Last year, the Class of 2020 had a spring full of celebrations ahead of them. With prom only a month away, many seniors already had outfits picked out and were busy fantasizing about the big day.
On March 12, 2020, the seniors had so much to look forward to. The next day, the world shut down.
In an instant, COVID-19 took over and the school year stopped without warning. The festivities stopped with it. The Class of 2020 was forced to hang up their dresses and tuxedos for good.
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This year, the Twin Valley High School Class of 2021 students were able to open their closets for an all-new, pandemic-style prom.
Updated: 10:38 PM EDT March 31, 2021
COLUMBIA, Pa. Vaccine providers in Pennsylvania are preparing for another wave of appointments after the state moved to Phase 1B and set up a timetable to make everyone eligible for the vaccine by April 19.
Pennsylvania stayed in Phase 1A for three and a half months.
About a third of Pennsylvanians 4.5 million out of a population of 12.8 million were eligible to get the vaccine under Phase 1A.
Pennsylvania has vaccinated about a third of its population 31.8 percent according to CDC data.
Now the remaining two thirds of the population will become eligible within a 20-day window.
On March 31 vaccine appointments were expanded to include police, corrections officers and other law enforcement; volunteer and professional firefighters; grocery employees; and food and farm workers.
“Vaccine tourism” has become more common as many of the 3.5 million Pennsylvanians now eligible for the vaccine report trouble scheduling an appointment.
At the end of the day, pharmacists are often left with a few extra doses. Many are taking measures into their own hands to ensure those doses don’t go to waste.
A small, independent pharmacy in Lancaster County has received hundreds of COVID-19 vaccine doses earmarked for dental professionals and physical therapists.Pharmacist Melissa Koehler opened Hillcrest Pharmacy & Compounding less than a month ago and was able to secure 400 doses.The Department of Health asked her to find health care workers to vaccinate. I just started calling the local dentist offices within 1, 2, 3 miles from our location here. I called some physical therapy offices,” Koehler said.All of the doses were spoken for within days.Physical therapist Amanda Dinkel was one of the people who signed up. She said her family contracted the coronavirus in May, and she couldn’t wait for the vaccine. As a physical therapist, you’re probably the closest to a patient. When you’re helping somebody transfer, you are right up in their space,” she said.A shipment of 300 more doses is on the way. When the vaccines arrive, appointments can be booked at the pharmacy’s webs