Tucked away in a conference room on the second floor of the Conway Medical Center, Dr. Stephen T. Brady initially joked that he wasn’t going to look as Jennifer VanAernem stuck a needle in his left arm — representing the first FDA-authorized Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doled out in Horry County and across South Carolina on Monday afternoon.
But Dr. Brady didn’t take his eyes off his arm — that needle represented history and, more importantly, hope.
“People have pandemic fatigue, isolation fatigue, plus it is incredibly emotional for families to make the decision not to be together during the holidays,” Dr. Brady said. “The only problem is that you have to realize that not being together for this holiday may mean that you have many more in the future with those relatives to be with.
JUST IN: The first doses of the FDA-authorized Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in South Carolina, at Conway Medical Center.https://t.co/KB7vW9jekV
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