Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostDENVER, COLORADO - JANUARY 31: Harold "Tommy" Thompson, who just turned 103, celebrates with his dog Keks and his daughter Eileen Meis, in back, after having just received the COVID-19 vaccination in the parking lots of Coors Field on January 31, 2021 in Denver, Colorado. Thompson was born January 12, 1918 and has so far survived two pandemics. He survived the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic when his mother kept him away from people when he was just a baby. He will be back in three weeks for the booster shot. UCHealth organized the large-scale COVID-19 vaccination event. They partnered with the governor's office, CDPHE, city of Denver and Colorado Rockies to develop plans for this drive-through clinic. They are currently focusing efforts on vaccinating people ages 70+. The two day event had planned on vaccinating 10,000 people. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
Andy Cross, The Denver PostUCHealth's mass vaccination clinic in the Coors Field parking lot is full of people waiting to be vaccinated on Jan. 30, 2021. UCHealth partnered with the Governor's office, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and the Colorado Rockies to administer the COVID-19 vaccine to 10,000 qualified and registered people of two days.- Andy Cross, The Denver PostWWII Air Force Veteran, Eugene Jiggitts, left, gets his COVID-19 vaccination shot from Dr. Richard Pang at the UCHealth mass vaccination clinic in the Coors Field parking lot Jan. 30, 2021. UCHealth partnered with the Governor's office, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and the Colorado Rockies to administer the COVID-19 vaccine to 10,000 qualified and registered people of two days.
- Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostBeing extra cautious Joan Beer shows her vaccination card through her protective barrier made out of cardboard after receiving her COVID-19 vaccination during the mass vaccination event in the parking lots of Coors Field on Jan. 31, 2021 in Denver. UCHealth organized the large-scale COVID-19 vaccination event. They partnered with the governorÕs office, CDPHE, city of Denver and Colorado Rockies to develop plans for this drive-through clinic. They are currently focusing efforts on vaccinating people ages 70+. The two day event had planned on vaccinating 10,000 people.
- Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostBeing extra cautious Joan Beer made a protective barrier out of cardboard before getting her COVID-19 vaccination shot by nurse Cindy Larson, left, during the mass vaccination event in the parking lots of Coors Field on Jan. 31, 2021 in Denver. UCHealth organized the large-scale COVID-19 vaccination event. They partnered with the governorÕs office, CDPHE, city of Denver and Colorado Rockies to develop plans for this drive-through clinic. They are currently focusing efforts on vaccinating people ages 70+. The two day event had planned on vaccinating 10,000 people.
- Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostBecky Jensen, an occupational therapist with UCHealth, points people in the right direction as they arrive receive the COVID-19 vaccination during the mass vaccination event in the parking lots of Coors Field on Jan. 31, 2021 in Denver. UCHealth organized the large-scale COVID-19 vaccination event. They partnered with the governorÕs office, CDPHE, city of Denver and Colorado Rockies to develop plans for this drive-through clinic. They are currently focusing efforts on vaccinating people ages 70+. The two day event had planned on vaccinating 10,000 people.
- Andy Cross, The Denver PostCOVID-19 vaccines await injection at the UCHealth COVID-19 mass vaccination clinic in the Coors Field parking lot Jan. 30, 2021.
- Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostRon Turner and his dog Tralfaz, or T, wait in line to get a COVID-19 vaccination in the parking lots of Coors Field on Jan. 31, 2021 in Denver. Turner joked that since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic started he has become the type to take his dog everywhere with him. T is a Bouvier des Flandres. UCHealth organized the large-scale COVID-19 vaccination event. They partnered with the governorÕs office, CDPHE, city of Denver and Colorado Rockies to develop plans for this drive-through clinic. They are currently focusing efforts on vaccinating people ages 70+. The two day event had planned on vaccinating 10,000 people.
- Andy Cross, The Denver PostDinger the Colorado Rockies mascot, lower left, greets people lined up in their cars for the UCHealth COVID-19 mass vaccination clinic in the Coors Field parking lot Jan. 30, 2021. UCHealth partnered with the Governor's office, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and the Colorado Rockies to administer the vaccine over two days to 10,000 people, 70-years and older who pre-registered.
- Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostDennis Beer peeks out of a small window in a protective barrier he made before getting his COVID-19 vaccination during the mass vaccination event in the parking lots of Coors Field on Jan. 31, 2021 in Denver. UCHealth organized the large-scale COVID-19 vaccination event. They partnered with the governorÕs office, CDPHE, city of Denver and Colorado Rockies to develop plans for this drive-through clinic. They are currently focusing efforts on vaccinating people ages 70+. The two day event had planned on vaccinating 10,000 people.
- Andy Cross, The Denver PostColorado Rockies mascot, Dinger, gets a ride on a cart to greet people lined up in their cars for the UCHealth COVID-19 mass vaccination clinic in the Coors Field parking lot Jan. 30, 2021. UCHealth partnered with the Governor's office, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and the Colorado Rockies to administer the vaccine over two days to 10,000 people, 70-years and older who pre-registered.
- Andy Cross, The Denver PostDr. Richard Pang moments before injecting the COVID-19 vaccination into a willing arm at the UCHealth mass vaccination clinic in the Coors Field parking lot Jan. 30, 2021. UCHealth partnered with the Governor's office, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and the Colorado Rockies to administer the COVID-19 vaccine to 10,000 qualified and registered people of two days.
- Helen H. Richardson, The Denver PostHarold ÒTommyÓ Thompson, left, who just turned 103, waves as he celebrates with his daughter Eileen Meis, right, after having just received the COVID-19 vaccination in the parking lots of Coors Field on Jan. 31, 2021 in Denver. Thompson was born January 12, 1918 and has so far survived two pandemics. He survived the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic when his mother kept him away from people when he was just a baby. He will be back in three weeks for the booster shot. UCHealth organized the large-scale COVID-19 vaccination event. They partnered with the governorÕs office, CDPHE, city of Denver and Colorado Rockies to develop plans for this drive-through clinic. They are currently focusing efforts on vaccinating people ages 70+. The two day event had planned on vaccinating 10,000 people.
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DENVER, COLORADO - JANUARY 31: Harold "Tommy" Thompson, who just turned 103, celebrates with his dog Keks and his daughter Eileen Meis, in back, after having just received the COVID-19 vaccination in the parking lots of Coors Field on January 31, 2021 in Denver, Colorado. Thompson was born January 12, 1918 and has so far survived two pandemics. He survived the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic when his mother kept him away from people when he was just a baby. He will be back in three weeks for the booster shot. UCHealth organized the large-scale COVID-19 vaccination event. They partnered with the governor's office, CDPHE, city of Denver and Colorado Rockies to develop plans for this drive-through clinic. They are currently focusing efforts on vaccinating people ages 70+. The two day event had planned on vaccinating 10,000 people. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
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By Helen H. Richardson | hrichardson@denverpost.com | The Denver Post and Andy Cross | across@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
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UCHealth hosted one of the state’s largest COVID-19 vaccination clinics to date by administering shots to an expected 10,000 people in the parking lot of Denver’s Coors Field. They partnered with the governor’s office, CDPHE, city of Denver and Colorado Rockies to develop plans for this drive-thru clinic. They are currently focusing efforts on vaccinating people ages 70+.
The drive-thru clinic, open only to people with appointments, ran Saturday and Sunday, and follows a recent test run in which 1,000 people 70 and older received shots.
To find out more, Here’s how to get a COVID-19 vaccine appointment in Colorado
