>>
>> I'VE
>> I'VE BEEN WAITING NINE MONTHS TO SAY THAT IT'S FANTASTIC.
>> SO THE PRESIDENT OF YUDA
MEDICINE CALLING THIS A
MILESTONE EVENT.
WE'RE JUST ABOUT TO WATCH THE
FIRST NURSE AT YUDA OF MEDICINE
RECEIVE THE FIRST CALL THAT
NIGHT CAME VACCINE IN OUR
STATE.
>> JUST IMAGINE WHAT SHE MUST
BE FEELING.
>> STEVE , AS A FRONTLINE
HEALTH CARE WORKER DURING THIS
PANDEMIC BEING AMONG THE FIRST
TO GET VACCINATED ACROSS THE
COUNTRY AND AMONG THE HEALTH
CARE WORKERS WHO HAVE TO BE
EXTREMELY STRICT NO EXCEPTIONS
IN TERMS OF WEARING A MASK
ENTERING AND EXITING THE
HOSPITAL EVERY SINGLE DAY,
OFTEN MORE THAN FIVE DAYS A
WEEK THROUGH THE LENGTH OF THIS
PANDEMIC.
AND WE'VE SEEN OTHER HEALTH
CARE WORKERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
YESTERDAY AND TODAY SAY THAT IT
FEELS LIKE REGULAR SHOT, LIKE A
FLU SHOT LIKE ANYTHING ELSE
WHEN YOU GO TO THE DOCTOR OR
SOME PEOPLE DO HAVE SOME MILD
SIDE EFFECTS BUT THEY APPEAR TO
BE
WITHIN
WITHIN A
WITHIN A DAY IF NOT HALF A DAY OR LESS. >> AND SO IT'S IT'S NOT THAT
THE WHAT'S GOING TO TRANSPIRE
IS GOING TO BE TRANSFORMATIONAL
BUT JUST THE FACT THAT WE'VE
ALL WAITED SO LONG TO SEE THIS.
>> AND AGAIN, I THINK IT'S
WORTH MENTIONING MI MI THAT
IT'S A LONG TIME FOR US TO
WATCH BUT FOR SCIENTISTS THEY
HAVE MARVELED AT HOW FAST THE
VACCINATION PROCESS HAS TAKEN
PLACE.
IT'S USUALLY MORE MULTIPLE
YEARS IF NOT FIVE YEARS OR MORE
AND THEY GOT IT DONE IN LESS
THAN A YEAR IN THIS CASE.
AND NOT TO MENTION THIS ISN'T
THE ONLY VACCINE, STEVE .
WE'VE GOT THE MATURING
OF VACCINE HEADED FOR FDA
EMERGENCY USE AUTHORIZATION AND
PERHAPS LATER THIS WEEK.
AND THOSE VACCINE DOSES COULD
BE ARRIVING IN OUR STATE BY
NEXT WEEK.
SO WE'RE JUST NOT TALKING JUST
ABOUT ONE VACCINE WE'RE
WATCHING AGAIN ONE OF THE 12
PEOPLE WHO ARE GETTING
VACCINATED FOR THE VERY FIRST
TIME IN OUR STATE.
DR. JOHN LYNCH, THE MEDICAL
DIRECTOR OF INFECTION CONTROL
AND PREVENTION AT HARBORVIEW
MEDICAL CENTER CALLING THIS DAY
MOMENTOUS, SAYING THAT HE'S
WAITED NINE AND A HALF MONTHS
TO BE ABLE TO SEE THIS HAPPEN
AND 90 PERCENT OF THE WORKERS
WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE
VACCINE AT YUDA MEDICINE HAVE
ALREADY SIGNED UP TO GET THE
VACCINE, WHICH IS GREAT NEWS.
>> YEAH, NO KIDDING.
AND OF COURSE THE REST OF US
ARE OR ARE WAITING ON THE EDGES
OF OUR SEATS TO SEE WHEN THE
POPULATION WILL IN TERMS
OF PEOPLE WHO CAN ACCESS WHAT
IT WILL BE EXPANDED.
BUT FOR NOW SCIENTISTS
POLITICIANS SEEM TO A CRICKET
SHOULD GO WITH THE HEALTH CARE
WORKERS FIRST WHO ARE MOST AT
RISK AND THEN FOLLOWING THAT
NURSING CARE HOME RESIDENTS WHO
ARE AT HIGH RISK AS WELL AS
FIRST RESPONDERS.
AND THIS IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN
WAITING FOR.
>> AND YOU THINK BACK TO
FEBRUARY MARCH AND THE FIRST
STORIES COMING OUT OF SUHAN AND
THEN HERE AT SEATAC AIRPORT I
REMEMBER I'M SURE YOU DO TO ME
SITTING IN THIS VIDEO AND HOW
DIFFERENT OUR LIVES WERE BACK
THEN FEBRUARY MARCH COMPARED TO
NOW IN THIS MOMENT WE'RE
WATCHING TOGETHER A MOMENT
COMING FULL CIRCLE FOR US.
>> STEVE , AS YOU MENTIONED
HERE IN OUR STATE THE VERY
FIRST CORONAVIRUS PATIENT AND
THE VERY FIRST CORONA VIRUS
DEATH HERE IN OUR STATE AND NOW
ABOUT ELEVEN MONTHS AFTER THE
FIRST PERSON WHO WAS DIAGNOSED
WITH CORONA VIRUS IN THE UNITED
STATES, WE ARE SEEING THE VERY
FIRST PATIENT HERE, THE VERY
FIRST PERSON TO BE GIVEN THE
CAUVIN 19 VACCINE, THIS FIZER
VACCINE THAT IS BEING GIVEN TO
FRONTLINE MEDICAL WORKERS AT
HARBORVIEW MEDICAL CENTER.
THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
MEDICAL CENTER AT MONTLAKE AS
WELL AS THE NORTHWEST CAMPUS.
I'M WONDERING HOW THIS NURSE
GOT TO BE THE VERY FIRST ONE
WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE
HEARING FROM SOME OF THESE
HEALTH CARE WORKERS AFTER THEY
GET THEIR SHOT.
AND SO WE'LL FIND OUT.
HERE WE GO.
>> AND THAT'S YET IT'S PRETTY
RUDIMENTARY, RIGHT?
THERE'S NO FIREWORKS.
WE'VE HEARD AN APPLAUSE AND IN
SOME OTHER WE'LL GET YOU OUT
OF THERE AS WELL.
>> JUST BEGAN ADMINISTERING
YOUR SHOT IS MACRAY THE
DIFFICULT THING STORING IT AT
THAT SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURE?
THE DELAYS AND THE THE WAITS
THAT WE'VE HAD THAT THE MEDICAL
COMMUNITY HAS HAD AND WHAT THEY
GO THROUGH EVERY DAY.
>> SOME OF THOSE OF US WHO HAVE
BEEN ABLE TO WORK THROUGH THE
PANDEMIC WE'RE ALL BLESSED
CERTAINLY FOR OUR JOBS AND
WE'VE ALL HAD DIFFERENT
RESTRICTIONS.
>> WE'D HAD TO GO THROUGH.
BUT IMAGINE THE HEALTH CARE
WORKERS GOING THROUGH THIS.
LET'S HEAR FROM HER NOW.
>> SHE SAID ONE TIME LONGER
THAN ANY OTHER.
>> WHAT DOES THIS MEAN TO YOU?
HOW ARE YOU FEELING?
I FEEL EXCITED AND FOR THE
FIRST TIME IN A WHILE I FEEL
HOPE THAT THERE IS AN END
COMING TO THIS.
IT'S BEEN A LONG EXHAUSTING
ROAD AND I THINK WE'RE ALREADY
FOUR THIS TO HAPPEN.
AND FOR IMMUNITY TO HAPPEN I
KNOW WE'RE STILL A LONG TIME
AWAY FROM THAT BUT WE'RE TAKING
STEPS TOWARDS IT.
AND IT FEELS REALLY GOOD TO BE
MAKING THE STEPS TOWARDS IT.
ONE MORE QUESTION IF THERE'S
ANYBODY OUT THERE FOR FIRST
CONCERNED OR NERVOUS ABOUT
TAKING THE VIRUS JUST BASED ON
YOUR EXPERIENCE, WHAT YOU'VE
SEEN, WHAT WOULD YOU WANT TO
SAY TO THEM?
>> AND THE EXAMPLE YOU'RE
SETTING HERE TODAY YOU CAN GET
ON THAT TO I WORKED IN THE DAYS
YOU SINCE IT STARTED.
>> WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF TERRIBLE
THINGS THERE.
IF THIS CAN PREVENT YOU FROM
ENDING UP IN THAT ICU OR
PREVENT YOU FROM LOSING A LOVED
ONE, I THINK IT'S JUST SUPER
IMPORTANT.
IT'S A HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE
DISEASE AND I THINK LIKE YOU
SAID, BEING A ROLE MODEL, BEING
ONE OF THE ONES THAT ARE OUT
THERE WILLING TO GET THIS, I
THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO
SHOW THAT AND WATCH US LET US
BE YOUR EXAMPLE LET