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Health reporter, Detroit Free Press/USA Today Network. Michigander. Native of (way) upstate N.Y. Syracuse alum. kshamus@freepress.com
Dec 13, 2020 10 tweets 11 min read
I’m at the #Pfizer manufacturing plant in Portage, Mich., for @freep this morning, where 3 semi-trucks have pulled into a loading dock, and are getting filled with doses of the nation’s first #COVID-19 vaccines. #vaccines #CovidVaccine #Pfizer plans to ship out 6.4 million doses in this initial batch of its #COVID-19 vaccine today. Most of it will come from this Michigan manufacturing site, which had 600 workers dedicated to the #coronavirus vaccine project. @freep #CovidVaccines