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The Recorder - My Turn: Next pandemic will we treat the homebound better?


My Turn: Next pandemic will we treat the homebound better?
AL NORMAN
Published: 6/9/2021 1:13:10 PM
Massachusetts began administering COVID-19 vaccines on Dec. 15, 2020. One hundred four days later, on March 29, Gov. Charles Baker announced the launch of a new “Homebound Vaccine Program.” By that point in time, the commonwealth had already administered 3,409,635 doses of vaccine to the public. The Homebound Program was clearly not as high a priority as reaching patients in nursing facilities, where COVID fatalities were a daily headline. As a result, homebound elderly and disabled people waited three and a half months to get their turn at a shot. Some of these people had as many as three or four home health aides, visiting nurses, or physical therapists, coming into their homes daily any of these workers were potential COVID​​​​​​​ spreaders. In-home COVID testing was also not widely available. ....

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The Recorder - Nonprofit helps Greenfield man get new ride


Nonprofit helps Greenfield man get new ride
Greenfield resident Jeremy Prevost, 32, recently received a 2008 Saturn Astra from the vehicle donation nonprofit Good News Garage. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Published: 5/26/2021 5:41:48 PM
GREENFIELD A Greenfield man has a new set of wheels thanks to a vehicle donation nonprofit.
Jeremy Prevost received a used 2008 Saturn Astra earlier this month from Good News Garage, a charity that started in Burlington, Vt., in 1996. The vehicle will enable Prevost to more easily commute to his new job at Stop & Shop and to the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he plans to continue his studies of environmental science once campus reopens. ....

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