She s researched COVID vaccines and their impact. Getting a vaccine and getting sick from it is not as bad as getting the actual illness, the 18-year-old said.
So when she got the chance to get the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination, she was all in.
Nair was the first of about a dozen Northwest High students who received their first dose Tuesday in the school gym.
Northwest played host to a community vaccination clinic later in the evening. More than 130 people had scheduled an appointment, Stark County Health Department officials said. They also had vaccines for walk-ins.
An easy choice for this Northwest student
MASSILLON – Andrew Keim stood at the rear of Pioneer Collective Coffee, a few feet in front of a top-of-the-line roaster being seasoned with coffee beans in order to achieve peak performance.
Holding a cup of single-origin, Ethiopian-blend java, his eyes were fixed on a customer who was receiving his order in the coffee shop.
The ambiance harkens to a bygone train station, with a distinguished black-and-gold color scheme, eye-catching chandeliers, grand piano and Amish-crafted, black leather benches.
While simultaneously holding an unrelated conversation with another coffee shop guest, Keim, a 30-year-old Dalton man who opened Pioneer Collective about three weeks ago, studied the interaction between employee and coffee drinker to ensure it met the high standards for which he s striving for.