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In 1962, Shirley Bakka was the famous 2-year-old in Minnesota who received the first oral polio vaccine in the Twin Cities area as the virus devastated families across the U.S.
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In 1962, 2-year-old Shirley Bakka received the Twin Cities areaâs first oral polio vaccine as the virus devastated families across the U.S.
Nearly 60 years later, Bakka would be at the head of the line once again as a Henrico County public health nurse, becoming the first in the Richmond region to receive the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. Her vaccination Wednesday came as Virginia set another record for the number of new COVID-19 cases reported in one day â more than 4,500.
âVaccines do save lives. Vaccines give us all a little more freedom,â Bakka said in a livestreamed coronavirus briefing that celebrated the first vaccinations administered by the Richmond and Henrico Health Districts.
Central Virginia health department workers urge vaccinations
Nurse who got first Polio vaccine gets COVID-19 shot
Central Virginia health department workers urge vaccinations By Henry Graff | December 23, 2020 at 11:24 AM EST - Updated December 23 at 6:11 PM
RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - COVID-19 vaccine shots are going into the arms of health department workers and others on the front line in Central Virginia. Wednesday, The Richmond and Henrico Health Districts held vaccine clinics for its staff and EMS workers.
Shirley Bakka received the first Polio vaccine and now the public health nurse is one of the first to get a COVID-19 shot.
“Vaccines do save lives. Vaccines give us all a little more freedom,” said Bakka.