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Springfield slates ‘town hall’ to explain COVID vaccines, debunk myths
Updated Mar 12, 2021;
Posted Mar 12, 2021
Springfield The city has a COVID-19 Town Hall to spread information about the vaccination program. Here, in file photo, Pat Conz and her brother Robert Kelly are among those being vaccinated at the Eastfield Mall. (Hoang Leon Nguyen / The Republican)
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SPRINGFIELD A community task force has scheduled a “town hall” virtual meeting on Tuesday to provide detailed information about coronavirus vaccines and to dispel myths about it.
City officials will join with the Springfield Vax Force Committee to host the meeting from 6-8 p.m., with information provided by the 17-member committee.
Springfield committee will promote coronavirus vaccination
Updated Dec 28, 2020;
Posted Dec 28, 2020
Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno, seen in file photo, has announced the creation of a 15-member committee to promote vaccinations for the coronavirus
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SPRINGFIELD City officials have created a committee with the mission of promoting to the community vaccination against the coronavirus and combatting misinformation about vaccines.
The 15-member “Vax Force Committee” was announced late Monday afternoon by Mayor Domenic J. Sarno and Health and Human Services Commissioner Helen R. Caulton-Harris.
The committee will provide “credible COVID-19 resources to the citizens of Springfield using science, data, and information to guide the decision-making and explain the vaccination process in layman’s terms,” the announcement stated.