It was only three trucks, but the cargo onboard will hopefully begin to end the suffering in this country. Outside a Pfizer facility in Michigan, the first doses of the Covid vaccine were shipped out on Sunday morning.
The caravan of FedEx, UPS and Boyle Transportation trucks — led and tailed by unmarked police cars — pulled out of the parking lot about 8:25 a.m., headed to airports and distribution centers on a historic journey.
Millions of doses of the company’s coronavirus vaccine were inside those trucks, and could be injected into the arms of the American people as early as Monday morning.
“It’s history, and it’s hope,” said Joyce Hutcheson, 76, of Portage. She teared up as the trucks pulled out of the loading dock because the pandemic has been long and hard, and she misses seeing her great grandchildren.
The Free Press writes that the initial shipment carried 1.95 million doses of the vaccine. “Each vial of the vaccine includes five doses, the company said. And 975 vials fit in each of its insulated boxes. A total of 400 boxes were loaded onto those trucks.”