National Guard and local-supported vaccine clinic

Sarah Yenesel

Friday, January 29, 2021

A COVID-19 vaccine clinic aided by Missouri National Guard troops administered about 2,000 doses Friday at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau with the coordination of the Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center and other local organizations, such as SoutheastHEALTH, John’s Pharmacy, Broadway Pharmacy, Cross Trails and Southeast Missouri State University.

The National Guard and other local organizations run a vaccination clinic for those in Phase 1A and Phase 1B (tiers 1 and 2) at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau on Friday, Jan. 29, 2021. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
Center, Daniel Goldstein fills out consent paperwork before getting the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau on Friday, Jan. 29, 2021. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
Center, Senior Airman Aaron Masters from the National Guard directs a patient to an open vaccination station at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau on Friday, Jan. 29, 2021. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
Southeast Missouri State University nursing student Rylie Gant administers a COVID-19 vaccine at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau on Friday, Jan. 29, 2021. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)

Left, Linda Crile receives her first COVID-19 vaccine dose from a John's Pharmacy employee at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau on Friday, Jan. 29, 2021. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
Various local medical professionals draw COVID-19 vaccine doses into syringes from viles to then be distributed into people's arms during a vaccination clinic at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau on Friday, Jan. 29, 2021. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
Technician from John's Pharmacy Shalynn Reitzel flicks the syringe to get an accurate reading of the vaccine at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau on Friday, Jan. 29, 2021. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
Center, retired nurse and volunteer Laura Ritter draws a vaccine dose into a syringe at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau on Friday, Jan. 29, 2021. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)
Left, Sharon Pullen receives her first COVID-19 vaccine dose from a Cape Girardeau County Public Health Center worker at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau on Friday, Jan. 29, 2021. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)

Right, Technical Sargent Bob Coonce cleans a chair after use in the observation station of the vaccination clinic at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau on Friday, Jan. 29, 2021. (Sarah Yenesel ~ Southeast Missourian)