Retired Erie nurse volunteers at COVID-19 vaccine clinics
A sea of empty, socially distant chairs surrounded Mariann McGuire, R.N., in the recovery area of the Bayfront Convention Center's COVID-19 vaccination clinic. The clinic's first patients of the day were getting vaccinated, so McGuire had a few moments to train the newest member of the Erie Regional Medical Reserve Corps, Amy Root, L.P.N. "When I greet people, I look at my watch to check the time," McGuire told Root on April 6. "They need to stay 15 minutes after their vaccination and there isn't a big clock in here." McGuire, a 63-year-old Harborcreek Township resident, has only been a m...