Updated: 5:41 PM EST Feb 17, 2021
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Show Transcript BEN: OUR MARY SALADNA IS LIVE AT FENWAY PARK TO CONTINUE OUR TEAM COVERAGE. MARY BEN AND EMILY, THIS COMES : AS A HUGE RELIEF TO SO MANY PEOPLE WITH COMPROMISED IMMUNE SYSTEMS. IT’LL BE NICE TO BE VACCINATED, YES. WE HAVE WAITED LONG ENOUGH. MEET DIANE, SHE’S BEEN WEARING A MASK AND LARGE GATHERINGS FOR FIVE YEARS, FIGHTING METASTATIC STAGE IV BREAST CANCER AND SHE HAS ASTHMA . COVID HAS MADE IT TOO DANGEROUS TO EVEN LEAVE THE HOUSE. WE PRETTY MUCH LOST A YEAR, YOU KNOW? WE CALL IT THE BIG DAY OUT WHEN WE GO TO HAVE CHEMO. STARTING TOMORROW, PEOPLE LIKE DIANE CAN GET SIGNED UP TO GET VACCINATED AT ANY LOCATION ANYWHERE IN MASSACHUSETTS. THE STATE DEFINES COMORBIDITIES AS ASTHMA, CANCER, CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, COPD, DOWN SYNDROME, HEART CONDITIONS, WEAKENED IMMUNITY FROM SOLID ORGAN TRANSPLANT, OBESITY, SEVERE OBESITY, PREGNANCY, SICKLE CELL DISEASE, SMOKING, AND TYPE 2 DIABETES. THESE