Some Maine health care providers report difficulty getting COVID-19 vaccine
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Updated: 5:16 PM EST Feb 10, 2021
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Updated: 5:16 PM EST Feb 10, 2021
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ARE STILL TRYING TO GET VACCINATED THEMSELVES... WMTW NEWS 8'S ALICE KEEFE REPORTS LAST MONTH, PATIENT-FACING HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS WHO áDON'T WORK IN HOPSITALS... LIKE DENTSITS, CHIROPRACTORS, OPTOMETRISTS... GOT THE GO-AHEAD TO GET VACCINATED. 1:46-1:55 I REALIZED THAT I WAS PROBABLY GOING TO BE AT THE END OF GROUP 1A. I'M NOT TAKING CARE OF COVID PATIENTS BUT I AM TAKING CARE OF PATIENTS AS A CHIROPRACTOR IN CLOSE PROXIMITY CAYER DR. KENNETH CAYER OWNS GREATER PORTLAND CHIROPRACTIC... WHILE MANY OF HIS PEERS WERE ABLE TO GET VACCINATED AFTER JANUARY 13TH... BY THE THIRD WEEK OF JANUARY... HE áSTILL HADN'T HEARD ANYTHING. 3:32-3:40 AND THEN I SAW ON THE NEWS THAT OH WELL WE'RE MOVING ONTO GROUP 1B AND THAT'S WHEN I STARTED TO GET A LITTLE FREAKED OUT ITS LIKE I'M NOT EVEN SCHEDULED LET ALONE DONE SO WHY ARE THEY SAYING THIS CAYER DR. BRAD RAND... A DENTIST AND PAST PRESIDENT OF THE MAINE DENTAL ASSOCIATION... SAYS THE QUICK SWITCH FROM GROUP 1A TO GROUP 1B LEFT SOME PROVIDERS COMPETING WITH SENIORS FOR VACCINATION APPOINTMENTS. 5:08-5:19 90 PERCENT OF MAINE DENTISTS HAVE REPORTED RECEIVING THEIR FIRST DOSE OF THAT REMAINING 10 PERCENT MOST OF THOSE ARE NOT BECAUSE THEY HAVE ELECTED NOT TO RECEIVE IT ITS BECAUSE THEY SIMPLY CAN'T FIND IT RAND WHICH IS THE SITUATION DR. CAYER FOUND HIMSELF IN... SO HE CALLED, WROTE LETTERS, AND WROTE EMAILS... TRYING TO GET HIM AND HIS TEAM VACCINATED... ON JANUARY 29TH... DR. CAYER GOT HIS FIRST DOSE OF THE VACCINE... BUT TWO OF HIS EMPLOYEES... STILL HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET THEIRS. 18:28-18:37 THEY'RE YOUNGER. THEY'RE HEALTHY, BUT THEY'RE ALSO GROUP 1A BECAUSE THEY'RE IN DIRECT CONTACT AS THERAPISTS THEY'RE BASICALLY ON ONE-ON- ONE WITH THESE PATIENTS. CAYER SOME OF DR. CAYERS PEERS HAVE HAD AN EASIER GO OF IT... THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE MAINE CHIROPRACTIC ASSOCIATION SAID MOST OF THE DOCTORS WHO ARE A PART OF THE ORGANIZATION.... WHICH DR. CAYER IS NOT A PART OF...áHAVE BEEN VACCINATED. THE CONCERN IS THAT UNTIL áALL HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS ARE VACCINATED... SOME PEOPLE WILL PUT OFF GETTING CARE THEY NEED. 7:02-7:12//7:19-7:21 WE STILL DO HAVE SOME