NEW BEDFORD Greater New Bedford Community Health Center released Moderna vaccines ahead of the prepared timeline to local fire and police after health care employees refused to receive their vaccine.
According to CEO Cheryl Bartlett, when staff at the GNBCHC declined to vaccinate and the center had unused doses available, the center began to reach out to New Bedford first responder and public safety workforce for vaccination following the priorities established by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Massachusetts Departments of Public Health. We wanted to make sure every dose we had went into someone s arm and was not wasted, Bartlett wrote in a statement.