It was 299 days ago that they found the virus at EvergreenHealth in Kirkland.
They followed a doctor s hunch, ordered a test they thought was a long shot, and in doing so identified the first outbreak in the nation of the mysterious disease that would become known as COVID-19, setting off a cascade of events none could have predicted.
Schools closed. Businesses shuttered. The governor ordered people to stay home. The coronavirus would upend American life. A whirlwind, said Dr. Francis Riedo, medical director of infectious disease at EvergreenHealth, who helped identify the outbreak.
And on Wednesday, the hospital that became the early face of the fight against COVID-19 marked a milestone, beginning inoculations from a supply of 3,000 doses of Moderna s vaccine.
KIRKLAND â It was 299 days ago that they found the virus at EvergreenHealth in Kirkland.
They followed a doctorâs hunch, ordered a test they thought was a long shot and in doing so identified the first outbreak in the nation of the mysterious disease that would become known as COVID-19, setting off a cascade of events none could have predicted.
Schools closed. Businesses shuttered. The governor ordered people to stay home. The coronavirus would upend American life.
âA whirlwind,â said Dr. Francis Riedo, medical director of infectious disease at EvergreenHealth, who helped identify the outbreak.
And on Wednesday, the hospital that became the early face of the fight against COVID-19 marked a milestone, beginning inoculations from a supply of 3,000 doses of Modernaâs vaccine.