 Hackensack Meridian Health is so honored to be making history as one of the first vaccination sites in the entire nation. We're proud to play a leading role in helping New Jersey vaccinate 70% of the population in the next six months, a timetable that's been set by the Department of Health and by Governor Murphy. That's never been done before and we're proud to be a part of that great effort. At this rate we will have herd immunity in the next several months and the darkest days of this pandemic will be behind us. Never before has our nation attempted such a mass vaccination of our citizens. We have delivered a safe and effective vaccine in record time, about 10 months actually. This is truly the beginning of the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. It's the good news that the entire world has been waiting for and needs right now. I want to recognize and thank our healthcare heroes who have battled this pandemic for nearly a year. When the books are written about this relentless pandemic, they will be remembered as true American heroes. Six of our frontline heroes are being vaccinated. These brave individuals are the first of our 26,000 team members who interact with patients who will receive the vaccine over the coming weeks. I'm grateful to be a part of this organization. I'm grateful to play a small part in the very large response to this pandemic and you know just wanted to take that moment in and just hold it close because it was a great moment. Taking the vaccine to me means that I'm setting the standard especially for our African-American community. I am trying to get them to understand that without the vaccine, this pandemic might continue. For folks who've been living this every day like these folks to roll up their sleeve and stick out their arm and said give me this vaccine is an example to the rest of the country to let everybody know that this is safe. We believe in it. We trust it. We're going to do it. We're going to recommend it to our family and we're going to make this happen. I'm relieved to take the vaccination and look forward to taking the second one in three weeks. Certainly my family will feel more comfortable as I come in and out every day. The benefits far outweigh the risk. I feel like an example for the Hispanics, for the Latinos, so they could get vaccinated. I'm happy that I'm representing not only my department, not only Hackensack but the community of Hackensack. So I am very proud and I'm ready to lead my team members to be able to take this vaccination. For me taking the vaccine is a great opportunity that you can be safer and your family members are safer. The vaccine is a triumph over the fight against COVID. I have trust and faith in the science behind it. That is the reason I will be taking the vaccine today. Today is my way of paying it forward to ensure immunity and safety for our community, for my peers, and all the loved ones that you have back home. This is in the end and it may not be the beginning of the end, but it is sure the end of the beginning.