As the COVID-19 disease spreads across Colorado, so does uncertainly caused by the fallout from measures to slow its spread. Over the last two weeks, Denver Post photojournalists documented how Coloradans are confronting this extraordinary crisis and carrying on with daily life despite so much upheaval.
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver Post
Colorado Governor Jared Polis addresses the media about the continued effects of the coronavirus from his office inside the state capitol on March 11, 2020 in Denver.
Hyoung Chang, The Denver Post
Janitor Chris Martinez, top left, wipes down the handrails at the chamber level of Colorado State Capital building in Denver on Friday, March 13, 2020.
Hyoung Chang, The Denver Post
Mullen players celebrate winning the 4A Girl’s Semifinal State Championship game against Berthoud in front of empty seats at the Denver Coliseum on Thursday, March 12, 2020. Mullen won 64-57 in OT. CHSAA suspended the rest of the state basketball tournament follow Thursday night’s girls semifinal games.
Daniel Brenner, Special to the Denver Post
Customers shop Friday, March 13, 2020 at King Soopers on Speer Boulevard and 14th Avenue.
RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post
The Arvada Costco Warehouse was busy with shoppers preparing for the coronavirus outbreak on March 13, 2020 in Denver.
RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post
The toilet paper and paper towel supplies were dwindling at Safeway Supermarket in Lakewood on March 13, 2020.
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver Post
The security line is much shorter than normal at Denver International Airport on March 12, 2020.
Daniel Brenner, Special to the Denver Post
A man wearing a green shirt looks off his balcony on Saturday, March 14, 2020 near Union Station. Denver’s annual St. Patrick’s Day parade, scheduled for Saturday, was cancelled to help prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Andy Cross, The Denver Post
Paul Kaiser, co-owner of the Gaslamp Bar, secures a wooden cleat to then attach a sheet of plywood into place to cover and protect the business front, which will be closed for eight-weeks due to the coronavirus outbreak, on March 18, 2020.
Andy Cross, The Denver Post
Members of the Colorado National Guard gear up with protective suits and masks to assist the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment with a free, drive-up testing site for COVID-19 in the parking lot of the Denver Coliseum March 14, 2020.
Hyoung Chang, The Denver Post
David Storey processes samples for COVID-19 testing at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Laboratory Services Division in Denver on Saturday, March 14, 2020.
AAron Ontiveroz, The Denver Post
Director Lisa Straight, center, hands a bag of sanitation supplies to Jon, who declined to give his last name, left, at his encampment in Five Points as Betsy Chanthapaseuth logs information in an attempt to help curb the spread of COVID-19 on Thursday, March 12, 2020. Denver Department of Public Health & Environment provided kits with hand sanitizer, hand wash station maps, snacks and water to homeless people near Five Points.
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver Post
A parishioner prays with Reverend Dr. Douglas Dunn, left out of picture, during a ‘”drive-by” mass at St. Martin in the Fields Episcopal Church on March 15, 2020 in Aurora.
RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post
No music is being played in the music room at Lakewood High School on March 16, 2020 in Lakewood. Jeffco Public Schools implemented a remote learning and work plan where teachers, students, and staff will educate and learn from home with online programs for an unknown period due to COVID-19.
RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post
Eight-year-old and gymnast Allie Vanderploeg, left, a 2nd grader in Jeffco Public Schools, works with her brother, Kaden, 13, center, in 7th grade, and her sister, Maddie, 11, in 5th grade, at their home during the first day of online learning on March 17, 2020 in Lakewood. Jeffco Public Schools implemented a remote learning and work plan where teachers, students, and staff will educate and learn from home with online programs for an unknown period due to COVID-19.
AAron Ontiveroz, The Denver Post
From left to right Jose Garcia, Mary Garibay, Shelby Gallegos and Lenora Vallejos clean a classroom at Bruce Randolph School on Thursday, March 19, 2020.
RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post
Roberta Luna picks up free meals, for her three grandchildren, outside Cowell Elementary on March 16, 2020 in Denver. Denver Public Schools will hand out free meals to students at 11 locations throughout the city, using a grab-and-go style system from March 16 through April 3.
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver Post
West Metro Firefighter/paramedics Victoria DiGiannantonio, left, and Brandon Ramirez, right, are dressed in their personal protective gear, or PPE, as they head out on a medical call with West Metro Fire Rescue at Station One on March 17, 2020 in Lakewood. Because seventy percent of calls in their district are medical calls, the fire department has decided to have every firefighter wear hazmat-style gear to protect them from getting COVID-19 while responding to medical calls.
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver Post
West Metro Firefighter William Baker, left, and Capt. Kent Grosse, right, put on their personal protective equipment, as they get ready to head out for a medical call at West Metro Fire Rescue Station One in Denver on March 17, 2020.
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver Post
Forklift Operator Don Roland moves a pallet of Barilla pasta out of a truck at Load to Ride on March 18, 2020 in Denver. The pasta will be going to King Soopers. Typically, Load to Ride transports hard goods like granite counter tops. plastic items, machines etc. around the nation, but now is helping to move food to area grocery stores.
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver Post
Server Will Albino, left, washes his hands regularly while working on to-go orders at Nobel Riot Wine Bar or now Nobel Fry-it on March 18, 2020 in Denver.
RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post
Messiah Guyton, 4, puts on hand sanitizer before eating his snack provided by Hoffman Library, a branch of the Aurora Public Library, as he and other children from the neighborhood play outside the library on March 18, 2020.
Hyoung Chang, The Denver Post
Janitor Ricardo Ramos cleans windows at a nearly empty Denver Central Market on Thursday, March 19, 2020.
AAron Ontiveroz, The Denver Post
Shaun Michaels puts up shots to stay active despite gym closures at Washington Park on Wednesday, March 18, 2020.
Hyoung Chang, The Denver Post
Volunteer Mark Truitt sorts boxes of canned food under the viaduct near the corner of Colfax Ave. and Osage St. in Denver, Colorado on Friday, March 20, 2020. Food for Thought, a partner of Food Bank of the Rockies, prepared 3500 emergency food bags early Friday morning to share with kids receiving meals at Denver Public Schools emergency meal sites.
RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post
A woman wearing a mask due to the COVID-19 crisis tries to stay dry as snow continues to fall on March 19, 2020 in Denver.
Andy Cross, The Denver Post
Customers wait patiently in a heavy snowstorm to get inside Costco in Aurora on March 19, 2020.
Andy Cross, The Denver Post
A man walks past a sign along East Colfax Avenue near Grant Street urging people to stay home because of the coronavirus outbreak on March 19, 2020.
Helen H. Richardson, The Denver Post
Jack Gaffney flies over homemade ski jump in his backyard on March 19, 2020 in Nederland. Though it looks like Gaffney is skiing in the backcountry it is really just his back yard. The CU senior was bummed that the ski season was over so he decided to take advantage of almost 17 inches of snow in his back yard to make some turns and build the jump.
Andy Cross, The Denver Post
A crocheted tree-wrap with a timely, shortened message to love your neighbor at Observatory Park during a spring snowstorm March 19, 2020.
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