Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley gets his vaccine as eligibility opens up

CINCINNATI’S MAYOR. I AM OVER 40 AND SO I HAPPILY RECEIVED MY VACCINE TODAY MODERNA. THANKS FOR STICKING A NEEDLE IN ME. JENNY CRANLEY SAID THE SHOT ITSELF WAS PAINLESS, BUT THE PAIN OF THE PAST YEAR WAS NOT LOST ON HIM. I HAVE TO SAY IT WAS A BIT EMOTIONAL A YEAR LONG OF SUFFERING. SACRIFICE OF TRAGEDY I HAVE FRIENDS WHO LOST THEIR PARENTS TO COVID, CINCINNATI. APARTMENTS NURSING DIRECTOR OF VIRGINIA SCOTT ADMINISTERED CRANLEY’S VACCINE. SHE SAYS THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS READY FOR EVEN MORE PATIENTS AS THE ELIGIBILITY GROUPS OPEN UP. WE HAVE BEEN GOING SIX DAYS A WEEK DEPENDING ON OUR VACCINE ALLOCATIONS. WE WILL GO INTO THE SEVENTH DAY. WE WILL NOT LEAVE A WEEK WITH VACCINE STILL IN OUR FRIDGE OR OUR FREEZER WITH ONE HALF OF HIS COVID IMMUNITY WRAPPED UP MAYOR CRANLEY URGES PEOPLE NOT TO GET COMPLACENT. SO CLOSE TO THE END. IT’S IMPORTANT TO BE CAREFUL WHERE MASKS UNTIL YOU GET SEEN DISTANCE BECAUSE WE’RE SO CLOSE. WE’RE SO CLOSE TO THE END HERE. CRANLEY WILL RECEIVE HIS SECOND SHOT MID-APRIL. I ALSO ASKED ABOUT THE CITY’S 291 MILLION DOLLARS IN STIMULUS MONEY, AND HE SAID MILLIONS WILL GO TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO REHIRE PEOPLE WHO WERE FURLOUGHED AND ALSO REPLENISHED SUPPLIES TO

Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley gets his vaccine as eligibility opens up

Updated: 6:55 PM EDT Mar 19, 2021

Getting his first COVID-19 shot was a joyful moment of relief for Cincinnati's mayor, John Cranley."I am over 40 so I happily receive my vaccine today of Moderna," said Cranley.Cranley said the shot itself was painless, but the pain of the past year was not lost on him. "I have to say it was a bit emotional. A yearlong of suffering, of sacrifice, of tragedy. I have friends who lost their parents to COVID," said Cranley.Cincinnati Health Department nursing director, Virginia Scott, administered Cranley's vaccine. She said the health department is ready for even more patients as the eligibility groups open up. "We have been going six days a week, depending on the vaccine allocation, we will go on to the seventh day. We will not leave a week with vaccine still in our fridge or our freezer," said Scott.With one half of his COVID-19 immunity wrapped up, Mayor Cranley urges people not to get complacent so close to the end. "It's important to be careful, wear masks, until you get the vaccine, distance because we're so close. We're so close to the end here," said Cranley. The mayor will receive his second shot mid April.

CINCINNATI —

Getting his first COVID-19 shot was a joyful moment of relief for Cincinnati's mayor, John Cranley.

"I am over 40 so I happily receive my vaccine today of Moderna," said Cranley.

Cranley said the shot itself was painless, but the pain of the past year was not lost on him.

"I have to say it was a bit emotional. A yearlong of suffering, of sacrifice, of tragedy. I have friends who lost their parents to COVID," said Cranley.

Cincinnati Health Department nursing director, Virginia Scott, administered Cranley's vaccine. She said the health department is ready for even more patients as the eligibility groups open up.

"We have been going six days a week, depending on the vaccine allocation, we will go on to the seventh day. We will not leave a week with vaccine still in our fridge or our freezer," said Scott.

With one half of his COVID-19 immunity wrapped up, Mayor Cranley urges people not to get complacent so close to the end.

"It's important to be careful, wear masks, until you get the vaccine, distance because we're so close. We're so close to the end here," said Cranley.

The mayor will receive his second shot mid April.