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Oregon veterans’ home gets vaccine shots, 9 months after first nursing home infections in the state
Updated Dec 28, 2020;
Posted Dec 28, 2020
William Lapschies, 104, survived a coronavirus infection at the Edward C. Allworth Veterans Home in Lebanon. He got a shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine Dec. 26.
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Oregon was in a panic in March when two senior care residents were diagnosed with coronavirus infections, the first of thousands to be infected in the months since.
Caregivers were reusing masks, state officials were figuring out policies on the fly and protective equipment and coronavirus tests were in woefully short supply.
But in a sign of how far things have come in the last nearly 300 days, 90% of the Edward C. Allworth Veterans’ Home in Lebanon residents got the first of two Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine shots Saturday, along with 60% of the staff.
t reing otr medal for his latest battle. especially my age, i don t know, 99 years old, and didn t succumb to the virus. reporter: world war ii veterans like 95-year-old navy petty officer second class bill kelly from oregon. he lived through the great depression. this time, helping him pull through? listening to his great-grandsons play outside his bedroom door. 104-year-old army corporal william lapschies, he got through the 1918 spanish flu, now conquering another potentially deadly virus. and take a look at first lieutenant lloyd falk, the 100-year-old army air corps veteran. he served on dwight d. eisenhower s staff, helping plan the d-day invasion in normandy. for the most part, you have been so helpful. reporter: after 58 days applause as he leaves henrico doctors hospital in richmond, today his family never gave up