Mayo Clinic to move COVID-19 vaccination location on Monday
January 15, 2021 11:37 AM Site staff
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LA CROSSE, Wis. (WKBT) Mayo Clinic Health System in La Crosse will move its COVID-19 vaccination clinic location Monday to the staff gymnasium at the corner of 11th and Ferry streets.
“The time is right for us to move to a larger location as we move forward with vaccinating those in phase 1a,” said Bradley Weber, operations administrator for Mayo Clinic Health System’s Southwest Wisconsin Region. “We are doing this so we can offer as many vaccinations as possible while physical distancing. This also allows us flexibility for when state and federal authorities approve vaccinations future phases including our patients and community members listed in phases 1b and 1c, and phase 2.”
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January 12th is ‘Pharmacist Day,’ and this year it’s recognizing pharmacists’ and technicians’ efforts throughout the pandemic.
Wisconsin is moving into its next phase of vaccinations, and it’s much earlier than originally expected thanks to the huge response from pharmacists and technicians to administer vaccines.
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Another team is being assembled to prepare vaccine syringes for the immunization clinic.
One Mayo pharmacist said Tuesday it has been a difficult year, but she’s optimistic about the future.
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“We expect them to accumulate mutations or gain mutations along the way,” Megan Meller said, an infection preventionist with Gundersen Health System.
Meller said this new B-117 strain caught the eye of health care professionals for a few reasons.
“It accumulated a significant number of mutations in a very short amount of time,” she said.
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