Debelyn Leach, a nurse in the COVID-19 ICU, was on the fence about getting the vaccine at first, but has since changed her mind.
"My personal reason is I don't want to get COVID. I've seen what it does to my patients, and I want to avoid that at any cost," Leach said. "I will do whatever it takes."
Leach and other workers received their shots at the hospital's vaccination clinic, which will be running six days a week. They hope to vaccinate between 500 and 800 people a day, depending on supply.
"We are planning to be able to go full speed and administer as many doses as we get. We will shift and pivot if we don't get as many doses, but we hope they come as quickly as they are able to make them for us," said Sarah Kirchofer, nurse director at Brigham and Women's Hospital.