Carl Vinson VA in Dublin makes progress in vaccinating veterans and frontline workers
The Medical Center Director says 80% of the veterans who live in the community living centers have been vaccinated. Author: Wanya Reese Updated: 6:30 PM EST December 28, 2020
DUBLIN, Ga. Veterans who call the Carl Vinson VA Medical Center home are continuing to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
The Medical Center received its first shipment of the Moderna vaccine last week, and now the medical center director says the rollout is going well.
Lester Porter was the first veteran at the Carl Vinson VA Medical Center to get vaccinated. I haven t been afraid of dying every day, but I did not want to get sick and die, he said.
First veteran at Carl Vinson VAMC in Dublin gets COVID-19 vaccine
Former Mayor of Dublin Lester Porter got the vaccine Christmas day, just two days shy of his 97th birthday! Author: 13WMAZ Staff Updated: 5:12 PM EST December 25, 2020
DUBLIN, Ga. A veteran at the Carl Vinson VA Medical Center in Dublin received a COVID-19 vaccine on Christmas day.
96-year-old World War II veteran, former local doctor and former Mayor of Dublin Lester Porter got the first vaccine at the center, just two days shy of his 97th birthday, according to a release from the center.
Porter is a former soldier with the Army’s 12th Armored Division and was on the front line of WWII in Germany. Now, he s on the frontline of a new battle COVID-19.