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The biggest vaccination campaign in U.S. history kicked off Monday as health workers rolled up their sleeves for shots to protect them from COVID-19 and start beating back the pandemic a day of optimism even as the nation’s death toll closed in on 300,000.
“I feel hopeful today. Relieved,” critical care nurse Sandra Lindsay said after getting a shot in the arm at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New York.
With a countdown of “3-2-1,” workers at Ohio State University’s Wexner Medical Center gave the first injections to applause.
And in New Orleans, Steven Lee, an intensive care unit pharmacist at Ochsner Medical Center, summed up the moment as he got his own vaccination: “We can finally prevent the disease as opposed to treating it.”
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A New York City nurse became the first person in the state to receive Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine on Monday.
Sandra Lindsay was given the injection at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center in Queens as part of a widespread effort to immunize health care workers and nursing home residents.
Hospital workers begin unloading precious frozen vials of COVID-19 vaccine Monday morning, with the first vaccinations against a scourge that has killed nearly 300,000 Americans expected later in the day.
“It feels like the cavalry is arriving,” Robert C. Garrett, CEO of Hackensack Meridian Health, said as New Jersey’s largest health network awaited delivery.
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