Dr. Payal Patel
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Dr. Payal Patel says there have been a lot of lessons learned over the year-long pandemic. She says it has shown it is never good to underestimate how importance of public health or to underfund the system. She says infectious disease medical professionals think this could happen again, that it s inevitable, and we need to be better prepared for the next time.
Dr. Patel says it would be naive to think the end of the pandemic is here but adds she was encouraged by the relatively fast rollout of three vaccines and says, We are making headway to getting more and more people vaccinated, which will help bring an end to the pandemic.
Michigan Medicine doctor shares getting second dose of COVID-19 vaccine
Dr. Payal Patel was one of the first frontline workers at the hospital to receive the Pfizer vaccine
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Patel received her second dose on Jan. 4.
“Both times, I had a little bit of arm pain right where I got the vaccine. I thought maybe it might be worse this time but so far I felt pretty good,” she said.
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Patel said some of her colleagues have felt tired or experienced more arm pain. But the overall feeling is excitement and optimism.
“There’s been a lot of people sharing on social media their pictures of getting their vaccine which I think is a good thing because the public needs to know that people are excited about this vaccine,” Patel said. “People are doing well after they get it, so that we can see more and more people sharing the optimism about the vaccine. I’m hoping that will get more people vaccinated.”