{"id":4965,"date":"2021-01-12T12:34:36","date_gmt":"2021-01-12T12:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/?p=4965"},"modified":"2021-01-12T20:08:20","modified_gmt":"2021-01-12T20:08:20","slug":"maryland-guard-administers-covid-19-vaccine-in-charles-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/2021\/01\/12\/maryland-guard-administers-covid-19-vaccine-in-charles-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland Guard Administers COVID-19 Vaccine in Charles County"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Article &amp; photos by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Enjoli Saunders and v<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ideo by Master Sgt. Christopher Schepers, both members of\u00a0<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">175th Wing Public Affairs<br \/><br \/><\/span><\/i><\/h6>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Maryland Guard Administers COVID-19 Vaccine in Charles County\" width=\"760\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/455RlxT8beQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption><em>Maryland Air and Army National Guard medical personnel administer the COVID-19 vaccine to Charles County first responders on Jan. 9, 2021, at the Regency Furniture Stadium, in Waldorf, Maryland. (U.S. Air National Guard video by Tech. Sgt. Enjoli Saunders)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maryland Air and Army National Guard medical personnel formed Mobile Vaccination Support Teams to aid the Maryland Department of Health and county health departments in the state\u2019s vaccine response efforts.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Maryland Governor Larry Hogan activated the MDNG to accelerate the distribution of COVID-19 vaccinations<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">An MVST consist of around 8-14 members with at least four medics and four medical support staff to assist with administering vaccines and providing logistical support. The first team was dispatched Jan. 6, 2021, to assist the Charles County Department Health with vaccinations.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThey bring support staff and make it easy for our staff to not just vaccinate but to set the clinic up and take it down in an orderly manner,\u201d said Dr. Dianna Abney, M.D., the Health Officer for the Charles County Department of Health. \u201cI also think it brought some comfort. We had a lot of veterans come through and said we are so glad to see [the MDNG] and people who said thank you to the Guardsmen who are here.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" src=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/01\/181004-Z-GZ846-008-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4974\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/01\/181004-Z-GZ846-008-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/2021\/01\/12\/maryland-guard-administers-covid-19-vaccine-in-charles-county\/181004-z-gz846-008\/\" class=\"wp-image-4974\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/01\/181004-Z-GZ846-008-1024x731.jpg 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2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/01\/181004-Z-GZ846-024-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"4968\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/01\/181004-Z-GZ846-024-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/2021\/01\/12\/maryland-guard-administers-covid-19-vaccine-in-charles-county\/181004-z-gz846-024\/\" class=\"wp-image-4968\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/01\/181004-Z-GZ846-024-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/01\/181004-Z-GZ846-024-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/01\/181004-Z-GZ846-024-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/01\/181004-Z-GZ846-024-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/01\/181004-Z-GZ846-024-2048x1362.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The goal at this site is to keep the vaccination process from check-in to issuance within 4-12 twelve minutes. Once the vaccine is administered, most individuals must wait on-site for 15 minutes to monitor for adverse reactions. However, those who have had a history of anaphylactic reactions are required to wait one hour on-site.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to Abney, the medical professionals are well prepared and the vaccine is safe and effective. The citizens who received the vaccine Jan. 6 and Jan. 9 are members of the local community.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Following Maryland\u2019s COVID-19 vaccination phased distribution plan, MDNG members are currently administering vaccines to healthcare workers, first responders, public safety workers, correctional facility employees, as well as residents and staff of nursing homes.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/01\/181004-Z-GZ846-016-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4971\" src=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/01\/181004-Z-GZ846-016-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/01\/181004-Z-GZ846-016-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/01\/181004-Z-GZ846-016-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/01\/181004-Z-GZ846-016-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/01\/181004-Z-GZ846-016-1536x1097.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2021\/01\/181004-Z-GZ846-016-2048x1462.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u201cThis is a public health concern and something that\u2019s very near and dear to my heart,\u201d stated U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Lindsey Campbell, the healthcare noncommissioned officer in charge of a mobile vaccination team assigned to the 224th Medical Company Area Support. \u201cI have three children and I\u2019m thinking about their future, my Soldier\u2019s friends and family, everybody in the entire community.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The MDNG along with the Maryland and Charles County Department of Health have already administered hundreds of vaccines within the past few days.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe bring our expertise,\u201d said Campbell. \u201cWe are trained medics that act professionally with a solid work ethic. We are here and will be here until the job is done.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maryland Air and Army National Guard medical personnel formed Mobile Vaccination Support Teams to aid the Maryland Department of Health and county health departments in the state\u2019s vaccine response efforts. Maryland Governor Larry Hogan activated the MDNG to accelerate the distribution of COVID-19 vaccinations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":141,"featured_media":4971,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[922,918,907],"class_list":["post-4965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-covid-response","tag-covid-19","tag-mdngcovid19response"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/141"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4965"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4990,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4965\/revisions\/4990"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}