Banners fell from the ceiling and triumphant music slept Tuesday at Broadbent Arena when dr. SarahBeth Hartlage stuck a needle in Anthony Kennedy’s arm, making it the COVID-19 100,000 at the mass vaccination site.
The Louisville Driving Service site, which has been operating since January, will be transferred to a cellular model, and the last appointment will be at 4:15 p. m. Thursday.
Staff will leave Blank On Friday as LouVax’s cell missions intensify.
Me when LouVax, the mass vaccination site at The Broadbent Arena in Louisville, vaccinated his first patients. Today, Dr. SarahBeth Hartlage vaquened a hundred 000e. pic. twitter. com/xRP4FjxlPW
The transition becomes imaginable in a component through a massive new site at Cardinal Stadium, Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer said Tuesday, “but also because we had to adapt our technique to vaccination. “
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“We have to go where the other people are,” he said. “Lately we are in a position with this vaccination effort in which there are many other people who are not so interested in the vaccine. as simple as you can imagine as you move into the community. . . in as many places as you can imagine. “
Here’s a look at the notable figures from louVax’s vaccination mandate at Broadbent Arena:
LouVax had given 100,000 vaccines on Tuesday morning, adding 59,326 number one injections and 40,627 withdrawals, or injections at the moment.
By comparison, a total of 627,255 injections were administered in the city, adding approximately 367,000 number one doses and approximately 259,000 withdrawals.
This means that LouVax administered 16% of the city’s vaccines.
Patients who approved Broadbent Arena included teachers, first aid personnel, and physical health workers.
They were between 99 and 99 years old. They represented 26 languages. They drove cars, trucks, vans, buses and motorcycles, bicycles and some were pedestrians.
Hartlage said Tuesday: “I’m a little disappointed that we’ve never checked to ride a horse. “
More than 2,000 volunteers between the ages of 18 and 84 spent 76,074 hours managing the site, an economic effect of more than $2 million, Hartlage said.
They included 67 pharmacists, 138 doctors and 478 nurses.
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Since its opening, it has used 204 Sharpies, 480 clipboards, 600 protective vests, 100,000 bandages and 134,000 alcohol swabs.
Contact journalist Sarah Ladd at sladd@courier-journal. com. Follow her on Twitter at @ladd_sarah.