Whatcom health care workers begin receiving the COVID vaccine
December 18, 2020 3:05 pm KGMI Joe Teehan WHATCOM COUNTY, Wash. – Health care workers in Whatcom County have begun receiving the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. Lummi Nation tribal elder James Scott, a worker at the reservation’s community clinic, was the first to be vaccinated Thursday. A nurse and a doctor at PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center received the first shots at a ceremony there Friday morning. Agnes Kuc is a registered nurse who’s been working in the PeaceHealth St. Joseph COVID unit. Dr. Raj Deol is a pulmonologist who has cared for COVID patients throughout the pandemic. They ...