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Houston hospitals ready and waiting to receive Pfizer vaccine
Haley Hernandez, Health Reporter
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HOUSTON – Houston Methodist Hospital, UTMB in Galveston, Ben Taub, Memorial Herman, and Texas Children’s Hospital all say they plan to begin vaccinations next week.
“Our personnel are ready to accept vaccines as early as this weekend, should it arrive, but we probably anticipate it arriving on Monday or Tuesday,” said Roberta Schwartz, executive VP of Houston Methodist.
While they don’t know exactly when the vaccine will be here, the one thing for certain is after a tiresome year of simultaneously taking care of COVID-19 patients and worrying about their own families, many doctors are ready to finally fight back.
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When can the general public get the vaccine?
The first doses of the vaccine will be given to essential workers and people living in long-term care facilities. Ericsson said he believes it may be the spring before the vaccine is widely available to the general public.
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When can we expect to see an impact on the pandemic because the vaccine becomes available?
Ericsson said it may be the summer or fall before we could see the so-called “herd immunity” for which many are hoping, but that all depends on how many people get the vaccine. He said a survey of workers at Harris Health showed 59% said they didn’t want the vaccine right away. Ericsson said he is confident in the data and wants to get that herd immunity as quickly as possible.