Woman 1st in line for polio vaccine embraces COVID-19 shot
JACK DURA, The Bismarck Tribune
April 11, 2021
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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) Nora Unruh felt a sense of relief when she was vaccinated for COVID-19.
But it didn’t bring back memories about getting her polio shot at the first vaccine clinic in Bismarck six decades ago.
“That’s probably a good thing,” the 72-year-old Basin Electric retiree and grandmother of two said, laughing.
The front page of The Bismarck Tribune from June 9, 1955, recounts her shot that day at the World War Memorial Building:
“Six-year-old Nora Jeanne Bohrer . was a somewhat reluctant first youngster through the line, but she soon wiped her tears away.” (“Oh, for cute,” she said after hearing the story.)
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum gets first vaccine dose
March 9, 2021
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North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum receives a COVID-19 vaccination from registered nurse Naomi Friesz on Tuesday, March 9, 2021, during a drive-thru clinic in the Bismarck Event Center in Bismarck, N.D. (Tom Stromme/The Bismarck Tribune via AP)Tom Stromme/AP
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) Gov. Doug Burgum received his first dose of COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday.
He and his wife, first lady Kathryn Burgum, drove through the Bismarck-Burleigh Public Health vaccination clinic with dozens of others to get their first doses of the Moderna vaccine, the Bismarck Tribune reported.