Vaccine Plans 12/10/20

As advisors to the food and drug administration could make a decision within days on the approval of Pfizer's covid-19 vaccine.

As advisors to the food and drug administration could make a decision within days on the approval of pfizer's covid-19 vaccine.

Hospitals in north mississippi already have plans in place on how they'll distribute their share of the state's 25 thousand doses.

Wcbi's stephen pimpo talks a local hospital and the plans and people about whether they would be willing to take the vaccine.

"i mean, there's a lot of unknowns but i also know that we will have a lot more serious illnesses and a lot more deaths from covid than we will from the vaccine."

For baptist memorial hospital - golden triangle...the most important delivery of the year is coming the week before christmas.

500 doses of the covid-19 vaccine.

"it's going to be offered to 100 percent of the employees but everybody will have the decision to make yay or nay whether they want to take it."

Baptist employee health nurse johnny judson says the hospital plans to start administering those vaccines on december 19.

"a close, high-risk contact with the covid-19 population, those are the ones we are targeting first."

Su: och regional medical center in starkville expects to get 110 doses of the covid19 vaccine by the end of the year.

They say it could be available to the public by the spring of 2021.

So how comfortable will people be taking this vaccine?

"as long as they get all the kinks out and 100 percent, i'll take it."

"i think we should have policies in place that say you need to have this vaccine."

"i'm tired of these masks for one thing.

I'm ready to get over this stuff."

However...judson says the vaccine is just part of the equation to stop the coronavirus from spreading.

"i don't think the vaccine is going to take the place of a mask until the number of cases go down."

Even with a vaccine available...he says it's vital for everyone to continue social distancing, washing their hands, and wearing a mask.

"if everybody do their part, we will make it through this together."

In columbus...stephen pimpo...wcbi news.

Judson says it is still too early in the process for him to predict when baptist will have a vaccine available to the public.

Och says the vaccine might not available for young children until more studies are done.

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