Jamaican nurse makes history with COVID jab in New York
Nurse Annabelle Jimenez (left) congratulates colleague Sandra Lindsay after she was inoculated with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Jewish Medical Center in the Queens borough of New York on Monday.
December 15, 2020
(Jamaica Gleaner) The Jamaican nurse who created history by becoming the first person in the United States to receive the COVID-19 vaccine is urging her countrymen to get the life-saving jab to shield them from the virus that has infected almost 73 million people globally and killed 1.6 million.
Sandra Lindsay, who works in the Intensive Care Unit at Long Island Jewish Medical Hospital in New York, joined in the applause shortly after the first dose was injected into her arm on Monday.
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COVID-19 vaccine presents a choice for pregnant women, UVA doctors say A patient receives a vaccine. (Source: WVIR) By CJ Paschall | December 15, 2020 at 2:22 PM EST - Updated December 15 at 3:18 PM
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - As the first COVID-19 vaccinations in central Virginia and across the country are celebrated, the decision to get a vaccine could be a tougher one for several specific groups like pregnant women, those with compromised immune systems, and severe allergic reactions.
UVA doctors say that while those choices are valid, they might be easier than originally thought.
“It’s a tricky question right now,” UVA OBGYN Dr. Christian Chisholm said. “They’re based on viral RNA. Hypothetically, they shouldn’t cause any risk of complications with the pregnancy, but the honest answer is we just don’t know yet.”
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‘Healing is coming’: US health workers start getting vaccine
By Staff | Dec 15, 2020
Registered nurse La Tanya Forbes, right, is inoculated with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine by RN Cheryl Birmingham, left, at Memorial Healthcare System, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, in Miramar, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Health care workers around the country rolled up their sleeves for the first COVID-19 shots Monday as hope that an all-out vaccination effort can defeat the coronavirus smacked up against the heartbreaking reality of 300,000 U.S. deaths.
“Relieved,” proclaimed critical care nurse Sandra Lindsay after becoming one of the first to be inoculated at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New York. “I feel like healing is coming.”