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5 years after WHO declared COVID pandemic, front-line health care workers reflect

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Five years ago , the WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic.

Dr. Kimberly Shriner remembers the first COVID patient who came into the hospital in March 2020 .

She said it was "very terrifying" on a personal and professional level.

The U.S. is in a much better situation now, with fewer hospitalizations and deaths, health care workers say.

On Dec. 11, 2020 , the FDA granted Pfizer -BioNTech the first emergency use authorization for a COVID-19 vaccine for those aged 16 and older .

Nurse Sandra Lindsay was the first person in her hospital to receive the vaccine, even though she didn't want to be the first .

Both Sims and Shriner say the outbreak taught health care workers many lessons.