Taking Matters Into Their Own Mittens

On Thursday, healthcare workers in Oregon were on their way back from a vaccination site when a trailer crashed on a snowy road, stranding cars for hours. While most drivers would sigh and crank up the heat, these volunteers had to consider what to do with some ultra-precious cargo: six doses of the Covid-19 vaccine.

Rather than let the shots expire from lack of proper refrigeration, the volunteers went car-door-to-car-door asking stranded drivers if they wanted to be vaccinated.

They got some takers: “We had one individual who was so happy, he took his shirt off and jumped out of the car,” Michael Weber, a public health director, told the NYT.
Bottom line: Healthcare workers have already been deemed the MVPs of this pandemic, but the chilly heroes in Oregon said their decision was an easy one. “Our No. 1 rule right now is nothing gets wasted,” said Weber.