Officials pleasantly surprised when DHHS NDMS team shows up to help vaccinate Pinal County Arizona

Feb 8th update from the Pinal County, Arizona Public Health Website

“Pinal County Public Health was pleasantly surprised when 9 Federal professionals along with their Deputy Commander arrived in Pinal County last night from the United States Department of Health and Human Services, National Disaster Medical System (NDMS).”

“They brought a compliment of physicians, paramedics, registered nurses and pharmacists whose mission is to assist our county with vaccination efforts. The federal team was up and running today - vaccinating with public health and some of our community partners. We are not sure how long they will be with our teams. Before you ask…they do not bring vaccines with them – they serve strictly as vaccinators. We are extremely grateful for their service here in Pinal County.”
https://www.pinalcountyaz.gov/publichealth/CoronaVirus/Pages/Vaccine.aspx

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I’ve been checking our County Health Website several times a day to see if we can set appointments for our vaccinations. Saw this update from the Pinal County Public Health site for Feb. 8th talking about the arrival of a Federal DHHS, NDMS team to assist with vaccinations in our County. Roll-out has been slow here like other places. Glad to see that President Biden and his very capable team are on it. This is what the Covid Response should have looked like from the beginning!

Here's hoping it's happening in other areas. Now all we need is more vaccine!