First responders, brass line up for vaccine in show of force
A Memphis Police officer takes a photo of a co-worker as he receives the coronavirus vaccination. Police officers, firefighters and EMTs in Shelby County got COVID-19 vaccines Monday, Dec. 28, in a drive-thru tent off Sycamore View Road and Summer Avenue. (Houston Cofield/Special to the Daily Memphian)
A health care worker ushers a line of vehicles through a coronavirus vaccination site on Monday, Dec. 28.(Houston Cofield/Special to the Daily Memphian)
A health care worker receives a coronavirus vaccination at a drive-thru site on Monday, Dec. 28. (Houston Cofield/Special to the Daily Memphian)
A health care worker prepares a coronavirus vaccine before handing it off to a co-worker to vaccinate a patient on Monday, Dec. 28. (Houston Cofield/Special to the Daily Memphian)
Members of the Memphis Police Department fill out forms before getting the coronavirus vaccine on Monday, Dec. 28. (Houston Cofield/Special to the Daily Memphian)
Janice Stahl, a registered nurse for more than 35 years, was the first in a long line of health care and essential workers to receive the coronavirus vaccine on Monday, Dec. 28. (Houston Cofield/Special to the Daily Memphian)
Thomas Malone, president of the Memphis Fire Fighters Association, receives a coronavirus vaccination on Monday, Dec. 28. (Houston Cofield/Special to the Daily Memphian)
A health care worker ushers a line of vehicles through a coronavirus vaccination site on Monday, Dec. 28. (Houston Cofield/Special to the Daily Memphian)
A health care worker stands in a trailer loaded with coronavirus vaccines on Monday, Dec. 28. (Houston Cofield/Special to the Daily Memphian)
A Tennessee Highway Patrol state trooper pulls an arm out of his shirt as he prepares to receive a coronavirus vaccination on Monday, Dec. 28. (Houston Cofield/Special to the Daily Memphian)
The state has said it wants to vaccinate 200,000 people by the end of the year, which is Thursday. It had done more than 50,000 as of Monday morning. Shelby County Health Department director Alisa Haushalter says it’s possible to meet the goal. “If everyone gives all the vaccine they can, we will reach that goal,” she said Monday, Dec. 28. (Houston Cofield/Special to the Daily Memphian)
Shelby County Health Department director Alisa Haushalter speaks to reporters Monday, Dec. 28, after the vaccination of health care workers and first responders. (Houston Cofield/Special to the Daily Memphian)
Two drive-thru stations have a combined capacity to vaccinate 3,000 people a week.
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Jane Roberts has reported in Memphis for more than 20 years. As a senior member of The Daily Memphian staff, she was assigned to the medical beat during the COVID-19 pandemic. She also has done in-depth work on other medical issues facing our community, including shortages of specialists in local hospitals. She covered K-12 education here for years and later the region’s transportation sector, including Memphis International Airport and FedEx Corp.
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