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It’s been a long nine months for 91-year-old Eileen Costello. Quarantined since March at her Gulf Breeze nursing home, Bay Breeze Senior Living and Rehabilitation Center, Costello hasn’t been able to socialize with her friends or see her family since the start of the pandemic. But on a sunny Tuesday morning with a small shot to the arm, Costello got her first taste of relief and safety in a long time. “This means that I won’t get sick and die,” Costello said with a smile. “I’m feeling good. I don’t know. I’m a silly old lady.” ....
CRESTVIEW While sitting next to a table that was decorated with Christmas wreaths outside the Silvercrest Health and Rehabilitation Center, 88-year-old Annie Quick on Monday morning became the first person in Okaloosa County to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. After Quick received her shot, 55-year-old Crestview resident and Silvercrest certified nursing assistant Rosemarie Lisenbee received the vaccine. They marked some of the first COVID-19 vaccinations in Florida, as part of the state’s partnership with CVS Health to administer the free Pfizer vaccine. Before receiving her shot, Quick, who is a native of Andalusia, Alabama, noted that more than 300,000 Americans have died from COVID-19. ....
Jennie McKeon/WUWF Public Media Christmas came early at Bay Breeze Senior Living and Rehabilitation Center in Gulf Breeze as residents and staff got the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday morning. Joe Rich, pharmacist at the Gulf Breeze CVS just down the road, administered the vaccine to a staff member and resident outside the facility the first doses in Gulf Breeze. After each shot, staff cheered. “I didn’t feel a thing,” said 91-year-old Eileen Costello. Costello said she’s been watching CNN and following the news around the vaccine. She had no reservations about getting it. “I’m not afraid,” she said before getting the shot. “If I do (get side effects) it’s better than really getting sick and die.” ....