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Today, 2,000 students will receive the first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine as UCF has begun distribution for students. Each day for the next two days, 2,000 more students will also be vaccinated in the Student Union’s Pegasus Ballroom

Earlier this week, UCF sent an email to select students who were eligible to sign up for vaccinations with a total of 6,000 individuals who secured appointments at their convenience. Each student must present a signed paper consent form and a form of identification before they can be vaccinated. After students receive the shot, they are required to complete a 15-minute monitoring period in the Ballroom, where medical professionals, mental health personnel and others are on site to assist with any potential issues or symptoms.

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Part of that team effort includes nursing student, Kelsey Nesselt, who serves as a greeter for the observation area and provides answers to any questions students may have.

“I got my vaccine three months ago because I was going to be doing my clinicals in the hospital, but I think it’s amazing that more students can get it now,” Nesselt says. “I love science and think it’s really interesting how this vaccine was developed. Now that the vaccine is becoming more available to the general public, especially college students who aren 麻豆精品 S檛 studying health professions, I think this is a major step. I’m really excited to be part of this process and I feel like I’m a part of history right now.”

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Biomedical sciences student Sydney Ahlquist waits in line to get her first shot of the vaccine. “I want to help stop the spread and get this pandemic over with,” Ahlquist says. “I also don 麻豆精品 S檛 want to go home to St. Pete without being vaccinated because my grandma is 91 and I don’t want to take the chance of getting her sick.”

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“Honestly I was skeptical [about getting the vaccine] at first, but I read two articles and watched three podcasts yesterday and that eased my mind a bit,” says accounting student Bryce Harrell. “I also read about the difference between the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines and knew that Pfizer had different traits, so I felt better about getting it because of my research.”

Optics and photonics doctoral student Tao Zhan gives a thumbs up before getting his shot. “[Last year], I got an internship at a company in California, but because of the pandemic I could only work from home so I lost a very valuable opportunity to get involved on-site,” Chen says. “After graduation in May I 麻豆精品 S檓 going to be relocated to California, so with the vaccine my travels will be safer and it gives me a chance to regain that opportunity.”

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“The faster everyone gets the vaccine the faster we can go back to normal, not have to wear a mask everywhere and get back to classes in the classroom,” says student Norman Rodriguez. “Online [learning] is cool,  but I kind of miss that face-to-face interaction.”

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