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Maine doctors answer common COVID-19 vaccine questions Share Updated: 5:12 PM EDT May 14, 2021 Share Updated: 5:12 PM EDT May 14, 2021
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Show Transcript NEWS 8 S MARY CATE MANNION A COMMON QUESTION AND CONCERN HE HEARS OFTEN HERE IN MAINE. 18:14:10 MC ON CAM SO FAR MORE THAN 1.2 MILLION DOSES OF COVID19 VACCINES HAVE BEEN GIVEN OUT HERE IN THE STATE OF MAINE. BUT SOME STILL HAVE QUESTIONS. WE ASKED FOR YOURS, AND YOU SENT THEM IN TO OUR GET THE FACTS ON THE VAX. WE ARE HERE IN BANGOR WHERE WE BROUGHT THOSE QUESTIONS TO DR. JAMES JARVIS WITH NORTHERN LIGHT HEALTH. 18:07:38 DR. JAMES JARVIS NORTHERN LIGHT HEALTH THE ONLY WAY WE ARE GOING TO GET AROUND HESITANCY IS TO TALK ABOUT PEOPLE S CONCERNS. DR. JAMES JARVIS HAS OVERSEEN THE COVID-19 VACCINATION EFFORTS FOR NORTHERN LIGHT HEALTH, AND FIELDS QUESTIONS ON THE 3 COVID-19 VACCINES AVAILABLE HERE IN MAINE. SUZANNE SUBMITTED TO NEWS 8, WHAT HAPPENS IF I WAIT A WEEK LATE TO GET MY SECOND
One year with COVID: Maineâs hospitals at center of stateâs COVID-19 vaccination efforts Share Updated: 11:08 AM EST Mar 10, 2021 Share Updated: 11:08 AM EST Mar 10, 2021
TRACKING THE COVID-19 VACCINE Share Updated: 11:08 AM EST Mar 10, 2021 Since Maine began vaccinating residents in mid-December, the stateâs hospital groups have been at the center of the vaccination efforts.Itâs been a big shift after months of focusing on caring for patients infected with the virus.âIn the beginning, we were just talking about people that get admitted to hospitals, and it wasn t much that we could do for them and we just slowly watched people die,â said Dr. James Jarvis of Northern Light Health.Jarvis said the vaccines have been a turning point for front-line workers.On Dec. 15, the first health care workers began to receive the vaccine, including Maine Medical Center ICU nurse Danielle Poulin.âItâs exciting. It s the b