Inside Look: How COVID-19 vaccines are distributed across New Mexico
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.- Members of the New Mexico National Guard are helping distribute COVID-19 vaccines.
They have to work fast.
The Guard members have three minutes to get vaccines from ultra low temperature freezers to the freezing cold lunchbox-like containers that will get the vaccine safely moved across the state.
Tuesday, they performed that task at the Lovelace Biomedical Research Institute.
"Very stressful. It was definitely a learning process…" said Pfc. Anthony Marrs. "We think we’re able to count a whole box in about two minutes, so we always have plenty of time."
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Despite the stress of the operation, Marrs says he’s glad to be helping the people of New Mexico.
"It’s just an honor and a privilege," he said.