Inside a cubicle at AU Health System s Washington Square mass vaccination clinic, Jack and Alex Thompson of Evans stare at each other for a moment before Alex raises his hand to go first for the COVID-19 vaccine.
Alex, 13, gets the shot in his right arm while Jack, 14, opts for the left. It s not that Jack was worried about the shot, said their father, Ron Thompson. He saw me and my wife go through it so he is expecting the same reaction, which is not much, Ron Thompson said. In fact, the boys have been pushing to get vaccinated, he said.
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Allen met and thanked the volunteer health students working in the clinic. I believe we need to duplicate this throughout the country, Allen said. I think New York and California need to come down here for just a short time and see how we get things done with Georgia values … this is the model.
Although the $8.4 billion Georgia is expected to receive in COVID-19 relief can be used in a variety of ways, Allen cited the importance of using the money for healthcare and vaccinations. Mainly, getting the medicine has been the issue. I think, when the medicine gets here, we re getting shots in arms immediately, he said. Georgia s in really good shape. In fact, in this stimulus thing, we didn t get near per capital what some states have gotten … it s just been amazing where Georgia is, economically and otherwise.
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