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Vaccine Clinic and Personal Vaccine

Title (Dublin Core)

Vaccine Clinic and Personal Vaccine

Description (Dublin Core)

I work at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, MA. My role is usually in education with a background in pre-hospital emergency medicine. Because of my background as a paramedic, I was asked to work in the vaccine clinic for the hospital staff as an observer. My position was to keep an eye on the hospital staff for 15 minutes after they received their Covid vaccine, just in case there were any reactions. Thankfully, my shifts have been very uneventful due to the safety of the vaccine. It was fascinating to talk with the staff when they came back for their second dose, as I was given insight into their experiences with the first dose. This meant that when I went in for my first dose in mid-January, I fully knew what to expect. I received the Moderna vaccine. About four hours after getting the shot, my arm felt quite sore. By the night of the vaccine, my shoulder was throbbing, but it was manageable. For the price of some shoulder pain, the opportunity to receive the shot during the first wave was well worth the discomfort. I get my second dose in early February, so I will see then if I feel as crummy as some of my friends and co-workers have after the second dose.

Date (Dublin Core)

January 14, 2021

Creator (Dublin Core)

Matt Williams

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Matthew Williams

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HST580

Partner (Dublin Core)

Arizona State University

Type (Dublin Core)

Text story

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Healthcare
English Public Health & Hospitals
English Cities & Suburbs

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

Boston
Massachussetts
paramedic
vaccine
Moderna
hospital
clinic

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

Vaccine Stories
Vaccine Clinic
Healthcare

Collection (Dublin Core)

Vaccine Stories
Healthcare

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

HST 580 Professional Experience/Archives course

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

01/24/2021

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

02/07/2021
02/25/2021
08/02/2022
09/17/2024

Date Created (Dublin Core)

01/14/2021

Item sets

Covid 19
Arizona State University

This item was submitted on January 24, 2021 by Matthew Williams using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://www.covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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