We received the vaccine in numbers adequate to cover the urgent care and the first medical responders and our first responders on the installations that we support as well, Elliot said.
The Department of Defense said last week that 44,000 doses would be distributed at 16 military medical facilities in the first vaccine shipment, and Naval Hospital Pensacola was included in that group.
The military hospital was the first in Northwest Florida to receive doses of the Pfizer vaccine that was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration under an emergency use authorization last week.
More shipments of the vaccine are expected to arrive next week at the area s civilian hospitals.
Elliot said the next in line will be first responders at the military bases that Naval Hospital Pensacola supports. We support a large number of installations in the region, Elliot said. But for this first wave of vaccine, we can only go so far. Because of the specific requirements for the vaccine and how it needs to be stored, we can t extend to the full region just yet. We ll be waiting for additional ways to go beyond that, and so it will be local coverage (for now).
Elliot said there s a tremendous amount of excitement about the vaccine but also a tremendous amount of work to ensure it is administered correctly.
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amendments. with the 56 to 43 vote, the democrats fell short of the 60 votes needed for the bill to move forward and ultimately lift the ban on gays serving in the military. this year, a year when we have forces engaged in ground combat as we speak, it s not the year for the senate to suddenly say no, we re not going to pass this kind of legislation. another setback for the bill, president obama s pick for common of the marine corps said repealing don t ask, don t tell would be a distraction. i don t know yet what the impact on recruiting will be in our combat. defense secretary, robert gates had asked congress to wait on the vote until december. that s when the military is expected to complete its study on the impact of gays on soldier moral and battle effectiveness. many top senate republicans agreed, including former pow, john mccain. by the way, an estimated 13,000 gay service members have been discharged under the law since it was created under president clin