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Oregon health-care workers were stuck in a snowstorm with expiring vaccines. So, they gave shots to strangers caught in traffic. – The Washington Post

When a team of Oregon health-care workers stuck in traffic during a snowstorm was running out of time to administer leftover doses of the Moderna vaccine, one local…

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But Weber and his team of 20 staff members and volunteers didnt have that much time to use the six Moderna doses they had left before the vaccines expired.
Thats when Weber had an idea: If he couldnt make it to the clinic on time, he could bring the clinic to six other drivers stranded on the highway.
I decided to start going door-to-door, car-to-car, offering the vaccine, Weber, who is Josephine Countys public health director, told The Washington Post on Wednesday night.
The impromptu vaccination…

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