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For weeks now, Mary McDarby has lived in vaccine limbo.
Her husband qualified for the coronavirus vaccine more than two months ago. Because he has later-stage emphysema, though, his lungs cannot tolerate cold air. Even the short distance between the parking lot and the door of a vaccine clinic could pose a threat.
The other option, bringing the vaccine to him, also has proved impossible. For McDarby, the silence from officials has left her feeling abandoned.
âI thought, thereâs gotta be a lot of disabled people in our situation,â she said. âBut, I canât find any information about it.â
Type 2 diabetes mellitus
Massachusetts list of conditions that qualify for vaccination in phase 2 is a complete replica of the CDC s above, except it opted to also include asthma (moderate-to-severe).
Now, as Massachusetts makes vaccines available for residents with two or more COVID risk conditions, many residents are trying to figure out if they qualify.
Take Suzy Dolan, a Cambridge resident diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. Dolan says the advice from her doctors has been clear since the beginning of the pandemic.
“ ‘If you get COVID, you will get really sick,’ is basically what they said,” she explains.
Dolan also has a second high-risk condition: asthma. At an appointment last week, she asked doctors who help manage her diabetes if she should be vaccinated. They talked about a state form that patients with at least two qualifying conditions will sign, a written way to swear that they are eligible.
Published February 15. 2021 11:18PM | Updated February 15. 2021 11:24PM
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) Coronavirus developments across New England:
MASSACHUSETTS
Elderly Massachusetts residents who can’t leave their homes are struggling to get vaccinated, and disability advocates say the state isn’t doing enough to address the problem.
“We have been told that the state is planning to work with home health agencies to administer vaccinations to people who are stuck in their homes,” Colin Killick, executive director of Disability Policy Consortium, told The Boston Globe. “What we’ve heard (from the state) is short on details, and it’s alarming at this point.”
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) Coronavirus developments across New England: MASSACHUSETTS Elderly Massachusetts residents who can’t leave their homes are struggling to get vaccinated, and disability advocates say the state isn’t doing enough to address the problem. “We have been told that the state is planning to work with home health agencies to administer vaccinations to people who are stuck in their homes,” Colin Killick, executive director of.