Jennie Wu, Director of Urgent Clinics at Evergreen Health Medical Center, receives the first dose of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine, administered by Dr. Ettore Palazzo on Wednesday, December 23, 2020, at Evergreen Health Medical Center in Kirkland. Credit: KUOW Photo/Megan Farmer
What New Years and Covid vaccines have in common: A fresh start and a chance to reflect Dec 31, 2020
They started rolling out in Washington state around the darkest time of the year. In the weeks ahead we know the days will get lighter â literally â and many hope for the same thing figuratively too.
At the end of last February, Alice Cortez, a nurse, noticed that many of her patients were sick with breathing problems. Cortez works at Life Care Center, a nursing home in Kirkland, Washington.