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Report Suggests Older Coloradans Must Practice “More Stringent” Social Distancing Measures Than Young Coloradans To Prevent Overloading Hospitals.

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The Denver Post (5/26, Tabachnik) reports older Coloradans “need to practice more stringent social distancing than younger residents in the coming months if the state is to avoid exceeding its critical care hospital capacity later this summer, according to a new modeling report released Tuesday.” The modeling “predicts that if Colorado moves to lower levels of social distancing this summer, older adults will need to remain at stay-at-home levels of movement in order to avoid exceeding hospital capacity.” The report states, “If only half of older adults adopt high levels of social distancing under a 55% social distancing scenario, the state is at risk of exceeding hospital capacity this summer.” Gov.

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