The year of living distantly
Maine weathered the pandemic better than most states, but it will leave a lasting impact on us.
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For weeks the threat had been approaching, a violent storm looming on the horizon, one that had led Chinese authorities to seal off a swath of their country and overwhelmed northern Italy’s hospitals and morgues and forced the army to deploy to process the dead. In Boston, store shelves were being picked clean of cleaning supplies, frozen foods, bottled water and even masks, despite public health experts advising – wrongly – that people who weren’t sick needn’t wear them.
The year of living distantly
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Contradictions and exceptions within an evolving set of rollout rules trouble vaccine providers and those still waiting for their shots, but some in the field say they appreciate a degree of flexibility.
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Gov. Janet Mills, during a Jan. 13 press briefing, said a person who is 69 and 10 months old who accompanies a 71-year-old coming in to be vaccinated probably could also get a shot for the sake of efficiency. The statement was seen by some as an example of the state’s lack of clear guidance because clinics had been turning away people who had not yet turned 70.