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Army veteran Kenneth Pawley receives the first COVID-19 vaccine in the Sheridan Veterans Affairs Health Care System from Assistant Nurse Manager Geo Gillett, while registered nurse Jessica Bettles assists. Pawley is a resident in the Sheridan VA long-term care facility. The Sheridan VA received an initial shipment of the vaccine Dec. 22, 2020, and began vaccinating veterans in its long-term care facility who were interested in receiving it on Dec. 23, 2020.Â
Courtesy photo | Sheridan Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Cynthia Neukam.
The highlight of May at Sheridan Memorial Hospital was the hospital reopening. (Courtesy photo)
The rate of transmission of COVID-19 in Wyoming has dropped from 1.22 to .88, according to Sheridan Memorial Hospital CEO Mike McCafferty.
M. McCafferty
Currently SMH is caring for nine patients infected with COVID-19 with two of those patients in the Intensive Care Unit.
The hospital has been preparing for the arrival of a COVID-19 vaccine by following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention processes. According to Chief Medical Officer Dr. John Addlesperger Sheridan may receive a vaccine before Christmas.
J. Addlesperger
In a press release dated Nov. 30, Moderna, announced the results of their trial that involved 30,000 people for its vaccine. According to the release only 11 people who received two doses of the vaccine developed COVID-19 symptoms after being infected with coronavirus, compared to 185 symptomatic cases in a placebo group. That is an efficacy of 94.1%, ac