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Opinion: COVID-19 shot an exciting opportunity

Certified medical assistant Sabrina Edge, of the Northeast Georgia Physicians Group, gives Ron Davidson a COVID-19 vaccine Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, at the Northeast Georgia Health System Corporate Plaza during the health system's second vaccine clinic for those 65 and over at the site. - photo by Scott Rogers

01152021 VACCINE 3.jpg — Certified medical assistant Sabrina Edge, of the Northeast Georgia Physicians Group, gives Ron Davidson a COVID-19 vaccine Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, at the Northeast Georgia Health System Corporate Plaza during the health system's second vaccine clinic for those 65 and over at the site. - photo by Scott Rogers

Recently, I have read several articles that indicate COVID-19 infections are now in decline, and many feel the holiday surge in transmissions is past us. I accept that may be one of the reasons for this decline, but I also believe the distribution of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines may have impacted the spread of this virus.