
Diane Rossi, right, kisses her husband, Arthur Rossi, through a “hug tent” at the Crossroads Senior Living community on February 26, 2021 in Lakewood, Colorado. The tent, enclosed on three sides with plastic barriers, allows family members to physically connect with each other for the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.

A Southwest Airlines flight takes off as United Airlines planes sit parked on a runway at Denver International Airport as the coronavirus pandemic slows air travel on April 22, 2020 in Denver, Colorado. Compared to the same time last year, Denver International Airport is operating 1,000 fewer flights daily.

Air Force Academy cadets, spaced eight feet apart, listen to a commencement address by Vice President Mike Pence as the class of 2020 graduates six weeks early due to the coronavirus pandemic on April 18, 2020 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Saturday's graduation marks the first time a military academy is graduating a class early since WWII.

Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center investigational pharmacy technician Sara Berech is reflected in the glass of a fume hood as she prepares a dose of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine for a clinical trial on December 15, 2020 in Aurora, Colorado. The Johnson & Johnson vaccine could be submitted for emergency use by late January and is the only vaccine among leading candidates given as a single dose.

Elizabeth Hudgens, 97, receives a dose of the Phizer-BioNTech COVID vaccine outside St. Cajetan Catholic Church on Friday, Feb. 5, 2021 in Denver. Latina leaders organized the clinic to combat vaccine disparities in the community after early data showed that residents of color were receiving the vaccine at lower rates.

Tyler Holm-Denoma, 5, left, waits for National Jewish Health registered nurse Emily Cole, right, to give him a dose of the pediatric COVID vaccine on November 3, 2021 in Denver, Colorado. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control has approved the Pfizer-BioNTech pediatric vaccine for 28 million children aged 5-11 years old.

National Jewish Health registered nurse Lindsay Waldman, left, administers a pediatric COVID vaccine to Emma Waas, 5, as her father, Andy Waas, comforts her on November 3, 2021 in Denver, Colorado. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control has approved the Pfizer-BioNTech pediatric vaccine for 28 million children aged 5-11 years old.
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