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KEARNEY â âThis is like a wonderful Christmas present that we get to open early.â
Thatâs what Dr. Michael Lawson, who practices internal medicine at Kearney Regional Medical Center, said at about 3 p.m. Tuesday as Nita Deyo, nursing services manager, administered the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.
At about the same time, Dr. Jason Shuda, a hospitalist at CHI Health Good Samaritan, was being inoculated by nurse Judy Mullen. He was the first of 60 Good Sam employees to receive the vaccine Tuesday.
âItâs an honor to be the first. Itâs been a long year,â Shuda said. âThey turned this vaccine around in record time, and for people working on the front lines, it is going to give me and my family peace of mind.â