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WATERLOO â The first COVID-19 vaccines arrived in the Cedar Valley on Thursday at UnityPoint and MercyOne hospitals in Waterloo, and those taking care of COVID-19 patients were the first to roll up their sleeves.
UnityPoint-Health Waterloo Chief Medical Officer Dr. Russell Adams, also a practicing physician, unbuttoned his white lab coat to get the first shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine just after 12:30 p.m. Thursday, the first known vaccination in the Cedar Valley.
Adams and other UnityPoint providers agreed to be vaccinated on camera to show the public the vaccine is safe, effective and an important part of stopping the coronavirus spread in Black Hawk County.