Colorado cases, positivity rate, hospitalizations, ventilator use all dropping fast from their peaks. Ventilator use hit 49% in the big wave last year, peaked at 39% this wave, now at 33%. Cases curve steep going up, steep coming down. Too much noise in the death numbers but the 7 day average hasn’t changed much since before this wave started.
Kinda have to ignore everything but deaths. It’s not a preference. It’s justified.
The VA seems to have a strict blood oxygen level to generate 1) hospitalization, 2) supplemental oxygen and probably 3) vent . . . but everyone doesn’t follow their standards.
Deaths aren’t subject to much interpretation variance, though of course weekday to weekday there is an issue, especially 3 day weekends. Regardless of that, deaths are deaths. Cases are all subject to false positives / negatives and discretion on when/if to get tested.
Dead is dead. There is no discretion.