URBANA — When Dr. Uretz Oliphant moved to Champaign-Urbana, his family said it looked like Mayberry. Thirty-one years and thousands of patients later, Oliphant has grown to love the “small”
URBANA â In the hours leading up to the moment a nurse injected the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine in his left arm early Thursday morning, Dr. Uretz Oliphant said his thoughts were largely on dealing with the news media on hand to watch.
And that says something about his confidence in this vaccine.
He volunteered to be the first staff member at Carle Foundation Hospital to be vaccinated, he said, because he knows the science and the scientists involved.
âI have complete confidence in it,â he said.
Vaccinations were underway at 7:30 a.m. today at both Carle Foundation Hospital and OSF Heart of Mary Medical Center â the first to receive vaccine and distribute it in Champaign County.