Will Colorado follow feds’ lead on vaccinations? Polis says the state will review policy

With the national authorities stepping up unit connected national employees to get vaccinated, Gov. Jared Polis said helium volition reappraisal the argumentation and find if 1 is needed astatine the authorities level and however it would beryllium carried out.

President Joe Biden said national employees volition person to motion forms attesting they person been vaccinated against COVID-19 oregon other deterioration masks, beryllium tested play and support their region from others. The policy, which would screen astatine slightest 4 cardinal workers, comes arsenic the highly contagious delta strain of the coronavirus is  causing a surge of cases successful Colorado and crossed the country.

Polis said successful an email to The Denver Post that Colorado has been moving hard to amended the nationalist connected however harmless and effectual the vaccine is and has worked to guarantee the shots are free, convenient and accessible to everyone.

“We besides conscionable announced a caller circular of incentives that we anticipation volition summation the fig of Coloradans getting the vaccine,” Polis said.

The authorities is paying social media influencers from $400 to $1,000 per period to transportation much Coloradans to rotation up their sleeves for shots. The radical see musicians, doctors and spiritual leaders.

About 62% of each eligible radical successful the authorities are afloat vaccinated, and the authorities has a stockpile of much than 350,000 doses of the vaccine that are acceptable to expire successful 2 months.

Polis said a fig of businesses successful Colorado are stepping up to guarantee workers successful the authorities are vaccinated. The businesses see United Airlines, Google, University of Colorado Health, Banner Health, Denver Health, Adobe, Twitter, Shake Shack and Facebook.

“In bid to guarantee Colorado remains the champion spot successful the state to live, enactment and tally a business, much Coloradans sitting connected the sidelines request to assistance extremity this pandemic by getting vaccinated,” Polis said.

Nationally, 69.3% of adults person had astatine slightest 1 shot, abbreviated of the 70% extremity Biden acceptable for the Fourth of July.