First Day of COVID-19 Vaccinations at UVA Health

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On Tuesday, December 15, 2020, UVA Health began vaccinations for employees with the highest risk of acquiring COVID-19 through a work-related exposure. This frontline staff - including doctors, nurses, environmental services workers, and pharmacists - received their first of two Pfizer vaccine doses.

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SPEAKER 1: All right, first COVID vaccine for UVA . You ready?

EBONY JADE HILTON: First one. Let's go.

SPEAKER 1: All right, relax your arm as much as you can.

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EBONY JADE HILTON: That wasn't bad.

SPEAKER 1: All right. We can high five, am I right?

EBONY JADE HILTON: We did it. [LAUGHS]

SPEAKER 2: Congratulations.

SPEAKER 3: That seemed pretty painless.

FRANKIE ALLEN: Yeah, it wasn't that bad. I'm just so thrilled.

SPEAKER 4: Yes.

EBONY JADE HILTON: This has been a long year of us waiting for some light at the end of the tunnel, and it's just incredible that we did have this vaccine produced.

FRANKIE ALLEN: I'm a patient care tech in the staffing resource office, so I float to all the units in the Medical Center, including the Special Pathogens Unit to care for our COVID patients. I just received my first dose of the vaccine. I am ecstatic. It's pretty amazing what can be done when we all work together.

HLA KYI: My name is Hla Kyi. I work in the housekeeping team. I am the team leader with the south tower COVID Unit.

SPEAKER 1: You're going to feel a little burn. Awesome.

TAISON BELL: I can't think of a better way to honor the lives of those who have suffered than by taking this vaccine and protecting yourself and your families and getting us to a point where we can turn the corner. We're never going to forget what we've been through, but this is a step we need to take to get better.

SPEAKER 1: All right, you did great.

TAISON BELL: Thank you, sir.

SPEAKER 1: Yup, good to meet you man.

TAISON BELL: Thank you. Nice to meet you too.

SPEAKER 1: Good luck to you in everything. Yup. We appreciate everything that both of you are doing every day.

TAISON BELL: Thank you, You too.

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