Our Parish Nurse, Ann Yeo, is eagerly awaiting the opportunity for her husband and herself to get the COVID-19 vaccine, but she realizes that the supply of vaccines is limited for now and that other people are further ahead in the priority line for a vaccination. The Washington Dept. of Health has launched a tool, […]
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A Few Words from OUUC’s Parish Nurse
Our Parish Nurse, Ann Yeo, is excited about the news that two effective, safe vaccines (from the Pfizer and Moderna companies) are now available to prevent COVID-19. She shares that the website of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/, offers frequently-updated information on what we need to know about the U.S. COVID-19 […]
A Few Words from OUUC’s Parish Nurse
Our Parish Nurse, Ann Yeo, shares a (slightly edited) letter to the community from the Thurston County health officer – Dimyana Abdelmalek, MD, MPH – which she wrote the day before Thanksgiving: “While this year has been exceptionally challenging as we forge a new path forward in the midst of an unprecedented pandemic, I am […]
A Few Words from OUUC’s Parish Nurse
Our Parish Nurse, Ann Yeo, shares a humorous perspective on the current pandemic (author unknown), which her uncle in Virginia sent to her. It reminds Ann (maybe you, too) of the long-term, popular column in Readers’ Digest, entitled “Laughter Is the Best Medicine.” Here it is: IT HAS COME TO THIS The dumbest thing I […]
A Few Words from OUUC’s Parish Nurse
Our Parish Nurse, Ann Yeo, reminds us that influenza vaccination (usually in the form of “flu shots,” or for some age groups in the form of a nasal spray) is now available at drugstores and medical offices. How important is it to get it this year? Don’t we have more urgent issues to worry about […]
