Drivers stranded in the storm get vaccinated by surprise

(Journalist)
– Oregon health workers who got stuck in a snowstorm on their way home from a COVID-19 vaccination event went from car to car to inject stranded drivers before the expiration of several doses. Josephine County Public Health said on Facebook that the “impromptu vaccination clinic” took place after about 20 employees were pulled over in freeway traffic after a vaccination clinic. Six of the vaccines were about to expire, so workers decided to offer them to other stranded drivers. The injections were meant for other people, but “the snow meant these doses would not reach them until they expired,” the health department said.

Not wanting to waste them, staff walked from vehicle to vehicle, offering people a chance to receive the vaccine. A county ambulance was on hand for security. All the doses were administered, including one to an employee of the Josephine County Sheriff’s Office who arrived too late for the vaccination clinic but ended up stopping with the others, officials said. Josephine County Director of Public Health Mike Weber said it was one of the “coolest surgeries he’s been on.” (Read more stories about coronavirus vaccines.)