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UW Medicine Newsroom | UW News On Dec. 14, the first vials of COVID-19 vaccines arrived at Harborview Medical Center. Steve Fijalka, director of pharmacy services at UW Medicine, is pictured here taking a case of vaccine vials out of a box packed with dry ice.Mark Stone/University of Washington In a deep and dark December, an eagerly awaited event brightened the early morning in a UW Medicine loading zone. The first shipment of COVID-19 vaccinations had arrived. The 3,900 doses had been marked priority boarding for their FexEx flight to Seattle, after being trucked in insulated, dry ice conta...

Why are people of color more hesitant to get the coronavirus vaccine? Mistrust is rooted in history An unsettling history explains why Black and Latino Americans are less trusting of the coronavirus vaccine. SEATTLE - We’ve seen a lot of loss of life in Black and Latino communities impacted by Covid-19. The data is out there to prove it, so why are people of color still so hesitant to get the vaccine?  History tells a story of mistreatment and exploitation that give many people pause and mistrust when it comes to the government and the medical community.  "I don’t trust it. Part of t...

Pharmacist Fetiya Omer injects Covid acute care nurse Annika Lucich with her first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at UW Medical Center – Montlake on December 15, 2020. Credit: KUOW Photo/Anna Boiko-Weyrauch Excitement and hope: First Seattle health care workers vaccinated against Covid-19 Dec 15, 2020 Amy Fry’s eyes glimmered above her medical mask. “I feel excited,” the Harborview Covid intensive care unit nurse said. “For the first time in a while, I feel hope.” On Tuesday, Seattle hit a historic milestone as around a dozen he...