By NINA AGRAWAL | Los Angeles Times | Published: January 25, 2021
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LOS ANGELES (Tribune News Service) — As a student nurse, Naomi Muñiz had only given a real shot one time. Yet there she stood inside Long Beach Memorial Hospital, preparing to inoculate healthcare workers against COVID-19 — veteran nurses lining up before her and staff treating vials of the vaccine "as literally gold."
"I felt pretty confident about my technique," the 23-year-old Cal State Long Beach student said. "You just pinch the arm at the deltoid and go in, straight like a dart."