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At baptist health lexington say they are not only grateful... but determined..

That this is a game changer for battling coronavirus.

Abc 36's monica harkins has more.

Nat pop: there it is."

There it is...195 vials.... each vial holding five pfizer vaccinations for covid-19....meaning 975 shots to protect 975 healthcare heros.

"joy murphy: i'm extremely excited."

Joy murphy is an i- c-u nurse at baptist health lexington...who works directly with covid patients.

She is one of the first five high-risk employees at the hospital to get the immunization.

"joy murphy: i'm older, i have chemo and i have seen the devastating effects that the covid can do to the young and old.

So i'm ecstatic" ....a member of housekeeping, an i- c-u specialized doctor, an emergency room nursing assistant, and an emergency department doctor were also at the top of the list.

Dr. yuri villaran keeping his message brief ...but powerful....thank you.

"nat pop: alright all done."

Director of pharmacy mike anderson says it's hard to win against a virus when you can only play defense... anderson:"i think it's been a really hard and difficult nine months for the country up to this point.

Represents the opportunity now to turn the table and play offense.

" he says monday was a trial run for the full roll out of the remaining 970 vaccines..

That starts thursday and goes into next week.

"truly, it's an on hand, all hands on deck endeavor to get this administered to as many of our employees as we can, as quickly as we can."

And while people like myself and likely you at home don't have access to the vaccine just yet...nurse murphy says it's crucial people who might be hesitant... start wrapping their mind around how important it is.

Joy:"i would say take the chance because what i always use the catch phrase of you shoudl see what we see' because i don't think it's real to most people.

So, if they saw what we saw, they would be lining up to take the vaccine."

In lexington, monica harkins, abc 36 news.

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