Cyr on COVID vaccine rollout: Speed has won out over equity We re asking for our fair share, Peake says
Bronwen Howells Walsh
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Elders and the most vulnerable people in the community should get first access to the COVID-19 vaccine, a frustrated and bewildered Sen. Julian Cyr (D-Truro) said Thursday. Adults over 80 are most likely to die from COVID-19, Cyr said during a COVID Task Force press conference. If we can get to them first, it will help save lives.
Cyr said he initially went to bat for the Baker/Polito Administration’s vaccine rollout plan because I thought it prioritized the most vulnerable. But he added, speed has won out over equity.
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Baker dashes Cape hopes for mass vaccination site; local officials not giving up
By Cynthia McCormick
Cape Cod Times
As Gov. Charlie Baker Wednesday announced a new mass COVID-19 vaccination site in Dartmouth, Cape officials voiced their disappointment at the lack of a similar site in Barnstable County. Cape Cod is clearly being left behind here in the COVID vaccine rollout, State Sen. Julian Cyr (D-Truro) said during a Thursday morning COVID-19 Task Force briefing. I’m frustrated, I’m disappointed, and I m frankly pretty enraged. We need a mass vaccine distribution site on Cape Cod…or adequate supply.
Bruce Murphy, Yarmouth Health director, echoed the senator s increasingly vocal pleas to the state to prioritize Cape seniors.
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Cyr: We are ready
13,000 over-65 residents attend COVID Task Force phone call Wednesday; Cape has the best infrastructure in the state
Bronwen Howells Walsh
Sen. Julian Cyr (D-Truro) and members of the Cape Cod COVID-19 Task Force on Wednesday reassured 13,000 callers age 65 and up that we are ready to administer vaccines once equipped with proper supply.
Part info session and part pep talk, the state s legislative delegation, Cape Cod Healthcare and Barnstable County officials spent close to 90 minutes detailing plans for county drive-through vaccine clinics running at the Cape Cod Melody Tent in Hyannis and the Barnstable County Fairgrounds in Falmouth.