First on-campus clinic offers 600+ shots of protection
Photos by Josh Brown
When Ben Allaire walked into Patrick Gym on Sunday afternoon, he was happy. “It feels so good to be getting the vaccine,” said the freshman from Westminster, VT, patting his shoulder. “I feel safer.” He was one of 605 people who received the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine in UVM’s first on-campus vaccination clinic, a collaboration between the university, the Vermont Department of Health, and Walgreen’s pharmacy.
With exams, graduation, and summer approaching, “we want to be sure as many students as possible have an opportunity to receive the vaccine,” said John Marcus '84, UVM’s emergency manager who helped organize the clinic. “The students have stepped up and this is going great.”