Patricia Cummings, RN, shares why public vaccinations like the one she administered to Vice President Kamala Harris are crucial to increase trust of vaccines in communities of color and beyond.
For Patricia Cummings, RN, it was a moment she won’t forget.
It was Dec. 29 and there she was, standing in front of cameras and reporters, as Kamala Harris, soon to be inaugurated as the 49th vice president of the United States — and the first woman and person of color to serve in that role — strode toward her to get her first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.
Cummings said it was surreal to realize that she was living through and actually participating in a moment of history.
“I was extremely nervous, and it was definitely nerve-wracking, but on the day it happened, from the moment she walked into the room, our energies just meshed and I was a lot calmer,” said Cummings, 37, who works as a clinical nurse manager at United Medical Center in Washington, D.C.
“She was very gracious and engaging, and it made my job a lot easier,” she told Healthline.
Source: healthline