EnCircle gets COVID-19 vaccine to caregivers, people with developmental disabilities
EnCircle works to vaccinate caregivers, people with developmental disabilities By Riley Wyant | February 9, 2021 at 8:33 PM EST - Updated February 9 at 8:33 PM
ALBEMARLE COUNTY, Va. (WVIR) - A very important group of healthcare workers who often go unnoticed now have their COVID-19 vaccinations.
EnCircle worked alongside CVS to vaccinate 70 caregivers and family care providers who play a vital role in caring for people with developmental disabilities in their homes. They also vaccinated other clients and staff that qualified.
“I am just tickled pink, as well as everybody in my family, that we have an opportunity to protect ourselves as well as protect others,” caregiver Melanie Allen said while waiting in line to get vaccinated.
In some Boston schools, in-person education will resemble remote learning
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Thousands of students in Boston have been stuck at home for nearly a year, dreaming of the day they can go back into school and leave their laptop screens behind. But when they finally return to classrooms over the next two months, many will find no escape from online learning.
To serve both students in the classroom and those at home without hiring extra staff,
hundreds of teachers in Boston Public Schools will instruct both groups simultaneously, with everyone logging onto Zoom or Google Classroom â whether they are miles away or 10 feet from their teacher.
According to an article on Valley News Live, the first North Dakotan s who were vaccinated are showing no ill signs 24 hours later. Sanford hospital healthcare workers who were given the coronavirus vaccine are speaking out in Fargo. “I feel great,” said Dr. Avish Nagpal with Sanford Infectious Disease and Medical Director Infection Prevention and Control. “No major side effects, just a little soreness in the arm, very mild.” Dr. Nagpal was the very first North Dakotan to get the vaccine, and said it did not prevent him from doing his usual activities.
Others to speak out who received the vaccine include, Sanford Clinical Care Leader RN Melanie Allen, I didn t have any side effects, according to the article. Allen went on to say, she has a little tenderness, but that s about it.
December 15, 2020 6:13 AM By Brandon Lee
The first coronavirus vaccines were administered by hospitals in the U.S. yesterday, the initial step in a historic drive to vaccinate millions of people this week.
In Queens, N.Y., critical-care nurse Sandra Lindsay received the first shot in the state at Long Island Jewish Medical Center. In Charlotte, N.C., that was Katie Passaretti, medical director of infection prevention at Atrium Health. And in Fargo, N.D., Melanie Allen, a clinical-care leader at Sanford Broadway Medical Center, got her shot.
âThis is just good old-fashioned science,â Allen said by telephone, about 30 minutes after she received the vaccine. She said she had butterflies beforehand, not from nerves but from sheer excitement. And when she got her shot, she says she didnât even feel the needle go in.