Hundreds of healthcare workers receive first COVID-19 vaccine Share Updated: 9:52 PM EST Jan 17, 2021 Share Updated: 9:52 PM EST Jan 17, 2021
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Show Transcript AGAINST COVID TODAY. RELIEF TODAY FOR OPTOMETRIST GARY HAVRANEK. I’M REALLY HAPPY TO GET THE VACCINE. I SEE A LOT OF PATIENTS, AND I WANT TO PROTECT MYSELF AND THE PATIENTS THAT I SEE. KATELYN: HE’S ONE OF 300 WORKERS IN THE HEALTHCARE FIELD GETTING VACCINATED AGAINST COVID-19. THIS WAS QUITE AN UNDERTAKING. TOTALLY GRASSROOTS. ALL VOLUNTEERS. KATELYN: THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY TEAMED UP WITH DIRECT CARE PHYSICIANS PITTSBURGH TO VACCINATE PRIVATE OR UNAFFILIATED HEALTHCARE WORKER ORGANIZERS SAY THE DEMAND FOR THE VACCINE WAS PRETTY HIGH. MORE THAN 1000 PEOPLE SIGNED UP. WE SAW A NEED. THERE WERE HEALTHCARE WORKERS, CHIROPRACTORS, THERAPISTS, PHYSICIANS, ETC., THAT WERE NOT GETTING ACCESS TO VACCINES OTHERWISE. WHEN YOU’RE NOT AFFILIATED WITH ONE OF THE BI
COVID-19 Vaccination In Pittsburgh: Dozens Of Private, Unaffiliated Doctors Receive The Moderna Vaccine
CBS Pittsburgh 1/11/2021 Syndicated Local – CBS Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) COVID-19 vaccinations continued across our area Sunday. According to the state Department of health, almost 24,000 vaccines have been administered in Allegheny County.
“I’m so excited. This is amazing,” Pitt Medical Student Alexis Hester said.
Hester is in her second year of medical school at Pitt. With this historic pandemic, she is not able to go into the hospital to get first-hand experience.
“It’s been an interesting time to be a med student. It [will] definitely be something to tell future generations about,” Hester said.