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UPMC officials share early data about covid vaccine effectiveness among those with compromised immune systems, April 9. Left to right, Tami Minnier, chief quality officer; Dr. Ghady Haidar, transplant infectious diseases physician; and Dr. David Nace, chief medical officer of UPMC Senior Communities.
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Dr. Ghady Haidar, UPMC transplant infectious diseases physician, shares early data about covid vaccine effectiveness among blood cancer patients at a news conference April 9, 2021.
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Dr. David Nace, chief medical officer of UPMC Senior Communities, shares early data on covid vaccine effectiveness among long-term care residents at a news conference April 9, 2021.
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The past year has been boring for 88-year-old Jan McGrath.
The retired nurse lives with her husband, Bill, at Westminster Place, a licensed personal care home in Oakmont. McGrath said she spends a lot of time reading, mostly westerns and mystery novels. She also watches some TV.
“I like Hallmark, cause when you watch Hallmark you don’t have to think,” said McGrath, who finds the news depressing, and misses her family.
While the pandemic has caused people around the globe to experience isolation, depression and ennui, life at long-term care facilities has been particularly bleak. Strict and lengthy lockdowns were mandated within these communal settings, which are particularly vulnerable to coronavirus outbreaks. More than half of the COVID deaths in Pennsylvania have been among long-term care residents, the vast majority of whom are elderly or medically fragile.
Jan 13, 2021
From left, Dr. Donald Yealy, UPMC senior medical director; Dr. David Nace UPMC Senior Communities chief medical officer; and Tami Minnier, UPMC chief quality officer, discussing the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines at UPMC medical facilities during an online news conference Tuesday.
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Well over half of the medical staff at UPMC health care facilities throughout Pennsylvania and at its New York and Maryland locations have been inoculated with the COVID-19 vaccine.
On Tuesday, Tami Minnier, UPMC chief quality officer; Dr. David Nace, UPMC Senior Communities chief medical officer; and Dr. Donald Yealy, UPMC senior medical director; discussed the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine to employees at UPMC facilities.