Area health care orgs address delayed 2nd doses as supply falls short
Although “potentially worrisome,” a statement noted, delays of second doses weren’t a cause for concern in light of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s updated guidance reporting no loss of vaccine efficacy if patients waited up to six weeks, or 42 days, between doses. 4:00 am, Feb. 13, 2021 ×
Pharmacists Jayme VanRisseghem (left) and Robert Wennerstrand talk about COVID-19 vaccinations Friday, Feb. 12, at GuidePoint Pharmacy in Brainerd. Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch
When Cheryl Kiehlbauch’s 85-year-old mother received a text message this week stating the appointment for her second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine would be delayed, she was crestfallen.
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2020, the year that.
I’m positive everyone in our community has a colorful way to finish that statement. I myself have a few, however, I firmly believe 2020 is the year that we became #WadenaStrong.
Early reports of a virus coming out of China seemed so far away that our city surely would not be affected. Highway 10 reconstruction within the city limits, Tri-County Healthcare’s building
project, the remodeling of the former First National Bank to become the new location of the
Wadena City Library, and the census that’s what 2020 was going to be all about.
Johnson: Looking for a warm way to start your weekend? Check out ‘Masked Matinees’
If you ve never seen the Wizard of Oz on the big screen, check it out this weekend in Wadena, for free. 5:05 pm, Feb. 10, 2021 ×
Matthew Quincer (front) loads up a popcorn at the Cozy Theatre, while Kylie Quincer adds up the order.
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I’ve been a Minnesotan for all but a few years of my life and I can say with seriousness, I’m looking for cold days like these to be gone for good.
They keep me from the garage, working on projects. They keep the kids from bouncing around outside for more than three minutes. And my poor black lab, who loves to be outside, can barely even stand running across the yard long enough to sniff the neighbor’s dog.