Sonia Bassett is a nurse practitioner at The Lady With The Lamp. The group provides medical care to homebound patients in Kingwood and Cypress. They will receive 100 doses.
“We hope to receive the vaccine next week. We don’t have an exact date yet, but we are absolutely thrilled and happy to be able to support our older population living in the community,” Bassett said. “As long as we continue with proper hand hygiene, social distance, have a safe and effective vaccine, we will hopefully allow people to return to their normal lives.”
Evelyn Malone-Hicks is a registered nurse and director of clinical operations at IMU Clinic in Stafford. They expect 800 doses next week. They said they don’t plan on offering vaccinations by appointment until the new year.
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“Once we could apply and see if we could get on the list to become one of the providers, we didn’t hesitate at all,” said Malone-Hicks. “We are very excited. We have been notified that we will receive it next Wednesday.”
American surgeon general Dr. Jerome Adams spoke to ABC13’s Steve Campion in a one-on-one interview on Monday. He shared his experience receiving his first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine last week.
“I had a bit of a sore arm for a day or so, which is normal after a vaccination. I got that after the flu vaccine but no other side effects,” said Dr. Adams. “It was important to me to have the conversation. Not just as a Surgeon General, and a national leader, but as an African American man. I know there is hesitation in many communities about getting vaccinated. I want people to know that these Vaccines are not developed. in haste. From a safety or scientific standpoint, no corners have been cut. These are vaccine technologies that have been around for a decade. “
Dr. Adams told ABC13 that people who have recovered from COVID-19 should consider donating their plasma. He urged people to go to “The Fight Is In Us” website and consider making a donation.
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“People in Houston should know that they have conducted a number of restorative plasma studies there in Houston,” said Dr. Adams. “Every time your body is exposed to a virus, it develops antibodies. These antibodies are how your body naturally attacks the virus, how you recover from the virus. Once you recover, those antibodies are in your plasma and “They can be donated to someone else. That’s called passive immunity.”
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