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Hundreds of people gathered outside of the Colorado Capitol on Sunday afternoon in protest of the state\u2019s stay-at-home order aimed at preventing the new coronavirus from spreading out of control.<\/p>\n
Streets around the building in downtown Denver<\/a> were clogged with vehicles, many of them with American flags attached and passengers hanging out of windows waving signs. Drivers were honking in support of people packed tightly together on sidewalks.<\/p>\n Lance Painter of Greeley was among the demonstrators. He\u2019s a self-employed gem appraiser and has been struggling to make money during the crisis. Painter said he wanted to send a message to the government by protesting on Sunday.<\/p>\n \u201cI feel that it\u2019s an overreaction,\u201d he said, \u201cstatically, mathematically. Studies have been done. Perception is incorrect. COVID-19 kills far less people than the regular flu does. And those are just the facts.\u201d<\/p>\n Experts say COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, is far more lethal than seasonal influenza. There\u2019s also no drug proven to treat the coronavirus, as well as no known vaccine, while there are both for the flu.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s no work,\u201d Painter said. \u201cI have a mortgage to pay. I have child support payments to pay. This can\u2019t go on forever.\u201d<\/p>\n