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College Begins to Administer Covid Vaccines
Hantong Wu’23, receives his shot of the Covid-19 vaccine. Photos courtesy of
Maria Stenzel © Amherst CollegeOn Wednesday, April 28, the college delivered the
Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine shot to 336 students and 42 staff and
faculty members at no out-of-pocket cost in a pop-up clinic set up in Coolidge
Cage.
Lack of College Transportation to Vaccination Sites Leaves Students Scrambling
Before the college provided guidance on Covid-19 vaccination appointments and
transportation on April 8
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, over 100 students had already received permission to attend off-campus
Covid-19 vaccine appointments. These students had to navigate the process of
scheduling appointments and coordinating transportation