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1of5FILE - In this May 2, 2021, file photo, Stephanie Birman, right, a Seattle Sounders season ticket holder, wears a Sounders mask, jersey and earrings as she gets the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic in a concourse at Lumen Field prior to an MLS soccer match between the Sounders and the Los Angeles Galaxy. On Thursday, May 20, 2021, authorities in King County, Wash., which includes Seattle, said all people should continue wearing masks indoors until 70% of people in the county 16 and older are fully vaccinated.Ted S. Warren/APShow MoreShow Less
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Allison Miller, a nurse, prepares to administer a COVID-19 vaccine at the University Of Washington Medical Center on December 15, 2020 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by David Ryder/Getty Images)
It’s been one year now since Dr. George Diaz treated the first U.S. COVID-19 patient at Providence Regional Medical Center in Everett, Washington.
Today, Dr. Diaz finds it hard to believe that in the United States, with all its advantages, the number of COVID cases has been doubling every three months – more than anyplace else.
UpdatedFri, Dec 18, 2020 at 5:05 pm PT
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The COVID-19 vaccine is seen in cold storage at the University Of Washington Medical Center on December 15, 2020 in Seattle. (David Ryder/Getty Images)
SEATTLE Despite the arrival of vaccines and case counts trending lower than peak levels, King County health officials are warning of a long road ahead to get the virus under control.
Dr. Jeff Duchin, the county s health officer, hosted his final coronavirus briefing of the year on Friday, sharing the latest data and urging all to stay the course through Christmas, New Year s and beyond. The COVID-19 wildfire continues to consume and disrupt too many human lives, Duchin said. We continue to see too many cases; hospitalizations and deaths are rising, and the threat to our health care system remains hazardous. For the next few months, we ll need not only to sustain but to increase our efforts to prevent COVID-19 spread in every aspect of our lives.
December 17, 2020 at 5:19 am
Joseph B. Gipson, an environmental services worker, gives a thumbs up before receiving a COVID-19 vaccine at the University Of Washington Medical Center on December 15, 2020 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by David Ryder/Getty Images)
With the first COVID-19 vaccine doses in Washington administered to frontline medical workers on Tuesday, Harborview Medical Center’s Director of Infection Control Dr. John Lynch believes we’re looking at a truly historic moment in time that spells the beginning of the end of the pandemic.
UW Medicine has already received roughly 3,900 doses of Pfizer’s vaccine, and will soon be widely distributing it to health care workers at Harborview, Valley Medical Center, and a pair of UW Medical Center campuses.