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Caroline Carlson | Daily Press
Pictured left to right, Registered Nurse Volunteer Kathy Perkins administers a dose of COVID-19 vaccine at the Heirman Center at Bay College Wednesday, as Mary Harrington, RN, looks on, seated in the foreground.
ESCANABA When COVID-19 vaccinations began in Delta and Menominee counties in January, Public Health, Delta & Menominee Counties (PHDM) Heath Officer Mike Snyder, RS, MPA, knew the sheer volume of vaccinations called for would present a staffing problem. That’s when registered nurse and former Public Health employee Mary Harrington called with the idea to recruit retired nurses as volunteers for the ongoing vaccine clinics.