What it's like to get the COVID-19 vaccine, according to some of the first healthcare workers to receive it Samara Abramson, Shelby Livingston, Amelia Kosciulek Healthcare workers in Nashville, Tennessee, were some of the first to receive Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine. The workers hope that getting the vaccine will motivate others to get it when it becomes more widely available. Nashville has one of the highest COVID-19 case rates in the country. In Nashville, Tennessee, nurses and doctors hoped to motivate others by rolling up their sleeves first. "There's a lot of misinformation going on and people are just scared," said Salomey Agyemang, a registered nurse at Southern Hills Medical Centre. "I want to be one of the first people to do it so I can pass on that comfort to someone else so that they will also be encouraged to go for it."