Nurse Eileen Kolodny administers the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to Cardinal Seán O Malley at St. Elizabeth Medical Center on Christmas Eve. Pilot photo/courtesy St. Elizabeth s Medical Center
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BRIGHTON Cardinal Seán P. O Malley received the first of the two-dose protocol of the Moderna vaccine for the coronavirus Dec. 24 at St. Elizabeth s Medical Center. The archdiocese said that the cardinal hopes to demonstrate that the vaccine is safe and wishes to encourage people to be vaccinated when possible.
In a statement, Cardinal O Malley expressed his gratitude to Dr. Joseph Weinstein, chief physician executive of the Steward Health Care Network, who offered to arrange his vaccination after learning that the 76-year-old cardinal qualified for it.