Denver Broncos to provide vaccines for players, staff as offseason workouts near

George Stoia, The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.)
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Apr. 14—The Broncos will provide COVID-19 vaccinations for players, staff and their families starting April 21, a source confirmed to The Gazette. The vaccine, which will be Pfizer and administered by UCHealth, will be voluntary for players and mandatory for tier one and two staff.

Led by Vice President of Strategic Initiatives Brittany Bowlen, this has been in the works for weeks as the NFL has encouraged players to get vaccinated and asked for teams to organize opportunities for players and staff to receive the vaccine. The Broncos are the first organization to coordinate such an event and will have Dr. Michelle Barron, an infectious diseases expert at UCHealth and the CU School of Medicine, lead a virtual educational seminar for the entire organization Friday.

This news comes a day after the Broncos players released a statement saying they would not be participating in voluntary offseason workouts due to the ongoing pandemic. It also comes the same day the league announced its full offseason schedule, which starts Monday with voluntary off-field workouts.