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More than 300 days ago  The moment remains a vivid memory.

Ong, who specializes in geriatric medicine at Harborview Medical Center, was one of the first people in the state to take the Pfizer shot after it arrived in dry-ice cooled boxes in December.

He welled up as he watched 12 fellow front-line medical workers finally become immunized against a disease they’d spent months on the front lines fighting. Speaking to reporters, they talked about fatigue and shared hope and concern with the vaccine’s arrival, unaware at that point the journey would continue for months longer.