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Healthcare systems ready to vaccinate, but some people still hesitant
UW Medicine is one of the healthcare system s expecting a shipment of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine.
Governor Jay Inslee announced that the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines could be administered as soon as Tuesday. Healthcare systems like UW Medicine have been preparing for this moment.
“We’re primed to do that at all of our hospitals within UW Medicine, and we’re already scheduling people,” said Dr. Shireesha Dhanireddy, a professor of medicine at the UW School of Medicine.
Dr. Dhanireddy, who is also the Chair of the UW Medicine, Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, has been tasked with developing the vaccine prioritization plan at UW Medicine.