Tens of thousands of health care workers in cities and states all over the country got their first doses of the new Pfizer coronavirus vaccine this past week — a monumental undertaking both scientifically and logistically — and more than seven million doses of the Pfizer and newly-authorized Moderna vaccine are being shipped out this coming week.
The process has faced some bumps, as states learned unexpectedly their allocation would be smaller than anticipated. But the arrival of the initial shipments still came as a huge relief to those who’ve been caring for COVID-19 patients since the early days of the pandemic.
“A lot of us are tired, and this is an exciting thing to be able to have,” says Rebecca Engberg, an ICU nurse at Seattle’s Children’s Hospital. “Hopefully it’s the first step forward to trying to get things back to normal.”
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