PHOTOS: Fulton school employees receive vaccines at Mercedes Benz Stadium

COVID-19

PHOTOS: Fulton school employees receive vaccines at Mercedes Benz Stadium

Alex Lorber, a teacher at Wilson Creek Elementary School, gets her COVID-19 vaccine during an event for Fulton County School employees and their spouses who are 65 and older at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Saturday morning, Jan. 16, 2021. (Photo: Ben Gray for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Ronald Murphey looks away as he gets his COVID-19 vaccine during an event for Fulton County School employees and their spouses who are 65 and older at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Saturday morning, Jan. 16, 2021. (Photo: Ben Gray for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Registered nurse Kelli Clayton administers a COVID-19 vaccine during an event for Fulton County School employees and their spouses who are 65 and older at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Saturday morning, Jan. 16, 2021. (Photo: Ben Gray for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Registered nurse Shawna Burwell administers a COVID-19 vaccine during an event for Fulton County School employees and their spouses who are 65 and older at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Saturday morning, Jan. 16, 2021. (Photo: Ben Gray for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Registered nurse Connie Harwood fills a syringe with COVID-19 vaccine during an event for Fulton County School employees and their spouses who are 65 and older at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Saturday morning, Jan. 16, 2021. (Photo: Ben Gray for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Registered nurse Aleve Reed administers a COVID-19 vaccine during an event for Fulton County School employees and their spouses who are 65 and older at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Saturday morning, Jan. 16, 2021. (Photo: Ben Gray for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Registered nurse Kathryn Small administers a COVID-19 vaccine during an event for Fulton County School employees and their spouses who are 65 and older at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Saturday morning, Jan. 16, 2021. Some Atlanta Public Schools employees also were expected to get vaccinated at the stadium on the same day. (Photo: Ben Gray for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Michael Looney, superintendent of Fulton County Schools, calls the names of school employees and their spouses to receive their COVID-19 vaccine Saturday morning, Jan. 16, 2021, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. (Photo: Ben Gray for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Anne Cherian, a clinic assistant with Fulton County Schools, signals an open station during a COVID-19 vaccine event held at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Saturday morning, Jan. 16, 2021, for Fulton County School employees and their spouses who are 65 and older. (Photo: Ben Gray for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Syringes wait to be filled an event for Fulton County School employees and their spouses who are 65 and older at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Saturday morning, Jan. 16, 2021. Some Atlanta Public Schools employees also were expected to get vaccinated at the stadium on the same day. (Photo: Ben Gray for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

To make sure there were no adverse reactions, participants waited in the Truist Club for 15 minutes after receiving their COVID-19 vaccine during an event Saturday morning, Jan. 16, 2021, for Fulton County School employees and their spouses who are 65 and older at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. (Photo: Ben Gray for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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Alex Lorber, a teacher at Wilson Creek Elementary School, gets her COVID-19 vaccine during an event for Fulton County School employees and their spouses who are 65 and older at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Saturday morning, Jan. 16, 2021. (Photo: Ben Gray for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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