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9:35 am, May 10, 2021
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Clint Turnage, wildlife biologist with USDA wildlife services, loads syringes with the Jansen (Johnson and Johnson) COVID-19 vaccine at a FEMA run mobile COVID-19 Vaccination clinic at Biddeford High School in Bidderford, Maine on April 26, 2021. Joseph Prezioso / AFP via Getty Images / TNS
Public health workers generally agree that reaching people who haven't gone out of their way to get a COVID-19 vaccine, but who would get one if it was convenient to them, is likely the surest way out of the pandemic. The Herald's Hannah Shirley reports that to do this, they have reiterated the same message as frequently as possible: the vaccines are safe and effective, and once fully vaccinated, you may begin to safely return to some normal activities. As local public health workers' focus has shifted to reaching this population, much of their work has included debunking misinformation regarding the safety of the vaccines.