. After a day of giving coronavirus vaccinations, Michael Weber and his team were headed back to Grants Pass, Ore., to administer their last doses on Tuesday when traffic suddenly came to a halt. Authorities had closed the snow-covered highway because of a car accident, and it would be hours before traffic could resume. But Weber and his team of 20 staff members and volunteers didn t have that much time to use the six Moderna doses they had left before the vaccines expired. That s when Weber had an idea: If he couldn t make it to the clinic on time, he could bring the clinic to six other drivers stranded on the highway.
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Oregon health-care workers were stuck in a snowstorm with expiring vaccines. So, they gave shots to strangers caught in traffic.
Andrea Salcedo, The Washington Post
Jan. 28, 2021
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When a team of Oregon health-care workers stuck in traffic during a snowstorm was running out of time to administer leftover doses of the Moderna vaccine, one local public health official had an idea: Vaccinate strangers in the middle of the highway.Josephine County Public Health.
After a day of giving coronavirus vaccinations, Michael Weber and his team were headed back to Grants Pass, Ore., to administer their last doses on Tuesday when traffic suddenly came to a halt. Authorities had closed the snow-covered highway because of a car accident, and it would be hours before traffic could resume.
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After a day of giving coronavirus vaccinations, Michael Weber and his team were headed back to Grants Pass, Oregon, to administer their last doses on Tuesday when traffic suddenly came to a halt. Authorities had closed the snow-covered highway because of a car accident, and it would be hours before traffic could resume.
But Weber and his team of 20 staff members and volunteers didn’t have that much time to use the six Moderna doses they had left before the vaccines expired.
Healthcare workers administered the Moderna vaccine to stranded drivers in Oregon.
Credit:Josephine County Public Health
That’s when Weber had an idea: If he couldn’t make it to the clinic on time, he could bring the clinic to six other drivers stranded on the highway.
Stuck in a snowstorm, health-care workers vaccinate strangers caught in traffic
The impromptu vaccination session amid a snowstorm is the latest example of health-care workers scrambling to make use of leftover doses.
By Andrea SalcedoThe Washington Post
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After a day of giving coronavirus vaccinations, Michael Weber and his team were headed back to Grants Pass, Ore., to administer their last doses on Tuesday when traffic suddenly came to a halt. Authorities had closed the snow-covered highway because of a car accident, and it would be hours before traffic could resume.
But Weber and his team of 20 staff members and volunteers didn’t have that much time to use the six Moderna doses they had left before the vaccines expired.