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DAVID HOTLE
MUSCATINEÂ â Dr. Prasad Nadkarni became the first member of UnityPoint Health-Trinity Muscatine Hospital to receive the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday morning.
It is still too early to stop wearing masks and practicing social distancing, he said afterward.
Nadkarni said after the injection it was just like getting a flu shot. While getting injections is a scary thing for many people, Nadkarni said it was an exciting thing, marking the beginning of the end of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Nadkarni will need the second injection after about 28 days. He said the priming injection is about 50% effective in preventing both the spread and symptomatic COVID-19 and the prevention rate goes up to 95% after the booster injection.