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Dearborn Schools trustees will reevaluate the district s reopening plan during its Saturday retreat. (Shutterstock)
DEARBORN, MI Dearborn Schools trustees will reevaluate the district s reopening plan during its Saturday retreat.
District officials said recently that they will discuss and possibly vote on a revised plan outlining the steps needed to bring students back to some form of face-to-face learning. We know face-to-face learning is the best model for most students, and we want to return our students to the classrooms, Dearborn Public Schools Superintendent Glenn Maleyko said. However, Dearborn continues to have some of the highest COVID rates in the county. We have to balance the need to get students back in schools with protecting the health and safety of our students and staff.
Moving into Phase 1B of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, health commissioners and vaccine providers caution not everyone will be vaccinated as soon as they become eligible due to a lack of vaccine shipments. We re committed to everyone being vaccinated, but it would be irresponsible to promise that today or in the near future, said Nick Cascarelli, Wayne County health commissioner. I feel for a lot of this community. . It s a supply and demand issue and the demand far exceeds the supply.
Phase 1B addresses the most vulnerable populations, starting with people ages 80 and older the week of Jan. 18; ages 75 and older and those with severe congenital, developmental or early-onset medical disorders the week of Jan. 25; ages 70 and older the week of Feb. 1; and those ages 65 and older the week of Feb. 8.
Yet most other states managed to roll out the vaccine more quickly than North Carolina, which has so far administered only about one-third of its allotment. That speed matters, as federal officials have said future distributions may be based on how quickly states are putting shots into arms.
But exactly why North Carolina has fallen behind is complicated.
A survey of dozens of county health departments across the state by the N.C. Watchdog Reporting Network shows a range of problems that have hampered their ability to vaccinate people in the first phase of the rollout namely front-line health workers and the elderly. Problems include:
The N.C. Watchdog Reporting Network surveyed local health departments across the state to find out why North Carolina has ranked near the bottom of states in administering the COVID-19 vaccine. We found a lack of manpower, technical problems and logistical hurdles.
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