The year 2020 has been rough for almost everyone, but especially for healthcare workers who have been on the front lines of the fight against coronavirus. The arrival of a vaccine against the highly infectious virus spells hope, so it is no wonder that healthcare workers at Boston Medical Center burst into a happy dance after the center received its first shipment of the vaccine. coronavirus.
On Tuesday, Boston Medical Center (BMC) workers were made viral by a video that shows them dancing happily as they received the vaccine shipment. According to NBC Boston, the BMC was one of the first Massachusetts hospitals to receive a shipment of the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech.
The hospital’s president and CEO, Kate Walsh, tweeted images of healthcare workers wearing face masks and maintaining social distancing as they danced on the sidewalk to Lizzo’s ‘Good as Hell’.
“Teams of people working to distribute vaccines safely and equitably to their front-line colleagues are applauded by their friends celebrating the arrival of vaccines!” wrote while sharing the clip. “A great day, a great place.”
Because i love my job@The_BMC! Teams of people working to distribute vaccines safely and equitably to their front-line colleagues, and are applauded by their friends celebrating the arrival of vaccines! A great day, a great place. ❤️ pic.twitter.com/XfrIthFIY5
– Kate Walsh (@KateWalshCEO) December 14, 2020
The video has gone viral on social media. It has been viewed more than 4.3 million times on the microblogging platform.
“I’m so happy for them right now. Now let’s all remember that the rest of us must stand our ground until we are all vaccinated. We owe them a lot, let’s not let them down now,” wrote one person in the comment section.
“This is my favorite thing on the internet today,” wrote another.
Boston Medical Center received 1,950 doses of the Pfizer vaccine on Monday, according to Boston.com. Health workers will be among the first to receive the doses.
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