I Volunteered To Administer COVID-19 Vaccines. Here's What I Saw During My Shift.

[LiberalArkie]

Note: All names and identifying details in this essay have been changed to protect the privacy of individuals.

When batches of COVID-19 vaccines first arrived in New York City, health care centers were seeking volunteers to help vaccinate. As a medical student in Manhattan committed to doing anything I could to facilitate the pandemic response, I signed up right away.

What is typically an indoor running track became a makeshift site for COVID-19 vaccines. At 2 p.m., when I arrived, there was a line of people spilling onto the street: hundreds of them patiently waiting on a pea-green turf, double-checking their proofs of appointments, slightly nervous, their faces only partially visible behind their masks.

I was told volunteers were needed in the basement, an area designated for patients with accessibility challenges. So I went downstairs, dropped off my coat, sanitized my hands, and got set up.

My first patient was Maxine Gold, a retired teacher in her late 60s who traveled all the way from the tip of Long Island to be vaccinated.

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https://www.huffpost.com/entry/coronavirus-vaccine-doses-moderna-pfizer_n_60183a2dc5b653f644d62432

[dchill]

1. Cool story, bro. Wonderful, actually!

[brush]

2. A nice accounting of the med student's day volunteering..

to vaccinate people. It's well worth a read.