Updated: 6:34 PM EST Feb 16, 2021
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Show Transcript LAUNCH WENT. MARY: DESPITE THE WEATHER, THINGS WENT CRACKED THINGS WENT QUITE WELL. DELIVERING HUNDREDS OF VACCINES, 2000 VACCINES A DAY IS THE EVENTUAL GOAL. THIS IS MY BIRTHDAY, SO I WAS VERY HAPPY. MARY: GETTING THEIR FIRST VACCINE CLOSE TO HOME IS A GIFT. THIS HAS BEEN VERY SMOOTH TODAY AND VERY EXCITING TO DRIVE INTO THE PARKING LOT AND SEE YOUR TIME UP ON THE SCOREBOARD, AND THEN SO IT’S GREAT. MARY: THIS IS THE FIRST LARGE-SCALE VACCINATION SITES IN OTHER STATE AND CITY HAVE BEEN SUPPORTIVE, THIS IS A LOCAL TEAM EFFORT. EXITS A FANTASTIC COLLABORATION BETWEEN COMMONWEALTH MEDICAL AND WORCESTER STATE UNIVERSITY, AND WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THAT COLLABORATION AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BROUGHT THIS UP IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. THE TEAM GOT THE LOCATION AND STAFFING TO MAKE IT HAPPEN IN A FEW WEEKS. INCLUDING 1700 STRONG. WE PUT UP A PORTAL AND HAVE BEEN RECRUITING COMMUNITY MEMBER