Laura Gabbard

School of Nursing student

This virus is affecting a lot of people and they say, they said this morning you’re either going to get the virus or you’re going to get the vaccine. So, it’s important people realize how dangerous this virus is and how critical it is that we vaccinate the high risk groups, which is what we’ve been able to do. Hopefully we’ve saved lives.

We’ve always been in the community and that’s always been a focus of our education. But this is really a hands on way that we have really, truly seen public health at work and it’s really exciting to be a part of. It’s really a chance of a lifetime and we may never get this opportunity again. So we’re pleased and honored to be a part of this. But it’s pretty incredible that we’ve been able to give so many shots to that many people. It’s amazing actually. I expected a lot of people, I didn’t expect the gratitude from people that we’ve seen. They’re really grateful and that’s a really neat side I didn’t expect to see.