Former nurse who vaccinated against polio gets COVID-19 vaccine
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Updated: 7:53 PM CST Jan 28, 2021
KETV Staff Report
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Updated: 7:53 PM CST Jan 28, 2021
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HEALTH DEPARTMENT STARTED PHASE 1B VACCINATIONS TODAY. DAVID: AND IT’S ALL HANDS ON DECK TO GIVE SHOTS TO PEOPLE I DODGE, SAUNDERS, AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES. KETV NEWSWATCH 7’S WAVERLE MONROE TAKES US TO THE VACCINE CLINIC IN FREMONT. WAVERLE: PHASE 1B GETS STARTED IN FREMONT WITH RESIDENTS 75 AND OLDER. >> I DIDN’T FEEL IT. WAVERLE: 89-YEAR-OLD BARBARA LINES HERSELF HELPING VACCINATE AGAINST POLIO. I’M AN OLD NURSE, AND I WAS IN THE EPIDEMIC WHEN WE HAD THE POLIO EPIDEMIC, AND I HOPE THIS TAKES AWAY THE COVID WAVERLE: NURSES VACCINATE LANNING AND MANY OTHERS, BUT METHODIST FREMONT HEAL -- BUT THE METHODIST FREMONT HEALTH PRESIDENT AND CEO SAYS THEY HOPE TO GET THE SHOT TO MORE PEOPLE SOON. >> AS WE ARE ALLOCATED MORE DOSES, WE CAN INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WE VACCINATE EACH AND EVERY WEEK. WAVERLE: THREE RIVERS HEALTH DEPARTMENT’S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, TERRA UHING, SAYS 65% OF RESIDENTS IN PHASE 1B ARE 65 AND OLDER, AND SUPPLY COMES UP SHORT WITH THE AMOUNT OF DEMAND UHIN SEES. >> WHAT WE NEED IS HERD IMMUNITY. SO, WHAT WE HAVE TO HAVE IS AN EQUITABLE ALLOCATION ACROSS ALL OF THE COUNTIES AND ALL OF NEBRASKA. WAVERLE: THIS ALL FEELS FAMILIAR TO LANNING >> WE HAD ABOUT 13-14 OUR LINES GOING. THE BOYS FROM THE NAVAL CORE CAME AND HELPED US TO TAKE CARE OF EVERYBODY. IT WAS PRETTY INTENSE BACK THEN. WAVERLE: POLIO IS A THING OF THE PAST. LANNING SAYS SHE HOPES ONE DAY THE COVID VIRUS WILL MEET THE SAME FATE. >> BUT YOU DON’T HEAR ABOUT IT NOW, BECAUSE OF THE VACCINE. I HOPE THIS WILL DO EXACTLY THE SAME THING. WAVERLE: REPORTING IN OMAHA, WAVERLE MONROE, KETV NEWSWATCH