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Being fully vaccinated against COVID-19 is a way to protect her health, said Lopes, a Harwich resident.
“I got it because I have a lot of underlying conditions and work in a nursing home. I don’t want to get sick.” 
Lopes, who works at South Dennis Healthcare, formerly known as Eagle Pond, knows that not all employees feel the same as she does about the vaccine.
“They’re afraid because they’re feeling like it might have long-term effects,” she said.
Although nursing home employees were in the first phase of COVID-19 vaccination for most states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently estimated that just about 40% of nursing home employees opted to get the vaccine. ....

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