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Students on call: UM finalizes plans to distribute vaccinations

5 min read The University of Mississippi has been prepared to distribute COVID-19 vaccinations within a moment’s notice for weeks.  Socially-distanced tables and chairs fill the Tad Smith Coliseum, organizing the circular building into stations through which patients will rotate counter-clockwise. General medical supplies are stocked, and security guards are on call. According to students who have begun training, approximately 180 UM pharmacy students will be assisting licensed pharmacists in administering the vaccine.  Once vaccine doses arrive at the university, they will be administered by pharmacy students. Photo by Katherine Butler. The only thing missing from the university’s vaccination distribution plan is actual doses of the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines. 

Pharmacy student administers COVID vaccines

Although classes for WSU pharmacy students are mostly online, some students started volunteering to administer COVID-19 vaccinations in Spokane. Crystal Lewis, third-year pharmacy student, helped vaccinate about 200 people during her first volunteer event at the Summit Cancer Care Center. For the eight-hour shift, the majority of recipients were healthcare workers, she said.  About 50 other students have volunteered so far in locations around the state, including Seattle and Yakima, Lewis said. Volunteers must be immunization certified. Lewis, born and raised in Tacoma, Washington, graduated from Western Washington University in 2018 with a bachelor’s in biology with molecular and cell emphasis, she said.

University plans for vaccination distribution ahead of receiving shipments

1 min read While dates that the university will be able to begin vaccinating its students, faculty and staff remain uncertain, the University of Mississippi Vaccine Distribution and Administration Task Force announced on Friday that it is prepared to launch a campuswide vaccination program “as soon as shipments are available.” According to an email from the University of Mississippi Communications, the task force is working with the Mississippi State Department of Health to obtain doses of a COVID-19 vaccine as soon as possible.  “I am extremely confident in our vaccine administration team,” Provost Noel Wilkin said. “They have been administering vaccines on our campus for about a decade and conduct Operation Immunization each year for influenza vaccines.” 

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