'Just Vaccinated' Couple Tie Cans to Truck, Drive Through Colorado Town to Celebrate

A married couple tied cans to the back of their truck and went for a drive to celebrate being "Just Vaccinated," in a wedding-inspired celebration.

The duo from Colorado received the COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday and decided to mark the occasion with a play on the traditional "Just Married" sign.

Their sign read "Just Vaccinated," the date the shots were administered and the word "Woohoo."

Posting a video of the gesture on Twitter, an account called "jpeterson" said: "We just want to send a big thank you hug to all the Ouray volunteers! Also, to all those considerate souls who took the shot, will get the shot, and still wear masks!"

A second photo showed the couple standing next to their truck wearing celebratory "Happy New Year" tiaras.

"We just tried to make it fun...and had everyone saying Happy New Year, as you can see with our tiaras," the post said. "... It was a good day...but we will still mask."

The clip was picked up by Denver 9News journalist Kyle Clark, who tweeted: "The Most Colorado Thing I've Seen Today: Cyndee and her husband tied cans to the back of the truck and drove through Ridgway to celebrate being 'Just Vaccinated'."

Nearly one in five Coloradans have received the first dose of the vaccine and one in 10 have received both shots, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data shows.

As of Wednesday, March 10, 1,106,235 Coloradans had been immunized with one dose and an additional 626,295 Coloradans immunized with two doses—1,734,690 in total.

Of those, 886,822 were administered using the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, 820,489 using the Moderna jab and 27,087 with Janssen shots.

Colorado expanded its vaccination programme to those aged 60-64 years old on March 5, with the vaccine having already been made available to older age groups and high risk individuals including healthcare workers.

The state also hopes to make the vaccine available to people aged over 50 by the end of March.

President Joe Biden pledged on Thursday night to expand eligibility to all Americans by May 1. "That doesn't mean everyone's going to have that shot immediately, but it means you'll be able to get in line beginning May 1," he said. "Every adult will be eligible to get their shot.

Guidance on Colorado's official COVID-19 website states that initial supply of vaccines is likely to be "very limited for several months."

Johnson & Johnson one-shot vaccine was approved for emergency use late last month.

Speaking before the approval, Scott Sherman, who is coordinating Colorado's vaccine rollout, said the vaccine would provide a significant boost to the inoculation drive.

Colorado will be in line to receive roughly 400,000 doses of that jab by the end of March, he said.