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Health Workers Stuck In Snow Give Vaccine To Other Drivers Stranded On Oregon Highway
Oregon health workers who got stuck in a snowstorm on their way back from a COVID-19 vaccination event went car to car injecting stranded drivers before several of the doses expired. Josephine County Public Health said on Facebook that the impromptu vaccine clinic took place after about 20 employees were stopped in traffic on a highway after a vaccination clinic Tuesday.
CBS Medford, Oregon affiliate KTVL-TV reported that they were stuck near Hayes Hill while en route to Grants Pass after staffing a vaccine clinic at Illinois Valley High School.
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JOSEPHINE COUNTY, Oregon - A story that unfolds amid a deadly pandemic and hones in on a group of drivers who find themselves stranded in their vehicles during a snowstorm may sound more like the beginning of a Stephen King novel than the start of a feel-good news story.
But, according to CNN, when drivers in southwestern Oregon s Josephine County found themselves in this very situation, it led to an unexpected opportunity.
Josephine County Public Health said their workers were returning from a mass vaccination clinic at Illinois Valley High School in Cave Junction when about 20 members of the group became stranded in a snowstorm at Hayes Hill.
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As it would be hours before traffic could move forward, the workers realized they would not make it to their destination in time to use six Moderna vaccine doses before they expired. The vaccine needs to be used within six hours after it is removed from subzero storage.
When @JoCoPH concluded its vaccination event at the Illinois Valley High School, they never guessed they might be setting up an impromptu clinic on the way back to Grants Pass. But that s exactly what happened when a snowstorm stranded about 20 personnel on Highway 199. pic.twitter.com/0QdreROw4p Josephine County (@CountyJosephine) January 27, 2021
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When a group of health workers in Oregon was stuck on a highway during a snowstorm, they had to think fast to ensure the remaining COVID-19 vaccine doses they had on hand were administered before they expired leading them to vaccinate the other stranded drivers around them.
On Wednesday, health workers with the Josephine County Public Health Department in Grants Pass, Ore., were attempting to return from a mass vaccination clinic they held at the Illinois Valley High School, about 45 minutes away, when a massive snowstorm stranded them on Highway 199 near Hayes Hill.