Where are we really at with covid?

 Everything I'm hearing in the news right now is saying things are getting better, but not all of the data is supporting this. One place you can check is the CDC's website. The first map below shows that most of the U.S. is still medium to high risk for covid.

What do each of these colors mean?

The map above clearly shows that we are nowhere near being back to normal. Maybe if 50-75% of the map was green you could argue that things are getting better, but based on the amount of orange alone it shows that people should still be concerned.

For Colorado it is looking like our death rate has dropped to levels that are close to last spring and summer.

Even with the drop the chart shows how just a few months later there was a stronger surge. Was it because people were letting their guard down? Don't know, but we need to keep watching it. Hopefully our medical system is also getting better at treating covid, but from my personal experience with Kaiser I do not have high expectations.

Everyone should keep watching the numbers so that they can make their own choices and not just be pressed into dropping masks and other protections due to others who just want 'freedom.'

Pictures 1 and 2 from: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/your-health/covid-by-county.html

Pictures 3 and 4 from: https://www.google.com/search?q=how+many+people+have+died+from+covid&rlz=1C1GCEA_enUS974US974&oq=how&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j69i59l2j69i65l3j69i60l2.2147j0j1&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8