We Already Know How to Protect Ourselves From Variants, Says Cape Cod Doctor
With the rise of the new COVID-19 variants, doctors say that safety protocols like wearing masks, social distancing, and washing hands are even more important even for the vaccinated.
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In It Together April 5, 2021
Massachusetts has the highest number of cases of a COVID-19 variant originating from Brazil than any other state in the country.
And the majority of those cases are in Barnstable County.
Dr. Kevin Mulroy is the senior vice president and chief quality officer at Cape Cod Healthcare. He says the so-called Brazilian variant is more transmissible than the strain that originally made its way to the state last year. This means that safety protocols like wearing masks, social distancing, and washing hands are even more important even for the vaccinated.
How Does A State Prepare To Vaccinate Its Entire Population? It s Not Easy
A man speaks with a nurse before receiving the COVID-19 vaccine at Gillette Stadium on January 15, 2021 in Foxborough, Massachusetts. First responders and healthcare workers will be first to recieve the vaccinations at the stadium, starting with around 300 people per day, but advancing to thousands per day soon after.
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Challenges Ahead For Mass Vaccination
Massachusetts is sorting through the challenges of mass vaccination as it prepares to roll out a program to millions of people in Massachusettsâ general public.
The state is still in Phase 1 of its 3-phase rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine, offering shots to health care professionals, residents and staff in congregate care settings, and first responders. Phase 2 is expected to begin next month and will include seniors and people with two risk factors, called comorbidities. The general public is expected to start getting vaccin
A Massachusetts-based ambulance company is hiring medical professionals to help administer the COVID-19 vaccine at sites across the state.Cataldo Ambulance Service, located in Malden, received 450 applications in a four-day period from nurses, doctors, pharmacists, paramedics and emergency medical technicians who want to help put an end to the coronavirus pandemic. It was a surprise to us when we put out the call to come help vaccinate, said Dan Hoffenberg, Cataldo s vice president. Our message was: Let s stick it to COVID! Basically, this is our chance to fight back. We ve been missing out on life so much; people are just ready to fight back. Hoffenberg says Cataldo and other ambulance services were a natural fit for administering vaccines because they have been helping with the COVID-19 testing process.First responders, including Cataldo employees, will begin receiving their vaccines on Monday.Hoffenberg says the company plans to start up its vaccination efforts over the n