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Maine nursing homes say some employees and residents reluctant to get vaccinated


Maine nursing homes say some employees and residents reluctant to get vaccinated
Without widespread inoculation against COVID-19, most nursing homes will have to remain closed to visitors for months to come.
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Maine’s effort to vaccinate thousands of nursing home residents and employees against COVID-19 could take months and likely won’t lead to reopening long-term care facilities anytime soon, in part because some people in those groups have indicated they aren’t willing to be inoculated.
About 6,200 nursing home residents and the estimated 9,200 workers who care for them are expected to be offered the vaccine by visiting clinicians from pharmacies starting as soon as next week. Federal and state health officials have identified residents of long-term care facilities and front-line health care workers as the first groups to be vaccinated because both have been hit hard by the pandemic. ....

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