Wake Forest Baptist Health begins administering COVID-19 vaccines to health care workers
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Updated: 4:33 PM EST Dec 15, 2020
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Updated: 4:33 PM EST Dec 15, 2020
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WXII’S JUSTIN SHRAIR WITNESSED THE WHOLE THING AND IS LIV OUTSIDE WAKE FOREST BAPTIST. JUSTIN? JUSTIN: DOCTORS AND NURSES SAY TODAY IS A BIG STEP FORWARD IN THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19. IT WAS A HISTORIC MOMENT INSIDE WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH TO THE, AS 10 HEALTH CARE WORKERS SAT DOWN AND ROLLED UP THEIR SLEEVES TO HELP OTHERS. >> WE GOT AN EFFECTIVE VACCINE OUT, THAT IT TESTED IN CLINICAL TRIALS WITH A HUGE SAFETY RECORD AND A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN A RECORD AMOUNT OF TIME. IT SHOWS THAT WE CAN DO IT AND THAT WE CAN BEAT THIS THING. JUSTIN: DR. CHRIS OHL, INFECTIOUS DISEASE EXPERT AT WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH, WAS THE FIRST TO BE GIVEN ONE OF TWO DOSES OF PFIZER’S COVID-19 VACCINE. >> GETTING THE SHOT IS LIKE NOTHING, TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH I -- TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH. I DIDN’T EVEN KNOW IT WHEN IT HAPPENED. JUSTIN: HIS NEXT SHOT WILL BE IN SEVERAL WEEKS. >> THIS IS GOING TO BE OUR TICKET OUT OF THIS AND IT IS GOING TO SAVE A LOT OF LIVES A KEEP A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT OF THE HOSPITAL. THIS IS A HUGE DEAL. JUSTIN: NURSE MANAGER, KIADRICK HOOD, ALSO RECEIVED HER FIRST SHOT TUESADY AND HAS A MESSAGE FOR THOSE WHO MAY BE UNEASY ABOUT TAKING THIS NEW VACCINE. >> TRUST AND THE SCIENTISTS THAT HAVE DONE THE RESEARCH. TRUST IN THE SIGNS. JUSTIN: DR. OHL SAYS WHILE THIS IS A HUGE ACHIEVEMENT, HE WANTS FOLKS TO KNOW THAT WE ARE NOT OUT OF THE WOODS JUST YET, AND IS STILL ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO CONTINUE TO PRACTICE THE 3 W’S. >> THIS IS GOING TO SLOW VIRAL TRANSMISSION, AND TOGETHER WITH MASKING AND SOCIAL DISTANCING IS GOING TO BE THE END OF THIS PANDEMIC. IT MAY TAKE A FEW MONTHS, MAYB THIS TIME NEXT YEAR, WE DON’T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE GRINCH STEALING CHRISTMAS. JUSTIN: WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH RECEIVED A NEARLY 3000 DOSES. IT WILL CONTINUE TO ADMINISTER THAT TO HEALTH CARE WORKERS OVER THE COMING DAYS AND WEEKS.