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| Above, Mesa Verde National Park's Spruce Tree House. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
Yesterday, visitors to Mesa Verde National Park in southwest Colorado were given the opportunity to receive the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine in a former hospital building in the park. They're calling it a "nod to history".
The Johnson & Johnson vaccine only requires one shot.
According to The Journal:
Anyone visiting Mesa Verde National Park on Thursday was treated to some of America’s best-preserved ancestral Puebloan archaeological sites and could receive a shot in the arm for the coronavirus.
The goal of “Shot in the Park” was to give visitors and staff members convenient access to a vaccine, the one-shot Johnson & Johnson. Shots were given from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Spruce Tree Terrace at Chapin Mesa. No appointment was necessary, and the vaccine was free. A park entrance fee was required.
The public clinic was organized in partnership with the Montezuma County Health Department, Aramark and the national park.
The vaccination clinic was held in the building that previously housed the Aileen Nusbaum Hospital.
Having the clinic at the old hospital site “is a wonderful nod to park history,” said Laurie Smith, assistant chief of interpretation and visitor services.
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