Less than a year ago, the senior living industry stood at the precipice of Covid-19. Now, the industry is on the cusp of another potentially seismic event: the deployment of an effective vaccine.
The vaccine will reach senior living communities at different rates across the United States, depending on factors such as how quickly states were able to coordinate with pharmaceutical companies. But, the first vaccine clinics in senior living communities have started to occur, including at communities operated by two of the largest providers: Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD) and Atria Senior Living.
Brookdale and Atria residents and associates have received their first doses of the Covid-19 vaccine manufactured by drugmaker Pfizer and its partner BioNTech. Brookdale held its first clinic Friday at a community in Charleston, West Virginia; while Atria’s first clinic occurred Monday at a community in Louisville, Kentucky.
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