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    23 HCOS prepares for Pfizer vaccines

    23 HCOS prepares for Pfizer vaccines

    Photo By Senior Airman Rebeckah Valladares | U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Casey Rowe, 23rd Health Care Operations Squadron allergy and...... read more read more

    MOODY AIR FORCE BASE, GA, UNITED STATES

    09.10.2021

    Story by Senior Airman Rebeckah Valladares 

    23rd Wing Public Affairs

    The 23rd Health Care Operations Squadron at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, received a freezer capable of housing the Pfizer vaccine along with 1,170 doses of the vaccine with additional replenishment orders pending approval, Sept. 4 2021.

    Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III published a vaccine mandate on Aug. 24, 2021, making the COVID-19 Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved vaccines mandatory for all U.S. military servicemembers. Currently Pfizer is the only FDA approved COVID-19 vaccine.

    “The 23rd Medical Group immunizations team has received 1,170 Pfizer doses and the freezer to immunize the Moody AFB community,” said Staff Sgt. Casey Rowe, 23rd Health Care Operations Squadron allergy and immunizations technician. “We received the Pfizer freezer on Sept. 1, 2021 and the vaccines on Sept. 4, 2021. Our medical logistics team came in on that Saturday to ensure the vaccines maintained proper cold chain management temperature threshold.”

    Due to its specifications, the vaccine needs to be housed at a temperature of minus 80 degrees Celsius to stay viable for administration.

    “With this vaccine, we are ensuring Moody is ready to deploy all of our active-duty members anywhere at any time, that way they can do the best job possible while being protected against the COVID-19 virus during this pandemic,” Rowe said.

    The 23rd HCOS will be conducting a Pfizer Mass Vaccination Clinic on Sept. 17, 2021, for active-duty personnel only from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. The 23rd MDG will begin offering appointments and administering the Pfizer vaccine to the Moody community on Sept. 20, 2021. Pfizer vaccination clinic appointments will be available every Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoon.

    “We are so excited to administer the Pfizer vaccine to the Moody AFB community to aid in the protection against the COVID-19 virus and protection of the local community,” Rowe said.

    For more information on the Pfizer vaccine, please visit https://www.fda.gov, and to schedule a vaccine, visit https://www.vaxmoody.com.

    Story was originally posted to dvidshub.net on Sept. 10, 2021, and may be found at https://www.dvidshub.net/news/404933/23-hcos-prepares-pfizer-vaccines.

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    Date Taken: 09.10.2021
    Date Posted: 09.13.2021 09:41
    Story ID: 404933
    Location: MOODY AIR FORCE BASE, GA, US

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