'Another level of confidence and security' The first Johns Hopkins health care workers receive the COVID-19 vaccine, marking a turning point in the coronavirus pandemic By Patrick Smith / Published Dec 22, 2020 At 7:30 on the cold and windy morning of Dec. 16, Kelly Casey got a history-making shot in her left arm. Seated at a folding table on the concourse of the Thomas B. Turner Building on The Johns Hopkins East Baltimore campus, Casey was the first employee at Johns Hopkins Hospital to be vaccinated against COVID-19. "I decided to get the vaccine a...