First COVID-19 vaccines arrive at Penn Medicine By week’s end, the health system expects to receive about 9,275 doses of the Pfizer vaccine for its frontline teams. Eric Young (left), an Emergency Department nurse at Pennsylvania Hospital, after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, Dec. 17. (Image: Dan Burke)
There’s a notable pause in the Pennsylvania Hospital auditorium after Emergency Department nurse Eric Young receives his COVID-19 vaccine at 6:15 a.m. on Wednesday morning. The room falls silent except for the flashing of photographers’ cameras.
That’s because, by most accounts, the two-second shot to Young’s arm is not particularly momentous. “Felt like any other vaccine,” he says.