The first group of healthcare workers at Saint Francis in Muskogee got the Pfizer vaccine Wednesday.
A doctor and nurse were the first to get it in Muskogee. They said they’ve seen the tragic side of this pandemic and said today, they felt hope for the first time in months. It means a new year, a new beginning for us, hopefully moving out of the COVID-19 phase I hope, nurse Kim Walton said. Walton was the first staff member at Saint Francis Muskogee to receive the Pfizer vaccine. For her, the small Pfizer vial was than just medicine.
Walton was shocked to hear the vaccine came so quickly to their rural part of the state. Muskogee County has had 44 deaths and more than 5,000 positive cases of COVID-19 so far