1st US COVID-19 vaccine vial heads to Smithsonian to document 'this extraordinary period'

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/03/09/1st-us-covid-vaccine-vial-smithsonian-museum-documents-pandemic/6925453002/

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The acquisition, along with other materials related to that first vaccine dose, was announced by the museum on Tuesday to mark the one-year anniversary of the pandemic.

Associated Press journalists were given an exclusive backstage look at the newly obtained materials, which include vials, special shipping equipment and the medical scrubs and ID badge of the New York City nurse who was America’s first coronavirus vaccine recipient.

“We wanted objects that would tell the full story,” said Anthea M. Hartig, the museum’s director. “Everything from the scrubs to the freezer unit that shipped the vaccines.”