Grand River Health’s Dr. Bonnie Walsh being administered the COVID-19 vaccine in Rifle Thursday. Ray Erku / Post Independent
Among colleagues and fellow practitioners on perhaps one of the most historical days in Garfield County, Grand River Health’s Dr. Alan-Michael Vargas was administered a COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer.
“It feels like a flu shot,” he said. “It’s really no different.”
Vargas said he was chosen to first receive the vaccine because he’s essentially spent the entire year helping patients fight the virus while on the front lines of Grand River’s respiratory clinic.
“It came down to us and our fellow man, our community, our loved ones and our families,” he said. “This is me giving back, this is us going ahead and turning around and saying, ‘This is huge, this is going to be a turning point.’”