Baton Rouge General begins vaccinating front line workers
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BATON ROUGE - Nearly nine months after novel coronavirus crept into Louisiana to upend life for thousands, hospitals across the state are armed with a COVID-fighting vaccine that they ve already begun administering to the state s frontline healthcare workers.
Baton Rouge General Hospital has received 1,400 doses of Pfizer s new vaccine and the Our Lady of the Lake healthcare systems reports receiving a total shipment of 1,750 doses of the vaccine.
Baton Rouge General Hospital began administering inoculations to its healthcare workers Wednesday (Dec. 16) at 8 a.m.
Pharmacist Joan Broussard closed her eyes and inhaled sharply as the needle pierced her left arm, but quickly recovered when Meshoca Williams asked her how she was doing.
âIâm fabulous,â Broussard said as Williams, a licensed practical nurse, pushed down on the plunger, injecting her with one of the first doses of the coronavirus vaccine administered in Baton Rouge.
Broussard then danced back and forth, holding up a card certifying her vaccination against the virus that causes COVID-19, blamed for the deaths of 504 people in the East Baton Rouge Parish.
âI just got chills thinking about it,â Broussard said Tuesday, just prior to receiving her shot. âToday is one of the days that has kept me going since March, whenever they noted the first confirmed case of COVID in the state of Louisiana. I was looking forward to this day because I know this vaccine means this is the first step in a COVID-free future and safety, not just for myself and my loved ones,
Ochsner Baton Rouge gets its first doses of COVID vaccine Tuesday
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BATON ROUGE - Ochsner Baton Rouge received a shipment of 975 doses of Pfizer s COVID vaccine from its New Orleans counterpart Tuesday.
Ochsner personnel will use it to inoculate its physicians and hospital workers. It marks the first COVID vaccinations administered in East Baton Rouge Parish.
Their Baton Rouge colleagues are eager to follow in their footsteps. I m excited to get the vaccine. I want to step out and let people know I feel it s safe, Dr. Brandon Weeks of Ochsner Baton Rouge told WBRZ during a recent interview. Yeah, I m looking forward to this, want to get back to normal as soon as we can. It s going to be a long process, it s just beginning.
Ochsner physician explains how Pfizer s COVID vaccine works, proof of effectiveness
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Monday, December 14 2020
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BATON ROUGE - The battle against novel coronavirus continues to dominate the topic of conversation among community leaders across the globe, and so as COVID-fighting vaccines emerge so do the frequency of terms such as herd immunity and population immunity in general conversation.
But, what does do these terms mean and how does the new Pfizer vaccine work once administered?
Dr. Brandon Weeks of Ochsner Hospital in Baton Rouge touched on these topics during a Monday, Dec. 14 interview with WBRZ s Rae ven Jackson.
EBR Mayor s HealthyBR Advisory Board issues recommendations on CDC s updated exposure guidelines
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Monday, December 14 2020
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BATON ROUGE - The East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor s Office issued a Monday morning news release, addressing an update to
local Exposure Recommendations in accordance with the renewed guidance provided by The Center for Disease Control (CDC) and The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) last Thursday.
The new list of recommendations was created by Mayor Broome s HealthyBR Region 2 Medical Advisory Board.
“As we continue to navigate this coronavirus pandemic, it is important for our community to be equipped with the most up-to-date information from our local healthcare experts,” said Mayor Broome. “While the exposure recommendations have been modified, our residents should not let their guards down. The Region 2 Medical Advisory Board