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AARP Rhode Island on Friday called on its 132,000 members and all Rhode Islanders to join in demanding that Governor Gina Raimondo and state leaders to immediately revise the state’s vaccination plan to prioritizes and protects the lives of the state older residents.
“Rhode Islanders 50 and older account for nearly 98% of the state’s more than 2,000 COVID total deaths,” said AARP Rhode Island State Director Kathleen Connell. “The Governor and State Leaders must revise the vaccination plan so that it focuses on the most vulnerable among us.”
Presently, those 75+ or 65+ are not prioritized. Massachusetts has prioritized both age groups in its Phase 2 of its vaccination which begins on February 1.