AP, University of Maryland
In this image for the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at the University of Maryland s Philip Merrill College of Journalism, a Lindy s worker carries crabs and corn onto a loading dock April 21, 2021, in the company s Woolford, Md., location. The company on Chesapeake Bay hires local and migrant workers to process live crabs, crab meat and oysters.
Despite the pandemic, more than 12,000 workers received U.S. approval in the last fiscal year to leave their homes in Mexico for jobs in American seafood processing plants. Yet the federal government did not establish COVID-safety rules for their bus travel or require virus testing.
COVID-19 protections not offered to migrant seafood workers
By VANESSA SÁNCHEZ PULLA, TRISHA AHMED, BRITTANY NICOLE GADDY, LUCIANA PEREZ URIBE GUINASSI, CARMEN MOLINA ACOSTA, SOPHIA SORENSEN AND AADIT TAMBE/The Howard Center for Investigative Journalism May 12, 2021 GMT
FISHING CREEK, Md. (AP) For thousands of miles and over two days in April, 59 workers from Mexico traveled together on a bus despite the pandemic to their legal, seasonal jobs as crabmeat pickers and seafood processors in Maryland’s rural islands.
Lindy’s Seafood Inc., the wholesale crab and oyster company in Maryland that hired the workers, paid for their cross-country trip. The company put them to work the day after they arrived without quarantining or waiting for COVID-19 test results. Those safeguards are not required under state or federal law.
47abc
May 5, 2021
HURLOCK, Md. – The Town of Hurlock is offering free Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines for then next several days.
Through May 9th, anyone interested can receive the vaccine from 12 p.m. until 8 p.m. at 102 School Street in Hurlock. Pre-registration is recommended. Officials are asking individuals to bring their insurance card and wear a short-sleeved shirt, if possible.
The Johnson & Johnson vaccine is a one-dose shot.
For more information, you can call the Dorchester County Health Department at 410-228-3223.
Dr. Anna Maria Izquierdo-Porrera, a Silver Spring-based geriatric internist
Dr. Casey Scott, a Cambridge-based family medicine specialist and deputy health officer for the Dorchester County Health Department
“Research shows that people feel more comfortable getting a vaccine when they hear about the experience directly from someone they know and trust,” Hogan said in a statement. “Maryland’s doctors play a critical role in our statewide vaccination campaign due to their existing relationships with patients. We are grateful for their efforts to help get shots into the arms of every single Marylander who wants one.”
Health Secretary Dennis Schrader echoed similar sentiments to that of the governor.
After slow start in Maryland, local health officials say COVID-19 vaccinations are picking up speed
January 11, 2021
MARYLAND – Maryland was slow to distribute the COVID-19 vaccine when it was first made available. But as the weeks go on, local health officials say that process is starting to look more like a well-oiled machine. “There was some hesitancy expressed prior to this vaccine coming out. We weren’t sure if everyone was going to be ready for it, honestly. But it’s been great. Everyone is interested,” said Worcester County Health Department Public Affairs Officer Travis Brown.
Brown says as of Monday, 559 people in the county have been vaccinated. “It’s a unique animal getting all these different vaccine clinics set up. Luckily, here in Worcester I wouldn’t say we’ve faced any unique challenges,” said Brown.