Being Trapped In Snowstorm Turns Into A Covid Lucky Break For Some

Motorists stuck in a snowstorm near Grants Pass, Oregon,
receive Covid shots in the snow. The shots would have gone
to waste if they had not been used on the spot

Earlier this month, some motorists got stuck in a snowstorm on a high elevation highway near Grants Pass, Oregon. 

Such a situation is usually regarded as bad luck. However, among those stranded in that snowstorm were health workers on their way back from a vaccination clinic at a high school.

They were carrying extra Covid vaccines designated for other recipients. Stuck in this ripping snowstorm, the vaccines would expire, meaning nobody would get these badly needed shots. 

Except for the fact that other motorists were also stranded. Apparently thinking waste not, want not, the health workers started knocking on car windows in the snowstorm, seeing if anybody would be interested in accepting the vaccine on the spot. 

There were plenty of takers, as you might imagine.  

There were only six doses left, but there were certainly at least six stranded motorist. One of them thought she was unlucky: She was supposed to get the shot at the earlier high school clinic, but arrived too late. But she ended up getting stuck in the snowstorm with the health care workers, so she got her shot. 

In these times of emergency, it's always great to just take advantage of any situation you're in, right?