Tag: Vaccination
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Federal judge tosses contractors’ challenge to Denver vaccine mandate
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A federal judge has dismissed a legal challenge to Denver’s COVID-19 vaccination requirement for contractors providing services to the city, healthcare facilities and schools. Denver argued that the lawsuit should not proceed because the half-dozen…
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Colorado vaccination rates still enmeshed with politics
Since COVID-19 vaccines became available to Coloradans, uptake has not been uniform, with some areas of the state now with almost no unvaccinated residents, but more than half still unvaccinated in others. State health department vaccination data and county-by-county election outcome data show a strong correlation, suggesting that politics remains intertwined in Coloradans’ decisions about…
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CDPHE hosts COVID-19 clinics, will hand out books to children on eastern plains
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment will continue to host COVID-19 vaccination clinics, and beginning Saturday nearly 1,000 children will receive a gift for receiving the vaccine. Nearly 1,000 children on the eastern plains will receive books donated from Reach Out and Read Colorado, an organization focused on helping families and communities encourage…
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Colorado ski resorts outline COVID plans for 21-22 season
As Colorado ski resorts finalize pandemic operating plans for the upcoming season, one policy seems consistent across the state – no masks or vaccinations required for outdoor areas. “To my knowledge, not a single case was contracted last season at any ski area through outdoors contact. There’s nothing there,” said Bob Nicolls, owner of Monarch…
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Vail Resorts holds firm to vaccination requirement for cafeteria dining
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save While Vail Resorts Inc. isn’t requiring reservations to ski, nor skiers to be vaccinated to access lifts and sit-down restaurants, it is requiring visitors to its “cafeteria-style restaurants” to show proof of vaccination. That’s got at least one unvaccinated Epic passholder and his friends upset,…
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Denver-area residents can start getting COVID-19 booster shots this week
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver-area seniors and high-risk workers can start getting their COVID-19 boosters this week, as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention prepares to vote on the shots potentially on Thursday. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Pfizer booster doses Wednesday for seniors 65 and…
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After months of harassment, abuse, Colorado health agency adds security at mobile vaccination clinics
Security workers will accompany nurses and staff members of the Jefferson County Public Health’s three mobile vaccine units for the foreseeable future after months of harassment and abuse. Last weekend, the agency was forced to pull the vans off the street after a driver in Gilpin County, who contracts Jefferson County’s health agency, drove towards…
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Masks required for everyone in residential care facilities, regardless of vaccinations
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Among a statewide surge in delta variant cases, as well as in an updated pandemic guidance throughout the state, the state health department again updated guidelines for residential care facilities on Tuesday. Now, staff, visitors, and residents will universally need to wear masks, regardless of…
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Colorado hits President Biden’s 70% vaccination goal
Gov. Jared Polis’ office says Colorado has reached President Joe Biden’s goal of 70% of the population vaccinated by July 4. According to a release from the governor’s office, 70.04% of Colorado adults have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, to meet the president’s goal. “I am excited that our state has…