Students Step Up for COVID-19 Vaccination
First on-campus clinic offers 600+ shots of protection Photos by Josh Brown When Ben Allaire walked into Patrick Gym on Sunday afternoon, he was happy. “It feels so good to be getting the vaccine,” said the freshman from Westminster, VT, patting his shoulder. “I feel safer.” He was one of 605 people who received the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine in UVM’s first on-campus vaccination clinic, a collaboration between the university, the Vermont Department of Health, and Walgreen’s pharmacy. With exams, graduation, and summer approaching, “we want to be s...