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CityViewNC .com | 47 Cape Fear Valley, is one of the participants in the trial. Trial volunteers receive two injections approximately 28 days apart. Participants are randomly assigned to receive either two injections of the vaccine or two shots of a saline placebo. e trial is blinded, so the investigators and the participants will not know who is assigned to which group. Volunteers are still needed. Anyone interested can text COVID to 910-463-5578. "We are looking for people at risk," Borger said. "For example, healthcare workers, law enforcement officers, even restaurant workers and retail workers, as well as minorities and people with chronic medical conditions." Irving, who has asthma, and his mother and his spouse are all in the high-risk category for COVID, so he was glad to participate. "Everyone at the center was amazing," he said. He is expected to keep a journal of any symptoms and his temperature, but likely won't know for two years whether he received the vaccine. As for Borger, she said she is honored to be able to put her research skills to use in the hope of finding a vaccine. A mother of three, she's nevertheless putting in long hours during the trials. "I feel privileged to be able to contribute in all these ways," she said. "I feel like it's my duty as a citizen who has this skill set. is is my way of contributing." Borger said it's an honor, too, for Cape Fear Valley to be on the cutting edge of such important work. She credits that opportunity to the vision administrators had when they partnered with Campbell University's School of Osteopathic Medicine to establish the medical center's residency program. "I think that program has elevated the scientific rigor at Cape Fear Valley," she said. "Cape Fear Valley has always had great clinicians, but the residency program has really elevated the level of care and attracted new clinicians. "It's great for the community to have all these new clinicians," she said. "Having a residency program does a lot for a community. Kudos to the administration to have had the vision to make Cape Fear an academic medical center and we've gotten there in a few years versus decades. is is one of the payoffs for that vision. I have a career now that I don't think I could have anywhere else." Carpet | Hardwood | Laminate | Vinyl | Tile | Area Rugs Webb Carpet Company Fabulous Flooring SALE 2825 Raeford Rd (910) 485-5865 Save up to $500 learn more at webbcarpet.net SALE Locally Owned JOHN MCCAULEY ALBERT MCCAULEY BRIAN RAYNOR Parking Lots • Driveways • Subdivisions • Complete Site Work • Sealing • Striping • Patching • Paving • Grading OFFICE: 910-485-5790 FAX: 910-323-4163 OFFICE: 910-485-5790 FAX: 910-323-4163 www.highlandpaving.com Plant: 1351 Old Wilmington Road Office: 2031 Middle Road Insured NC License #55505 Parking Lots • Driveways • Subdivisions • Complete Site Work Sealing • Striping • Patching • Paving • Grading Locally Owned JOHN MCCAULEY ALBERT MCCAULEY BRIAN RAYNOR FREE ESTIMATES

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