Colorado Gov. Jared Polis is optimistic his state may be able to get back to work at the end of April despite experts' warnings about a coronavirus resurgence

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• Colorado Gov. Jared Polis struck a relatively optimistic tone about his state's response to the coronavirus pandemic during a Wednesday interview with Insider. 
• Polis argued that if his constituents abide by his "stay home" order through April 26, some might be able to go back to work at the end of the month, while taking certain precautions.
• "Until there's a vaccine or cure, things won't return to the way they were in January or February," he said, "but at least there will be a way where people can go about their business, go to work, and we can operate in a sustainable way that's closer to normalcy that includes additional precautions." 
• Experts warn that if governments around the world end their social-distancing practices too quickly, there could be a devastating resurgence of infections. Polis has left open the possibility of extending the shutdown past April. 
• The Democratic governor said he's hopeful that, if his stay home order is taken seriously, the state won't need more ventilators than those they have in their stockpile and have purchased and received from other states and the federal government. 
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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis struck a relatively optimistic tone about his state's response to the coronavirus pandemic during a Wednesday interview with Insider — two days after he extended his statewide shutdown order to April 26. 

Polis argued that if his constituents "successfully" stay home through the end of the month, some might be able to go back to work next month, while taking certain precautions. The 44-year-old Democrat didn't specify what kinds of measures Coloradans would have to take if he lifts the shutdown. 

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