Pharmacy giant CVS was not allowing Ohioans age 65 to 69 to make COVID-19 vaccination appointments despite the state making the age group eligible for shot
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Montgomery: The state has expanded who is eligible to receive immunizations against COVID-19, but health officials caution there’s still not enough vaccine for everyone who qualifies for a shot. As of Monday, everyone 65 and older, educators, grocery store workers, some manufacturing workers, public transit workers, agriculture employees, state legislators and constitutional officers is eligible to get vaccinated. Previously only health care workers, first responders, nursing home residents, and people 75 and older were eligible. “If you are eligible for a vaccine, then we will get you one if want to take it. But it is not going to happen immediately for everyone,” Dr. Scott Harris, the state health officer, told reporters Friday. Harris said an estimated 1.5 million people would be eligible for vaccines, but the state has b
Although the federal government this week said that undocumented immigrants can and should get the COVID-19 vaccine without fear of immigration officials arresting them, some local health advocates say that reassurance may not be enough.
Undocumented immigrants are scared of being found and arrested, detained or deported and their fears are founded, said Rebecca Nelson, community engagement strategic advisor with Columbus Public Health. People do want to get the vaccine but they re weighing that with their fears about what it means to give up their personal information, to get registered, to bring in documentation of who they are, Nelson said. There s a lot of fears, and I will say a lot of those fears come from the last few years of federal administration. People just don t trust certain levels of government right now.