Health department announces new vaccine dates
Previous appointments made for Saturday, Feb. 13, will go on despite cold, at Pipkin, Appling and Southwest Tennessee Community College.
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Previous appointments made for Saturday, Feb. 13, will go on despite cold, at Pipkin, Appling and Southwest Tennessee Community College.
Despite public health experts’ pleas to get vaccinated, health care workers are among a third of reluctant Americans wanting to wait to get a COVID-19 shot.
As the first COVID-19 vaccinations began in Memphis hospitals Thursday, Gov. Bill Lee offered a message of hope that the pandemic’s end is close but also acknowledged the challenges of Tennessee being in the midst of its worst surge yet.
Haushalter: “As a health care provider and particularly as a nurse, I really value people having information to make an informed decision. So, our role collectively is to get information that’s accurate and timely to the public so that people can make informed decisions for themselves and their families.”
The Canadian government has agreements with seven vaccine makers including Pfizer and Moderna.
Tennessee’s diversity, size and urban-to-rural ratio are thought to be assets for drug-maker hoping to iron out vaccine distribution wrinkles.
FedEx is hiring, buying freezers and working with pharmaceutical companies to plan a massive distribution effort for the coronavirus vaccine, in which Memphis is expected to play a crucial role.
By the third week in November, Pfizer expects it will have the final data required to apply to the FDA for emergency-use authorization.
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