Medical staff in Boston hosted a ‘Good As Hell’ dance party to celebrate the vaccine

America is grappling with two conflicting emotions right now. For one thing, the first COVID-19 vaccines are being administered across the country this week, primarily to front-line medical personnel.

However, on the other hand, the number of infections in the country continues to grow at a record level with more than 238,000 new cases reported Thursday. And it will be more than a few months until we see a significant decrease in infections caused by widespread vaccinations.

This week, thousands of front-line workers in hospitals breathed a sigh of relief when they received the vaccine. It has had to be traumatizing going to work every day knowing that you were always at risk of becoming infected with COVID-19.

A study conducted in the US and UK found that “frontline healthcare workers had an almost 12 times higher risk of testing positive for COVID-19 compared to people in the community in general”.

Frontline workers at Boston Medical Center celebrated the vaccine by dancing in the streets to Lizzo’s “Good as Hell.”

And shake your hair

Check my nails

Baby how do you feel

Feeling good as hell

BMC personnel strutted their things on the sidewalk while still wearing their masks, face shields and gowns. A clip of the video was shared on social media by BMC President Kate Walsh.

“Why do I love my job!” Walsh wrote. “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! A great day, a great place.”

According to Boston.com, the hospital received 1,950 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine on Monday and began injecting its employees on Wednesday.

On Monday, New York City intensive care nurse Sandra Lindsay became the first American to receive the Pfizer vaccine outside of a clinical trial. After getting the vaccine, I wanted everyone to know that there is nothing to fear. “I want to instill public confidence that the vaccine is safe,” he said.

Although health care jobs seem to be the least likely to hesitate to receive a vaccine, there are still some who are skeptical of the vaccine. A recent survey of physicians at Mount Sinai Health System in New York City found that 60% of network physicians and about half of non-physicians were enthusiastic about the vaccine.

“It’s going to be a marathon,” said Susan Mashni, head of the vaccine distribution task force at Mount Sinai, according to Buzzfeed. “If people don’t feel comfortable right now, hopefully they will come back and feel comfortable with some time.”

To make healthcare providers around the world feel more confident getting vaccinated, frontline workers have been posting photos of them being vaccinated on social media under #IGotTheShot. Hopefully this will encourage those on the front lines to shoot, as well as countless Americans who are hesitant about rolling up their sleeves.