ADThe move has angered community members and staffers at the medical center, who argue the state is punishing not just the facility but the entire community. AD“I’m pretty pissed about it because we are a tightknit community,” Brooke McDowell, an administrator at the medical center, told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Pfizer, partnering with BioNTech, and Moderna have created promising vaccines that scientists hope will lead to more medical breakthroughs using mRNA. After confirming that teachers had received vaccines, the department said it would suspend vaccines to the center until July 27. McDowell told the Associated Press that the Medical Center of Elberton has vaccinated about 170 school system employees out of more than 1,200 doses administered so far.

Source: Washington Post January 29, 2021 10:32 UTC