RACINE â âFifty seconds,â said Christine Emmons, teacher at Horlick High School, as she counted down to zero on her phoneâs timer in the waiting area of the vaccination clinic at Ascension All Saints Hospital.
Teachers sit socially distanced in the clinic after receiving their vaccinations at Ascension All Saints Hospital on Saturday. There is a 15-minute observation period after patients get their vaccine, said Margaret Hennessy, pediatrics physician at All Saints. Hennessy said it is to make sure patients don t have any serious reactions or need help after getting treated. Diana Panuncial
She and her husband, Chad Emmons, who also teaches at Horlick, had been waiting for nearly 15 minutes â the allotted observation time after getting their vaccines for physicians to monitor them for any significant adverse reactions, which remain rare.
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Wisconsin s promised vaccine registry site launched Wednesday with just one participant, as the health department works out glitches with the Microsoft-designed software.
The state-sponsored vaccination clinic in Rock County is the only vaccinator available at www.vaccinate.wi.gov.
In a news briefing Tuesday, state Department of Health Services Deputy Secretary Julie Willems Van Dijk said the department ran into some components that were not functioning the way we anticipated during pilot testing last week and over the weekend.
RACINE â Local schools, Racine Countyâs two health departments and Ascension All Saints Hospital are working together to ensure that teachers receive their COVID-19 vaccines as quickly as possible.
Educators became eligible for vaccination in Wisconsin as part of Group 1B on Monday, the first day in more than 11 months that most Racine Unified students have been able to return to classrooms. On Wednesday, the first Racine Unified teachers in 1B are set to receive their initial shots.
All RUSD teachers who want to be vaccinated may have begun the two-dose process within three weeks.
Vaccinations for some teachers at private schools in Racine County have already begun being vaccinated, too.
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