After winning the Get the Vaccine to End COVID-19 Drawing, the following team members tell us why they stepped up to be vaccinated and hope to inspire others.
Frank McCormick – 15.6 years of service
Advanced Clinical Specialist Physical Therapist – Physical Therapy Inpatient
Why I got the vaccine? To protect my family and potentially break the chain of transmission to everyone.
Muping Lu – 16.9 years of service
Medical Technologist – Legacy Tower, Blood Bank
The pandemic has taken away millions of lives worldwide which includes my family member and friends. The losses are painful and heart broken. I felt helpless and desperate for effective treatments, especially the vaccines. Thanks to our scientists and the leadership of our nation, I finally saw the light at the end of tunnel when Texas Children’s announced availability of COVID-19 vaccine on December 2020. I got so excited and in the meanwhile felt a little bit anxious as a lot of people have concerns about the safety of vaccines. However, I rushed to register and became the first few batches of people vaccinated at Texas Children’s.
My thoughts are pretty simple and straightforward, I firmly believe the benefit of vaccines far more outweighs their risks, and I need to do my part to help in reaching the herd immunity threshold in the community. I had slight fever during the second dose, and thanks for the help of my supervisor and colleagues, I was able to rest at home and quickly recovered. Right now, I feel total relief and a tiny firewall against COVID-19 built around me. This tiny firewall not just protects myself, it also protects my family, co-workers, patients and all the people around me. Obviously, the more people who get vaccinated, the bigger and stronger the firewall will be. It is particularly crucial right now as the current surge of COVID-19 cases and emerges of various variants worldwide. So please get vaccinated.
Dolores Hidalgo – .6 years of service
Staff Nurse – Inpatient, Legacy Tower CICU, Floor 17
I chose to get the vaccine to continue to care, serve and help those in need and to one day be able to hug and kiss my loved ones again. #weareinthistogether
To date, 80 percent of our workforce has volunteered to be vaccinated against COVID-19. If you haven’t already, schedule your vaccination appointment now, simply click here and sign up for the date and time that work best for your schedule.