More than 80 frontline workers at Providence got vaccinated against the coronavirus Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020, the day the hospital received 975 doses, and the process continued Friday, Dec. 18 as employees administered the first of two shots required for the Pfizer-developed vaccine to their co-workers. Julie Loudamyâs reasons for signing up early for the COVID-19 vaccine extend beyond the 12 days of fever, eight weeks of fatigue and still-diminished senses of taste and smell the disease already brought her. As a nurse practitioner at Ascension Providence providing pulmonary care, she is more worried about the people around her. More than 80 frontline workers at Providence got vaccinated against the coronavirus Thursday, the day the hospital received 975 doses, and the process continued Friday as employees administered the first of two shots required for the Pfizer-developed vaccine to their co-workers.