Ken Buck, Congressman, Colorado's 4th, leaders defying COVID - 19 rules

It is no surprise that Elbert County, Colorado was the first case reported in the US of the ultra contagious variant strain of COVID 19 because the area has been at the forefront of anti-maskers and common sense anti-Covid actions. Its Congressman, Ken Buck, has been a high profile anti masker and anti-COVID vaxxer. Interesting that this case was in Elbert County, far from a ski area so that mad it of great interest because the assumption is that international ski visitors would bring this new COVID strain from the UK that appears to be 70% more infective. What it likely means there has been community spread since the patient had no record of travel. Elbert County is in Rep. Ken Buck's 4th Congressional District.. Buck has recently announced he will refuse to take the Covid-19 vaccine because he is an American. His comments made national and international news. The district has been at the forefront of fighting any requirements to wear a mask. In May, a Castle Rock restaurant made national news for defying state rules indoor dining and they were shut down by the state. Castle Rock town council also voted to opt-out of their local health mask-wearing ordinance. Castle Rock is a major urban area in Buck's district not far from Elbert County. It also contains a major factory outlet retail center. Also in Buck's district is the JBS meat processing plant in Greeley, Colorado,, also making national news for Covid-19 infections, one of the first of many plants elsewhere reporting major problems.. In particular, the plant refused to let workers wear masks and protective equipment. The plant was fined for failing to protect workers in September.

https://www.cpr.org/2020/12/29/first-case-covid-19-variant-confirmed-in-colorado/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=al

https://highlandsranchherald.net/stories/castle-rock-to-opt-out-of-tri-county-mask-rule,312225

https://www.nrdc.org/stories/covid-19-has-exposed-gross-exploitation-meatpacking-workers

JBS meatpacking plant in Greeley accused of negligence after COVID-19 outbreak – The Colorado Sun

GOP congressman says he will not take the Covid vaccine because he’s ‘an American’ (yahoo.com)

Feds hit JBS with $15,000 fine for failing to protect Greeley plant workers from COVID-19 (greeleytribune.com)

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/colorado/articles/2020-05-11/colorado-restaurant-criticized-for-offering-full-service