BELOIT â âIâm so proud and so privileged to be here today.â
Those were the words of Beloit Health System Environmental Services Manager Johnnie Isabell, the first person to receive a COVID-19 vaccine in Beloit, as Wednesday marked what many believe could be a turning point in the COVID-19 pandemic.
Isabell was one of many frontline workers at the health system who received the vaccine jab to fight the virus. The health system received its initial shipment of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday, and the first inoculations took place on Wednesday in a make-shift clinic in the auditorium at Beloit Memorial Hospital. The health system received enough doses to treat all high risk employees of the health system, officials said.