Colorado governor’s husband hospitalized with worsening COVID-19 symptoms
Colorado’s First Gentleman was hospitalized Sunday out of “precaution,” days after he and Governor Jared Polis tested positive for COVID-19.
Polis drove husband Marlon Reis to the hospital for “review and treatment” after he began experiencing worsening symptoms, including cough and shortness of breath, the governor’s office said in a statement Sunday night.
“In addition to your kind thoughts and prayers for me and everyone else afflicted by this horrible virus, please be extra careful to avoid getting it,” Reis wrote on Facebook.
“Wearing a mask properly reduces your risk by half! Also, make sure to avoid social gatherings (right now one in forty Coloradans is contagious with coronavirus) and keep a distance from others.”
Polis and Reis announced last weekend that they both had tested positive, days after the governor’s office said Polis was quarantining after coming into contact with someone who had been diagnosed.
“It’s a potentially deadly game of odds,” Polis told Colorado Public Radio shortly after his diagnosis when the couple were still both asymptomatic.
