St. Simons Grandmother Takes A Shot In COVID-19 Fight

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December 5th, 2020

The European Union said this week it hopes to approve the vaccine before the end of the year. In America, Pfizer hopes to hear from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as early as Dec. 10 on its request to authorize the vaccine in emergency cases.

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If big bad COVID-19 is ever to be knocked down, it just might take a plucky grandmother from St. Simons Island to do it.

But Diane Durand is no hero, she says. Just a determined woman who stood up and took a shot in the arm for the rest of us.

That shot contained a vaccine being developed in part by the Pfizer pharmaceutical giant to combat the virus that has spawned a crippling and deadly worldwide pandemic.

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