Communities finding success in grassroots vaccination efforts
and last updated 2021-03-10 13:16:45-05
As the COVID-19 vaccination effort across the country continues to be plagued by issues, some small towns are finding success in grassroots inoculation efforts that rely on a proactive approach to getting residents vaccinated.
On any other day, Melissa Nadeu would be answering calls at the 911 dispatch center in Vernon, Connecticut. But these days, she s volunteering her voice and her time to help seniors get vaccinated. I enjoy this so much. Itâs such a different part of the community, Nadeu said.
When this town of 29,000 first start rolling out the COVID-19 vaccine, it quickly became clear the internet wasn t going to cut it for most residents over 75.
Summer tourist destinations rush to get full-time residents vaccinated
and last updated 2021-03-08 14:05:10-05
The peace and the quiet that encompasses Block Island in the middle of the winter are what keeps lifelong resident Sue Millikin on this 7-mile stretch of land off the New England coast.
One of a small handful of cab drivers here, the 63-year-old resident spends her days crisscrossing the island helping people get to where they need to go. Tourists flock to Block Island in the summer months, but during the winter, only about 1,000 full-time residents remain here.
But while this summer safe haven is seemingly cut off from the world, it is not cut off from COVID-19.
âVaccine huntersâ track down doses for those struggling to get appointments
and last updated 2021-03-05 13:12:26-05
Like many couples in this pandemic, Marc and Jessie Stern have spent a lot of time together. Sixty years of marriage can prepare you for quarantine life. Both are now retired and live in the Maryland suburbs of Washington D.C.
For years, Jessie reported on health in D.C., and for close to 30 years, Marc worked in the press office of the National Institutes of Health.
Their jobs brought them close to what most of us can only read about. But when it came to getting the COVID-19 vaccine, they felt very far away.
How the COVID-19 vaccine rollout will be handled by each of Australia s states and territories
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Australia is on the verge of its COVID-19 vaccine rollout, with states and territories preparing their plans.
The first doses of the Pfizer vaccine have arrived, while the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has given the green light to use of the Oxford University-AstraZeneca jab.
Beginning on Monday (February 22), the rollout will be a lengthy process, taking some months and prioritising the most at-risk people. The federal government is coordinating the vaccination of residents and staff of aged care and disability residential care facilities, but everything else will come under state and territory jurisdiction.
Messenger RNA, or mRNA, essentially tricks the body into thinking the COVID-19 virus is already present and ready to invade. It lets the body develop a full defense against infection before any real threat is there.