2 Bay Area Hospitals Could Get First Round of COVID-19 Vaccine If Approved

if the federal government approves pfizer's application for emergency use authorization of its covet 19 vaccine health care workers and first responders at ucsf could be the first to get it before christmas you know we expect it to come on board physically around the second week of december if all goes according to plan ucsf and zuckerberg san francisco general hospital are two of just seven california hospitals chosen to get the pfizer vaccine first if it's approved ucsf infectious disease specialist dr peter chinhong tells us that the hospitals on the list are all holding meetings right now to decide how it'll be distributed and who exactly is at the front of the line to get it so they include those who are working in the emergency department those in the intensive care units uh citizen specialists like infectious disease doctors pulmonologists students staff members or therapists like occupational therapists dr chin hong explains that the coronavirus vaccine has to be stored in really cold temperatures in that ucsf already has the special freezers it needs ready to go he says the military will be involved in the process to ship the vaccine to each facility but that those plans are still a work in progress even though it may not get into the arms of most americans until maybe the end of late spring or early summer you know it is something to hold on to as a metaphor or symbol of you know how far we've come once the vaccine is available for the general public dr chin hong expects it'll be free for everyone and could be available at places like target cvs and walgreens but at this point health experts don't know if the shot prevents someone from passing the virus to others so they recommend you don't ditch the mask just yet also you'll need two doses of the vaccine to be protected from covet 19. you're going to get some protection after the first shot but the best protection and the best probability of protection is going to be there about 28 days after the second was likely some of the possible side effects of getting the vaccine include fever muscle aches and headache dr chin hong says more than 70 percent of us need to be vaccinated before we see community benefit but that this could be a big step in the right direction it's a huge deal it's been long coming i think it's the light at the end of the proverbial tunnel in san francisco anusha rosta nbc bay area news

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Published: Fri Nov 27 2020