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Emotional moment as residents, staffers at Life Care Center of Kirkland get second dose of vaccine
The Life Care Center in Kirkland was the epicenter for the first coronavirus outbreak in the country.
KIRKLAND, Wash. - Residents and staffers at Life Care Center of Kirkland got their second dose of the coronavirus vaccine on Monday, a symbolic step in the fight against COVID-19.
The facility was the first in the country to report an outbreak of the virus. This shot is for everybody. I’m ready, said Alice Cortez, a nurse manager, as she was receiving the shot.
When asked, how it makes her feel, she replied, relieved.
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Kirkland, Washington (CNN)In an instant, nursing director Chelsey Earnest can recall the worst day at work she has ever had. Sometimes it comes back without her trying to remember.
What happened March 4 before the dawn and into the night haunts her.
The sirens seemed to blare endlessly outside the Life Care Center in Kirkland, Washington. That was the night (we had) like five ambulances in the parking lot, she said.
It was the night she sent patients to the hospital whom she expected would be treated and eventually released. They never came back.