The journey takes approximately three hours each way, and the Alpena is about 70 miles off the highway, and much of the drive is on two-lane roads.
Bates is an obstetrician and gynecologist and regional vice president of medical affairs at MidMichigan Health, which received a shipment of 2,925 doses of the vaccine on December 16.
MidMichigan Health has also shipped the doses to other facilities in its system, which serves 23 counties.
Bates is from Albina and compared delivering the vaccine to his hometown to having a baby.
He told CNN, “It was an incredible experience to see our employees receive the vaccine, as was the birth of a new baby and the handover of that child to his parents, who had just spent months and sometimes years thinking and dreaming and pinning their hopes on that child.” Golodryga. “Seeing our staff in tears, taking pictures of them getting the vaccine and sharing it with their families – it was really special.”
Another Moderna vaccine that can be stored at -20 ° C below zero and kept in the fridge for up to 30 days before it expires.
Bates said helping to deliver the vaccine was a powerful experiment.
“The feelings and emotions in the room were tangible, they were real and that was something really special to be a part of,” he said.
It has made another delivery since then and has two more flights next week.
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