Some Florence School District 1 employees begin receiving COVID-19 vaccine
Florence school nurses begin COVID-19 vaccinations By Cameron Crowe | January 6, 2021 at 8:24 PM EST - Updated January 6 at 8:24 PM
FLORENCE, S.C. (WMBF) - McLeod Health recently reached out to Florence School District 1 about providing the COVID-19 vaccine to some of the district’s employees.
Nearly 40 employees are eligible under phase 1A. School nurses, physical, occupational, and speech therapists.
Beth Holzbach, the district’s lead nurse, hopes the vaccine will put these employees at ease as they work with other staff, students, and teachers.
“It will provide just a level of comfort,” she said. “As nurses, of course, we interact on a regular basis with people who are sick whether they have COVID or not but potentially the symptoms that are present in the health room could be COVID.”
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McLeod Health Clarendon vaccinated its first physicians for COVID-19 on Thursday, December 17, 2020. Dr. Catherine Rabon, Chief Medical Officer for McLeod Health Clarendon and an Emergency Medicine Physician, Dr. Steven Nathanson, received the first doses of the vaccine at McLeod Health Clarendon.
Following the receipt of her vaccine, Dr. Rabon said, “While there is always some anxiety about the unknown, I am excited to have the opportunity to receive the vaccine as this is one more weapon in our armamentarium for our fight against COVID-19. Anything I can do to help keep my patients, my family and myself safe is well worth it.”
âItâs a real blessingâ: McLeod Health begins vaccinating employees against COVID-19
McLeod Health begins vaccinating employees against COVID-19 By Nia Watson | December 15, 2020 at 12:36 PM EST - Updated December 15 at 7:14 PM
FLORENCE, S.C. (WMBF) - McLeod Health is the latest area hospital to receive its initial doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.
Nurses administered the first of two doses to three physicians on Tuesday. Theyâll receive the second dose in three weeks.
One of the physicians was Dr. Jeremy Robertson, McLeod Healthâs chief medical officer and emergency medicine physician.
Robertson said he believes the vaccine is highly effective and will provide more protection in the ongoing fight against the coronavirus.