Hundreds of healthcare workers receive first COVID-19 vaccin

Hundreds of healthcare workers receive first COVID-19 vaccine


Hundreds of healthcare workers receive first COVID-19 vaccine
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Updated: 9:52 PM EST Jan 17, 2021
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Updated: 9:52 PM EST Jan 17, 2021
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AGAINST COVID TODAY. RELIEF TODAY FOR OPTOMETRIST GARY HAVRANEK. >> I’M REALLY HAPPY TO GET THE VACCINE. I SEE A LOT OF PATIENTS, AND I WANT TO PROTECT MYSELF AND THE PATIENTS THAT I SEE. KATELYN: HE’S ONE OF 300 WORKERS IN THE HEALTHCARE FIELD GETTING VACCINATED AGAINST COVID-19. >> THIS WAS QUITE AN UNDERTAKING. TOTALLY GRASSROOTS. ALL VOLUNTEERS. KATELYN: THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY TEAMED UP WITH DIRECT CARE PHYSICIANS PITTSBURGH TO VACCINATE PRIVATE OR UNAFFILIATED HEALTHCARE WORKER ORGANIZERS SAY THE DEMAND FOR THE VACCINE WAS PRETTY HIGH. MORE THAN 1000 PEOPLE SIGNED UP. >> WE SAW A NEED. THERE WERE HEALTHCARE WORKERS, CHIROPRACTORS, THERAPISTS, PHYSICIANS, ETC., THAT WERE NOT GETTING ACCESS TO VACCINES OTHERWISE. WHEN YOU’RE NOT AFFILIATED WITH ONE OF THE BIG INSTITUTIONS, WE WEREN’T GETTING REACHED OUT TO FOR A SPOT TO GET THE SHOT, SO WE CREATED THAT OPPORTUNITY. KATELYN: SLEEVES ROLLED UP, AND ONE-BY-ONE, RECEIVING THEIR FIRST DOSE OF THE VACCINE. FOR HAVRANEK, COMFORT KNOWING HE’S PROTECTING HIMSELF AND HIS PATIENTS. >> I SEE 20 PEOPLE A DAY, GIVING EYE EXAMS, AND I GET VERY UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL, LOOKING INTO THE BACK OF PEOPLE’S EYES, SO VERY HAPPY TO GET THE VACCINE. ZOHREEN: AS YOU JUST HEARD, -- KATELYN: AS YOU JUST HEARD, ORGANIZERS SAY THOSE WHO ARE GETTING THE VACCINE ARE SHOWING ABUNDANT GRATITUDE. THEY’LL BE VA

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