By Nicki Jhabvala Washington Post
Cyrus Jones’s bags were packed, his cleats and unworn white jersey stuffed into an oversized navy duffel at the foot of his locker. The team’s charter flight to Buffalo was scheduled to depart that afternoon, and Jones, the newest Denver Bronco, was ready for his first game with 60-something teammates he only recently met.
But Jones never made it to New York. He never wore those cleats or that jersey. The doctor called later that day with news that changed everything.
“He told me I had an anomalous right coronary artery,” Jones said. “It’s congenital, but it’s just been missed my whole life. I was born with it, walking around with it, playing with it for 26 years.”
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.
State announces COVID vaccine distributions
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FILE - This May 4, 2020, file photo provided by the University of Maryland School of Medicine, shows the first patient enrolled in Pfizer s COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine clinical trial at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore. Pfizer and BioNTech say they ve won permission Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020, for emergency use of their COVID-19 vaccine in Britain, the worldâs first coronavirus shot thatâs backed by rigorous science and a major step toward eventually ending the pandemic. (Courtesy of University of Maryland School of Medicine via AP, File)
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