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Most Patch readers said they would take the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 if offered, while others expressed concerns over side effects. (Shutterstock)
VIRGINIA A majority of Patch readers in northern Virginia said in an informal survey they would take the COVID-19 vaccine if it were offered to them. I work with seniors and I will be getting the vaccine in a matter of weeks for their protection as well as my own, Eileen Anatra of Reston said, responding to a Neighbor Post question. The science is there and it shows the vaccine is safer than the virus.
A news release from Gov. Ralph Northam s office indicated Virginia received an initial 72,150 doses of the Pfizer vaccine on Monday and Tuesday at health systems across the state. Among providers, health care workers directly caring for COVID-19 patients will be given top priority for the first vaccines.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller was among the first Cabinet members to get the vaccine. He traveled to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., on Monday and was given the first dose of Pfizer-BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine.
While Miller was there, a number of the medical center’s front-line healthcare staff were also receiving the first of the two-shot regimen. It was the first day of the vaccine’s nationwide rollout.
Other high-ranking Pentagon military service leaders are expected to get the vaccine as soon as next week, in an effort to encourage the military force to also get shots, and to show that it is safe. Currently, getting the vaccine is voluntary within the military.
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KANSAS A western Kansas mayor announced Tuesday that she is resigning, effective immediately, because of threats she has received after she publicly supported a mask mandate.
Dodge City Mayor Joyce Warshaw said she was concerned about her safety after being met with aggression, including threats via phone and email, after she was quoted on a USA Today article on Friday supporting the mandate, The Dodge City Globe reported.
“I understand people are under a lot of pressure from various things that are happening around society like the pandemic, the politics, the economy, so on and so forth, but I also believe that during these times people are acting not as they normally would,” Warshaw said.
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ATLANTA The first coronavirus vaccines were administered Tuesday in Georgia as new infections continued to soar and many schools closed in-person classes for the remainder of the last week before Christmas.
Gov. Brian Kemp and Public Health Commissioner Kathleen Toomey visited Savannah as the first four shots were administered to local health care workers.
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