PHILADELPHIA - Health care workers around the country are rolling up their sleeves for the first COVID-19 shots as hope that an all-out vaccination effort can defeat the coronavirus. "I'm an emergency room physician, so the frontline is a pretty uncomfortable place the last six months," Dr.
Marna Greenberg said.Uncomfortable and scary courtesy of COVID and that's why Dr. Greenberg of Lehigh Valley Health Network wanted to participate in Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine trial back in the fall."You have a 50/50 chance of getting a placebo, so 50/50 is still better than that in the trenches without, which is nothing," she said.It's a 24-month blind study so Dr.