On Wednesday, 243 staff members in the Boyertown School District got their first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine thanks to a local pharmacy.
Acting Superintendent Marybeth Torchia said the district was recently approached by Ed Hudon, owner of the Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy in Boyertown, who was looking for an efficient way to distribute doses of vaccine he was receiving.
The pharmacy and school district collaborated, Torchia said, and within days a plan was hatched to use the library at the high school as a vaccine clinic.
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School nurses and other staff members were utilized to help operate the clinic â doing things like helping people keep 6 feet away from others and monitoring patients for the required 15 minutes after getting the shot â with Hudon doing the actual injecting.