Hospitals see the arrival of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine as another step towards ending the pandemic. Author: Troy Kless (First Coast News) Published: 6:03 PM EST December 21, 2020 Updated: 6:54 PM EST December 21, 2020
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. A week after the first Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines were shipped out across America, the Moderna vaccine is also making its way to medical facilities.
Doctors say people should get either one of the vaccines once it is available to the general public.
A Baptist Health spokesperson tells First Coast News they expect 1,000 doses to be delivered to their hospital as early as Monday.
Depending on which vaccine is available between Pfizer’s and Moderna’s will determine which one will be administered to healthcare workers.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. The first doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine are expected to be administered to patients Monday.
On Sunday, the first doses of a second COVID-19 vaccine were shipped to hospitals nationwide. The Food and Drug Administration approved the Moderna vaccine Friday, and the Centers for Disease Control signed off on it within 48 hours.
Moderna said it s shipping about 6 million doses total. The first shots could be given as soon as Monday.
Teenagers are natural-born skeptics.
Making them believe the rapidly developed COVID-19 vaccine is not only safe but necessary will require a mix of science and guilt. They must understand both the science of how the vaccine came to be and why it is crucial to young people as well as their more vulnerable older family members, according to area medical professionals. It s hard to convince young people of the risk … I m not sure I need this, I feel fine, said Kelli Tice Wells, senior medical director at Florida Blue and former director of the Duval County Health Department. Because of what the vaccine means for us, we have to have a series of conversations to allow their concerns to be told.
How Jacksonville helped contribute in clinical trials for COVID-19 vaccines
Jacksonville Center for Clinical Research had over 700 patients for both vaccines
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Hundreds of clinical trials were done in the Jacksonville area, helping approve vaccines for COVID-19.
The Jacksonville Center for Clinical Research had over 700 patients for both vaccines.
Clinical trials for the recently approved Moderna started in late July.
After months of research and clinical trials, News4Jax is told Jacksonville patients responded well.
News4Jax asked Michael Koren, the director of research at the Jacksonville Center for Clinical Research, how people should determine which vaccine to get.
“I have very simple advice: Whichever one you can get first,” Michael Koren said.
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