ski resort industry is hoping for federal relief from its $2 billion in coronavirus losses (link) Dave Byrd has spent the past two weeks dispelling the notion that ski areas won’t feel the pain of the coronavirus shutdown because they pulled the plug so late in the season. “This is roiling everyone,” said the director of regulatory affairs for the National Ski Areas Association, which last week estimated the country’s 460 […]
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Opinion: Let’s strengthen families and school communities during this crisis (link) As a high school counselor, mom, educator and president of the Colorado Education Association, representing 39,000 educators across the state, we know this is an unprecedented time with school closures. In this time of uncertainty, the members of CEA remain more committed than ever to our core mission: Educators across Colorado are taking the lead, […]
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A bike ride reminded me: Even amid a pandemic gratitude isn’t out of reach (link) Thursday, March 26. Day 1 of the statewide shelter-in-place order in Colorado. It’s bright and beautiful, and on the recreation paths carving through my Colorado Springs neighborhood, everyone and their dog is out. I don’t mean to say the pathways are congested; they’re not, and everyone is maintaining more than enough distance. I mean only […]
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As Coloradans transplanted to Thailand, it feels like we’ve been on the front line of coronavirus (link) My family and I anticipated a lot of new experiences when we embarked on the adventure of a lifetime and moved to Bangkok from Highlands Ranch, Colorado, in December 2018. But a pandemic? Definitely not on our radar. Since mid-January we’ve felt as if we were on the front line. At times it’s been frightening […]
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Here’s what it was like for prior generations growing up in fear of disease: Science prevailed. (link) The 2020 COVID-19 pandemic is here. With all the fear, isolation, and social distancing, it feels like a new era. Prior generations, however, have lived through parts of this, minus the technology. My grandparents lived through the H1N1 Spanish flu epidemic of 1918-1920, which killed an estimated 675,000 Americans. Though the epidemic sprang up in […]
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When coronavirus prompted my college to quickly close, it brought me to tears. Then I found my community. (link) There was a piercing kind of finality in the air as people shoved belongings into suitcases, loaded duffels into cars, and drove away. I was used to my endings having time to build up, to be processed. Time to pack accordingly and say goodbye to people I might not see again. This time, I didn’t […]
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Colorado coronavirus deaths hit 48 as disease spreads to at least 47 counties (link) The new coronavirus continues to kill Coloradans, with the number of people who have died from the disease reaching at least 48 on Sunday. That’s five more than were reported by the state on Saturday, when 11 new deaths from COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, were added to the tally. The number of […]
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