Ocean County today began the distribution of its first 1,500 doses of the COVID 19 vaccine from Moderna to health care workers at a vaccination clinic at the RWJ Barnabas Health Arena at Toms River High School North, Toms River.
Starting at 9 AM, health care workers including EMTs, EMS, home healthcare workers, school nurses, medical reserve corps volunteers, and a host of others from across Ocean County, that fell under the state and federal designation phase 1A, received the vaccine against the coronavirus.
Ocean County Freeholder Deputy Director Gary Quinn joined with Dr. Mukesh Roy, Director, Emergency Preparedness and Planning for Ocean County Health Department and Daniel Regenye, Ocean County Public Health Coordinator, in keeping a watchful eye over Medical Reserve Corp Volunteer Bill Cohen as he was administered the COVID 19 vaccine by Scott Carter, public health nurse (see photo above).
The vaccination clinic is the result of a partnership with the Ocean County Health Department, the Ocean County Sheriff’s Office of Emergency Management, Toms River Regional Schools, the Ocean County Board of Chosen Freeholders, RWJ Barnabas Healthcare System, and Hackensack Meridian Healthcare System. More than 250 vaccines were administered during the first day of the clinic. For more information on the vaccine clinic visit www.ochd.org.
For those who are considering getting this vaccine, search for “Pfizer vaccine fact sheet” and “Moderna vaccine fact sheet” and realize what you are signing up for.
Both vaccines are “unapproved by the FDA” , they “MAY prevent Covid-19”, they are “still being studied in clinical trials”, they have “not undergone the same type of review as an FDA approved or cleared product” and “serious and unexpected side effects may occur.”
You are warned not to take this vaccine if you are allergic to any of the ingredients in the vaccine or if you had a severe allergic reaction after a previous dose of this vaccine.