This morning, Centra Medical Group Nationwide vaccinated its first patient in Phase 1b of vaccine rollout in Virginia, which went into effect Jan. 18 in the Pittsylvania-Danville and Southside Health Districts.
The Lynchburg-based hospital system with a prominent community hospital in Gretna vaccinated Mrs. Irene Devine, an elderly woman with ample reason in wishing to arm herself against COVID-19. My husband died of COVID, and then I contracted it, Devine said. I just believe in the science of it. I have a daughter that s a scientist and she thinks it s great. I have another daughter who s a nurse and she thinks it s great. And my son is a doctor and he s already had his. So those are all good reasons, I think.