Allyson Baker, of Marstons Mills, got up at 4 a.m. Thursday to make sure she got on the state vaccination registration website at exactly 8 a.m.
She was one of thousands to be disappointed by the website, which crashed the first day vaccine registration opened to people 65 and up and others in the second tier of phase two of the state s COVID-19 vaccine rollout.
Baker, 70, said she was shut down throughout the morning but thought she managed later in the day to snag an appointment at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, only to watch it disappear after she hit the button to confirm her spot.
Yarmouth Health Director Bruce Murphy called Wednesday’s news from the Baker-Polito administration “very disappointing.”
There’s not enough vaccine on the Cape for individuals age 75 and up, who have been eligible since Feb. 1 to be immunized against COVID-19, he said.
“It’s akin to having people waiting in line to see The Who, and five busloads of people show up to jump the line,” said state Rep. Timothy Whelan, R-Brewster.
Whelan was one of more than 90 elected and appointed Cape officials who signed a letter to Baker asking for 55,000 more doses of vaccine to immunize all Cape Codders ages 75 and older.
Cape Cod leaders frustrated with shift of doses from local to large-scale COVID vaccine sites
Updated Feb 18, 2021;
Posted Feb 18, 2021
In Falmouth, a sign in the Walgreens window on Friday told customers that the COVID-19 vaccine was not yet available at that location.
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By Chris Lisinski | State House News Service
On the day that more than 1 million Massachusetts residents gained eligibility for COVID-19 vaccines, lawmakers and local officials from Cape Cod slammed Gov. Charlie Baker’s decision to shift the administration of doses away from many municipalities.
Speakers on a Cape Cod COVID-19 Response Task Force call launched a new volley of criticism at Baker’s vaccine management, arguing that the region will struggle to balance the needs of adults 75 and older who have not yet received doses with the many people adults 65 and older, those with two or more medical issues creating a greater COVID risk, and residents of low-income and affordable senior ho
Roslyn Sliwa almost lost her life in 2014 to lung cancer. The former Sandwich resident s hair began to fall out, her joints ached and she felt exhausted.
In October of that year, she was diagnosed with small cell lung cancer and underwent months of chemotherapy and treatment, including the removal of one of her lungs. She was out of work for two years while she recovered.
Radon is the country’s second-leading cause of lung cancer
Sliwa, a nonsmoker, said she was surprised by the diagnosis. But she learned that the cancer was brought on by exposure to high levels of radon during her time renting an in-law apartment in Forestdale.