Author: Dorron Blumberg

Even though it’s a new year, we don’t automatically reset our same old thought patterns. The pandemic has taken a dangerous toll on the mental health of our frontline healthcare workers. Although hope is on the horizon for so many currently getting the vaccine, the mental and emotional fatigue may be too much.

Come January 20, we also will have a new President and Vice President, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. And along with these changes in administration, we will also have a new Secretary of Health and Human Services, a new Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and a new Surgeon General among other significant staffing changes. 

The scenes of vaccine being delivered to facilities and patients falling in line to receive their shots are truly historic and to be celebrated. But beyond the initial euphoria belies a challenge for our nation and community that we cannot hide from. As previous generations have faced their own unimaginable challenges

On December 16, 2020, Century Ambulance Service began to administer COVID-19 vaccinations in Broward and Pinellas counties and will follow with counties in northeast and north central Florida through the Florida Ambulance Association (FAA), who has partnered with the Florida Department of Health to administer the first COVID-19 vaccinations in the state.