Earlier this week doctors at UF Health started getting COVID-19 vaccines. Author: Briana Ray-Turner Updated: 7:43 PM EST December 17, 2020
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Doctors at UF Health Jacksonville say COVID-19 vaccines are what most of us have been waiting for and what everyone hopes are a turning point in the pandemic.
“I understand the skepticism and the fact that you know this was produced so quickly. You know nine and ten months but that’s just how medicine and technology have advanced, said Dr. Salam Salman, OMFS Surgeon at UF Health.
Some of UF Health doctors got their Pfizer vaccine shots this week and Salman was right in line.
We know it is safe: Health experts urge public confidence in new vaccine If I thought it would be detrimental to me, I would not have been first in line to get it. Author: Ken Amaro Updated: 5:23 AM EST December 16, 2020
JACKSONVILLE, Fla On Monday, a diverse group of UF Health workers were first in line to take the first doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. It seems most of those in the system show confidence in the vaccine.
Dr. David Meysenburg, Director of Critical Care, called the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine a glimmer of hope. This is our opportunity to get out of this and get back to normal, Meysenburg said.
No side effects from COVID vaccine at UF Health
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – As the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine continues to roll out another 100 more employees at UF Health Jacksonville got the shots on Tuesday experts are closely monitoring recipients for any side effects.
David Meysenburg, the division director of critical care at UF Health, was one of the first to receive the vaccine on Monday. He said no one among the initial group to get a shot had any problems.
“After you get a flu shot, sometimes people have symptoms. Really, after any kind of medication, there’s a possibility you’re going to have some kind of reaction or symptoms,” Meysenburg said. “But like I said, I feel great. Just a little bit of soreness at the end injection site. That’s it.”
The weapon that will end the war : First coronavirus vaccine shots given in U.S.
Respiratory care practitioner Raul Aguilar receives the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center in Los Angeles, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Dr. Maggie Hagan, an infectious disease specialist at Ascension Via Christi St. Francis hospital got the second dose of the coronavirus vaccination on Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, in Wichita, Kan. Garrett is a MICU nurse serving in the COVID-19 Unit. Administering it is Aimee Wilson, supervisor, Associate and Occupational Health for Ascension Via Christi. (Jaime Green/The Wichita Eagle via AP)