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 </figure>By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostCOVID-19 vaccinations will begin tomorrow at Mosaic Life Care.Mosaic Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Davin Turner, says after months
of fighting the coronavirus pandemic, this moment is a real breakthrough.“I’m finally getting to stand up here and announce something
we have all been waiting for and that is that we received vaccine this morning,”
Turner tells reporters at a news conference in St. Joseph Monday.Mosaic received 975 doses of the Pfizer vaccine and 1,500 doses
of the Moderna vaccine, the amount it requested. Vaccinations will take place
in St. Joseph, Maryville, and Albany.Turner says frontline workers will be the first to be
vaccinated.“That means nurses. That means environmental services, those
folks that clean those rooms. That means our cafeteria workers that go up on
the floors and hand out trays. That also means our doctors,” Turner says.Vaccinations begin tomorrow. Mosaic hopes to vaccinate 40
staff members on the first day, building up to 100 a day and eventually 200 a
day. Vaccinations will pause for the Christmas break, then resume next week.
Both vaccinations require two shots with significant intervals between shots.Turner says the announcement lifted the spirits of the Mosaic
staff.“It was quite a joyous time,” Turner says. “You could actually
feel the energy as you’re walking in the building as people were finding out
that the vaccine had arrived. There’s a lot of hope and there’s also eagerness
to start vaccination.”It comes as an early Christmas present.“I would say it’s an early Christmas present, yes.”

COVID-19 vaccine comes to Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph