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Health officials hope people choose to take the coronavirus vaccine COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) University of Missouri Health Care vaccinated its first frontline health care workers with the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine Wednesday. MU Health Care pediatric infectious disease specialist Christelle Ilboudo was first in line to receive the vaccine. She said she knows people are skeptical about the vaccine coming out quickly, but hopes people will still take it. We have never had a vaccine come out this fast, but even though this vaccine went through the processes fast it does not take away from meeting those standards, she said. Alyssa Neitzer, an emergency services employee for St. Mary s Hospital, was the first to take the vaccine at the hospital Tuesday. She said she felt safe. ....
https://vimeoassets.b-cdn.net/abc17news.com/2020/12/15/St. Mary’s Hospital starts vaccinating staff against coronavirus.jpg JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) St. Mary s Hospital in Jefferson City administered its first shots of Pfizer s coronavirus vaccine Tuesday afternoon. SSM Health, which owns the hospital, accepted its first shipment of the vaccine at 10:30 a.m., inviting reporters and photographers inside to see employees unpack the doses. Alloch Burton, the Clinical Pharmacy Manager at St. Mary s, said they have extra space in the ultra cold freezer storage if more requests for vaccines are made. We have the ability to store more vaccines than we received that s just kind of the nature of the freezer, he said. We feel it s our duty to get as many people vaccinated as quickly as possible. ....