Gov. Jared Polis received the state s first shipment of the Pfizer vaccine on Monday morning. Author: Bobbi Sheldon, Jennifer Campbell-Hicks, Dacia Johnson (9NEWS) Published: 6:04 AM MST December 14, 2020 Updated: 10:15 PM MST December 14, 2020
DENVER The state s first COVID-19 vaccines were administered to frontline health-care workers Monday afternoon after Colorado received its first shipment of Pfizer s vaccine Monday morning.
“This is just the start of the distribution,” Gov. Jared Polis said. “It’ll help protect some of our most vulnerable, the tireless COVID workers who work in COVID wards every day, and then more will become available for the general population to help end the pandemic.
Be vigilant in your COVID safety protocols
We are in the midst of a public health emergency. Science does not fabricate the severity of this pandemic. In what world are restaurants, gyms and retail businesses considered “critical” as our county commissioners suggest? Critical businesses mean grocers, pharmacies, health care facilities and utilities. If there is not compliance among the public after the endless messages on how to contain the coronavirus spread, the county deserves to be in a shutdown. With rising cases following Thanksgiving 700 new cases in the past two weeks what will Christmas bring? More of the same I fear. Until a vaccine is available to all, people must be vigilant in their hygiene, wearing masks, avoiding groups and practicing safe distancing. This is not an issue of personal freedoms because I am not free to infect you nor are you free to infect me.
David Stapleton Sr. is pictured (back row, middle with tan jacket) on Jan. 18, 2020, during the Aspen Hall of Fame banquet with other past inductees. His cohorts include, front row from left: John Keleher, Dr. Barry Mink, Jack Brendlinger, John Callahan, Katie Bergman, Martha Brendlinger and Carolyn Moore. Back row: Tom Moore, Tony Vagneur, Cherie Gerbaz Oates, John McBride, Stapleton, Lt. Col. Richard Merritt, USMC (Ret.) and Joe Zanin.
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The first shipment of Pfizer vaccine will be distributed among 46 sites, and the first of the Moderna vaccine will go to about 150 sites, according to CDPHE.