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COVID-19 vaccinations begin in Skagit County

MOUNT VERNON — More than 100 area health care workers received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine Monday. At 7 a.m., two registered nurses, Tessa Olson and Janine Cook, received the first inoculations given in Skagit County. Olson works at Cascade Valley Hospital in Arlington and Cook at Skagit Valley Hospital. The doses were the first of two each recipient will need of the newly released Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. The doses are given about three weeks apart. “It was so exciting,” said Dr. Connie Davis, Skagit Regional Health’s chief medical officer. “It makes us feel like we’re part of the overall initiative. It doesn’t matter if you’re in a big city or small community, you can have access to the same technology, the same protection.”

Mental Health: Pandemic has had wide-ranging effects

No one has been untouched by the stress of the COVID-19 pandemic. Intense emotions including anxiety, anger, fear, frustration, grief, loneliness and sadness have become common since the COVID-19 pandemic reached Skagit County in March.  Mental health experts say those feelings were inevitable. Emotions are absolutely normal and expected during this time, Keri Waterland, director of the Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery that operates under the state s Healthcare Authority, told the Skagit Valley Herald. Whatever you are feeling right now is OK, and there is nothing wrong with you. According to weekly U.S. Census Bureau data, the number of adults in the state reporting feelings of depression and anxiety is on the rise.  Dreary weather and holiday stress only compound the challenges. 

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