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Twelve-year-old Judah Aginsky shows the arm where he received the COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday at the county’s Whispering Pines vaccination clinic. Aginsky, who recently celebrated his birthday, had been looking forward to finally being of age for the vaccine. The clinic closed its doors Tuesday.
Photo: Elias Funez
After receiving her first COVID-19 vaccine dose at the county’s Whispering Pines clinic on its last day open, Grass Valley resident Shelby Sachs said she looked forward to going dancing and seeing family.
“I was thinking I could just do it alone as long as I can, but it’s just not like that,” said Sachs, explaining that she had been taking other precautions against the virus for some time, but originally did not want to be vaccinated.