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Antelope Valley Hospital administering COVID-19 vaccines to frontline workers

by The AV Times Staff • December 16, 2020 15 Comments

[Image via AVH]
LANCASTER – Antelope Valley Hospital’s frontline workers were given the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in the early morning hours of Wednesday, Dec. 16, officials announced. The hospital’s Chief of Staff, Pramod Kadambi, M.D., was the first to receive the vaccine.

“Our primary goal is to protect our staff, and making the COVID vaccine accessible was essential,” said AVH CEO Edward Mirzabegian. “Having our medical leadership pave the way to demonstrate the safety and importance of the vaccine was significant.”

Antelope Valley Hospital received a limited quantity of the COVID-19 vaccine and will be administering the vaccine to hospital staff first.

The vaccine will be administered as a two-dose series, three weeks apart. Staff working in areas with direct patient contact and/or high-risk exposure will be given priority to receive the vaccine, including environmental services which includes custodial staff.

The hospital will coordinate with the various departments in order to avoid large groups and to maintain social distancing. Additional information will be released to the public when more vaccine becomes available, hospital officials said.

[AVH]
[Information via news release from Antelope Valley Hospital.]

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Filed Under: Health, Home, Lancaster

15 comments for "Antelope Valley Hospital administering COVID-19 vaccines to frontline workers"

  1. Ron says

    December 21, 2020 at 12:27 am

    You can shove it stright up your [removed] ( vaccine )
    You can’t tell me all those health care workers are ok with this. I call B.S

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  2. Dr. Korona says

    December 20, 2020 at 7:49 pm

    Obese-Americans should be vaccinated first. I don’t know why this demographic is being neglected.

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    • 2 Korona says

      December 21, 2020 at 10:17 am

      The obese demographic should be vaccinated in the last group with alcoholics and drug abusers. The have demonstrated by their self-destructive behavior that they’re not as interested in their health as they are in self-indulgence. They should not be given a scarce resource that they’ll tend to squander with continued poor behavior.

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      • Cindy says

        December 22, 2020 at 6:19 pm

        Wth??? Who gave you the right to be judge on who should get what and when?? Oh I suppose you must be that one perfect, no flaws exudes positive vibes..human!!??. NOT, unless I missed something in your unsympathetic response…Sincerely, Cindy Colwell

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      • Dave says

        December 22, 2020 at 6:53 pm

        The Trump voters who aren’t going to get the vaccine should be denied emergency room admittance or hospital care.

        That’s for the 2 doctors.

        Ya wanna play rough. Do without care if you don’t want the vaccine. Spare the medical staff from having to deal with you and get infected.

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        • Kkkaty says

          December 23, 2020 at 7:19 am

          Actually the anti vaccine crowd is Democrats and Biden supporters. Greasy Gavin to name one.

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        • IGotYourMaskRightHere says

          December 23, 2020 at 12:53 pm

          But what if they go in to E.R. for a broken arm or leg? Take a deep breath, you sound unhinged.

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  3. AV Resident says

    December 20, 2020 at 4:50 am

    R Rex Parris was at AV hospital on Wednesday getting his Covid-19 vaccine talk about jumping the line. Don’t you think all the front line medical workers should get there vaccines before the city mayor?

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    • BAE SYTEMS says

      January 15, 2021 at 9:47 pm

      of course money and political personnel always get away with everything age and priority doesn’t count for them

      Reply
  4. kelly says

    December 17, 2020 at 1:44 pm

    In the vaccine trials 20, 000 people were given the vaccine. Weren’t they the “Guinea Pigs”

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  5. Concerned says

    December 17, 2020 at 7:41 am

    Does anyone else think its silly to use our front line folks as guinea pigs? I hope all is well.

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    • FatWhiteBob says

      December 18, 2020 at 9:40 am

      Rather use them as guinea pigs than my body

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      • Bob's skinny wife, Mrs. Sprat says

        December 22, 2020 at 7:01 pm

        Your username indicates that you are a “guinea PIG”, Bob

        Reply
    • tsparky says

      December 18, 2020 at 9:42 am

      There were already 50k ‘guinea pigs’ with no serious side affects.

      Reply
      • not correct sparky says

        December 23, 2020 at 8:00 am

        anaphylactic shock is a fairly serious side-effect imo

        Reply

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