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Ohio State employees Meghana Moodabagil, left, talks with Emily Vrontos about her Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, in Columbus, Ohio. Three, two, one. vaccinate!
Medical workers at Ohio State University s Wexner Medical Center cheered as several of their colleagues were among the first people in the state to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.
Andy Thomas, chief clinical officer of the Wexner Medical Center, says this moment marks a new phase in the fight against the coronavirus. We were just thrilled to be the first site in the state of Ohio to be able to vaccinate someone for coronavirus, Thomas says. And just thrilled to take the first steps forward.
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center made history Monday as one of the first places in the United States and the first in Ohio to administer the COVID-19 vaccine.
With a countdown of 3-2-1, six frontline health care workers simultaneously received the Pfizer vaccine at 10:47 a.m., sparking a round of applause. Thirty people were vaccinated Monday as part of a first run to ensure the process ran smoothly.
“This is so cool. This is like history in its making right now,” said Dr. Meghana Moodabagil, an emergency and internal medicine resident. “I want all my colleagues to be able to do what I’m doing right now.”
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