It is one of the most unusual corona vaccinations anyone has ever heard of.
A blocked road turned out to be a godsend for some.
Grants Pass - At the moment, you cannot get a corona vaccination anytime, anywhere.
In Germany, too, the waiting lists are long and the wait for a new
vaccine
seems long.
It's hard to imagine someone knocking on the car window on the street and
offering
a real
vaccination
out of the blue
.
But when the right coincidences come together, even that can happen, as this story from the
USA
shows.
Vaccination team gets stuck on a country road - the clock is ticking with the vaccine
In
Josephine County, Oregon
, health workers just finished distributing the
corona
vaccine at a local school.
Now they were on their way to another station in Grants Pass, where more patients were waiting for them.
But what would normally be a 45-minute drive was stopped unexpectedly.
Together with several other cars, the vaccination team suddenly got stuck on a
country road
- in the middle of the
snow
and with no realistic chance of using the vaccine in time.
It would have lasted a maximum of six hours.
What happened next, they shared shortly after on Twitter.
In the end, the decision was quite simple and probably also an obvious one.
If the corona vaccine does not get to the intended
patients in time
, it can also be distributed to other people.
So the vaccination team started simply
asking
the occupants of the other stranded
cars
whether they wanted to get their vaccination right there.
Spontaneous corona vaccination thrills motorists
Also there was Michael Weber, director of health officials in Josephine County.
It made perfect sense for him to offer the other drivers the vaccination.
"Our number one rule now is that nothing is wasted," he told the
New York Times
.
"As soon as we knew we couldn't make it into town in time to use the vaccine, it was the obvious choice."
It was a big surprise to anyone else who happened to be stuck on the same street.
“One man was so happy, he took off his shirt and jumped out of the car,” said Weber.
The team was able to distribute the remaining six vaccine doses.
The
patients received the
syringes
directly at the car.
An
ambulance
and a
doctor
were on site so that all necessary
safety precautions were
met.
Even so, not all motorists felt comfortable with the matter.
Given the very unusual circumstances, many turned down the sudden offer.
It's just really hard to imagine that the corona vaccination would just knock on the car door.
This also applies in Germany, where the problems related to corona vaccinations cause a lot of trouble.
(rm)