Vaccinating And Saving Lives From the second COVID-19 vaccines became available, Boone Health has been working around the clock to get as many individuals as possible vaccinated.
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hen the first shipment arrived, Boone set up a clinic for its staff, but it didn’t stop there. Boone began working with the health department to reach out to and vaccinate local 1A health care providers who otherwise would not have access to the vaccine. This included private practice physicians and their staff, along with anyone else in our area who fell in the 1A tier group. “Even if they don’t work directly at a hospital, they are still frontline workers and seeing patients every day. We wanted to do what we could to protect them,” says Boone Health Chief Medical Officer Robin Blount, MD.
1. Boone Health staff and physicians receive the first vaccines on Dec. 17, 2020. 2. Dr. Robin Blount gives Boone Health Trustee Dr. Jerry Kennett the hospital's first COVID vaccine dose.
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3. Staff from all areas are encouraged to get vaccinated.
“It is imperative that we get vaccinated. That vaccine is the first weapon we have that actually takes the fight to the virus. We need herd immunity to beat this virus. If we get that, that virus won’t be able to spread as easily to those who are Boone Health Chief Medical Officer Dr. Robin Blount vulnerable.”
