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, the state’s largest integrated health system. “The incidence of serious illness and death increases with age, and prioritizing in this way is a straightforward and sound way to allocate vaccine to those most at risk.”
“Northern Light Health welcomes this adjustment to Maine’s COVID-19 vaccination plan,”
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James Jarvis, MD, physician leader for Incident Command, Northern Light Health, and director, Clinical Education, Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center. “Not only does this approach serve to vaccinate our largest vulnerable population, it also ensures that our state will remain leaders in efficient use of the vaccine. This approach provides vaccine facilities with clear guidance on who is to be vaccinated at each stage. It also removes unnecessarily complex barriers to vaccination, such as determination and verification of eligibility in categories other than age. In the end, with a limited supply of vaccine, efficiency and ease of operatio
Gov. Mills’ plan to switch vaccinations to age-based eligibility gets mixed reaction
Organizations representing retailers, restaurants and lodging businesses support a clear vaccine plan but are disappointed that many of their younger workers will still have to wait.
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Kenneth Moulton of York receives a vaccination at the clinic at St. Christopher s Church in York on Wednesday. Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Staff Photographer
Maine’s updated plan to vaccinate residents against COVID-19 based entirely on age drew mixed reactions from industries that had been holding out hope their workers might soon move to the front of line.
Within the state’s hospitality industry, there’s little doubt that a majority of the workers will have to wait till late spring or early summer under the state’s new age-based plan in which those in their 60s will be eligible next week, followed by those 50 and over in April, 40 and over in May, and 30 and over in June. People younger than 30 will
Town board in Maine contends mask mandates violate the ADA
February 24, 2021 GMT
PARIS, Maine (AP) The leaders of a town in western Maine say the governor’s executive order requiring people to wear masks during the pandemic violates the Americans With Disabilities Act.
Paris Select Board members, all of whom were wearing masks, unanimously passed the resolution Monday night, the Sun Journal reported. It calls for nullification of the governor’s mask mandate.
The board is the latest political entity to attack mask mandates in Maine.
Some of the critics have said masks cause problems for people with breathing difficulties or people who are claustrophobic.