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The doctor said he knew he looked like an idiot, standing outside his office holding a handmade sign announcing a âCOVID-19 vaccine.â
But ever since Dr. Rosier Dedwylderâs practice in Dahlgren started administering the vaccineâ50 shots every Monday from March 22 onâhe and his staff made sure every dose landed in an arm.
Then last week, someone canceled late in the day, and the staff scrambled to find a replacement. Dedwylder sees patients, not only from King George and neighboring Caroline and Westmoreland counties, but also those over the bridge in southern Maryland.
The notion of one dose going to waste struck the medical team particularly hard, especially with the news coming out of India. People were dying outside hospitals because oxygen wasnât available, and there were horrible photos of multiple victims of the virus being burned on funeral pyres. COVID-19 has claimed more than 3,000 victims there each day for the last week.
CharlottesvilleVirginiaUnited-statesIndiaFredericksburgStafford-countyWhite-oakSpotsylvaniaMarylandSpotsylvania-countyKing-georgeRichmondWhile new COVID-19 cases continue on an even keel statewide to the point the governor will relax some restrictions on social gatherings next month, the same trend is not true locally.
The Rappahannock Area Health District, which includes Fredericksburg and the counties of Caroline, King George, Spotsylvania and Stafford, saw its highest daily case number since Feb. 12 on Wednesday, when 170 people tested positive for the virus. New case counts were between 130 and 170 for three of the past four days. A week earlier, new daily cases ranged from 80 to 106.
The areaâs three hospitals were treating 64 patients with the virus on Friday, more than twice as many as a month ago. And the health districtâs positivity rate, which measures the rate of positive tests among all those taken, continues to be higher than the stateâs average. On Friday, it stood at 9.4 percent locally compared to 5.8 percent statewide.
Stafford-countyVirginiaUnited-statesOklahomaLouisianaTexasFredericksburgOhioSpotsylvaniaRutherglenHoustonKansasKaren Duckett was glad her husband, Timothy, was vaccinated in March because he has pre-existing health conditionsâincluding three bouts with cancerâand has continued his work in auto sales throughout the pandemic.
She thought it would be a different story for herself. Sheâs 56, works from her Stafford County home and âwanted everyone else who needed the vaccine more than I did to be able to go first.â
Duckett had registered through the state health department, then was surprised when a relative mentioned last week that Mary Washington Healthcare has vaccines available. Duckett registered on the MWHC site and, within the hour, scheduled an appointment for the next day.
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