Sandra Lindsay, a nurse at a Queens hospital, was the first person in the United States to be vaccinated. She wanted to “inspire people who look like me.”
Source: New York Times
Sandra Lindsay, the First to Be Vaccinated, Hopes to Persuade Skeptics
Published in Black People, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Hospitals, Long Island (NY), New York State, Northwell Health, Nursing and Nurses, Queens (NYC), Sandra Lindsay and Vaccination and Immunization
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