Colorado scores an A from economists for Polis' pandemic response

So did these economists simply give this designation because Polis started re-opening businesses, or did they actually look deeper into the economic effects of the coronavirus and how states will weather it? I have a feeling it's simply the former, which is superficial and hollow.

What I haven't seen anyone discuss is the effect of all the costs of people spending weeks in the hospitals. With so many losing their jobs, they are losing access to the healthcare plans they had thanks to being employed (yes, I know COBRA exists, I was briefly on it once, it was not cheap), and many others will not be able to afford the charges.

Colorado scores an A from economists for Polis' pandemic response
Joey Bunch, Colorado Politics | May 4, 2020

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis is doing a great job responding to the coronavirus, according to experts you couldn't exactly describe as liberal boosters.

The state got an A rating from the Committee to Unleash Prosperity, according to editorial Monday in the Wall Street Journal. The rating was the work of iconic conservative economist Art Laffer, Steve Moore of the Heritage Foundation, market analyst Phil Kerpen and journalist John Fund.

Polis was asked about the grade from the conservative group at his Monday coronavirus briefing.

"I don't think it's ever about conservative or liberal, Republican or Democrat," he said. "We're all in this together, every governor, Republican or Democrat, every member of Congress is working hard together to figure this out.

I just listened in on a call organized by the Park County CSU Extension and hosted by Commissioner Ray Douglass and Sheriff Tom McGraw where one participant asked why are campgrounds opening up when the Governor has told people not to travel more than 10 miles except for essential travel? McGraw replied that he understands being out in nature means you have a lower risk of catching the virus (and conversely of passing it to someone else) than being in a restaurant, but that the problem is that people don't just come up to camp and then go home, they come up, do their shopping for supplies in local stores, and then go out camping, thereby exposing Park County residents to the virus.

County officials are worried, and hoping, that anyone coming to ParkCo doesn't shop after arriving, for the sake of the health of county residents. I'm sure they understand that that is not a popular position with local businesses, and perhaps some of those business owners also worry about that risk as well while simultaneously fretting about making enough to cover business and living expenses.

This is our new normal, we won't have a vaccine for until later in 2021 according to Dr. Fauci's testimony before the Senate today, so the public and businesses have to figure out how we can most safely re-open for business without causing another wave, and more economic hardship.

Wear your masks and practice social distancing, was Sheriff McGraw's lecture. The better we all comply, the faster we get through this all together.