Now that COVID-19 vaccines are arriving in Knox County, when can you expect to be inoculated against deadly virus? Dena Mashburn, the Knox County Health Department s director of nursing, talked to Knox News about what to realistically expect in 2021. There is light at the end of the tunnel, and the sooner we can get vaccines into arms, the sooner we can get through this pandemic, Mashburn said. What you can t see is that we re like ducks paddling as fast as we can underwater.
Plans and guidelines almost change daily as medical professionals learn more about the vaccines, so even as information is shared, people should continue to stay on top of news from health professionals and for changes in protocols as experts refine distribution.