The boy, who was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, was riding the Super Star at Palace Playland. State safety inspectors checked the ride and say it passed inspection.
Pause in J&J shots raises concerns about vaccine hesitancy in Maine
Worry mounts that a clotting problem with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine will increase reluctance, but some remain eager and glad to be inoculated.
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Brian Cirone of Windham had an appointment to get the Johnson & Johnson vaccine Tuesday morning but got a call about 45 minutes before his scheduled time telling him it was canceled. Cirone now has an appointment Monday to get the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine, but says he’d take the J&J shot if the federal government allowed it.
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The pause in Johnson & Johnson vaccinations in Maine on Tuesday caused many providers and patients to review and in some cases adjust their efforts to inoculate against COVID-19.
York County first responders receive first round of Moderna coronavirus vaccine Share Updated: 1:32 PM EST Dec 23, 2020
York County first responders receive first round of Moderna coronavirus vaccine Share Updated: 1:32 PM EST Dec 23, 2020
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Show Transcript AND RUN YOUR GENERATOR OUTSIDE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS OR DOORS.. NEW AT NOON DOZENS OF FIRST RESPONDERS, RECEIVING THE FIRST DOSE OF THE MODERNA VACCINE IN OLD ORCHARD BEACH THIS MORNING. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED 100 DOSES OF THE VACCINE.. TO DISTRIBUTE TO THEIR TEAM AND FIRST RESPONDERS IN NEIGHBORING TOWNS. SHOTS WERE ADMINISTERED AT THE OOB FIRE STATION. THE CHIEF SAYS THE GOAL IS TO PROVIDE THE VACCINE TO MORE THAN 500 POLICE, FIREFIGHTERS AND EMTS IN YORK COUNTY.. WHO WORK IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH COVID-19 PATIENTS EVERY DAY. CHIEF FRED LAMONTAGNE / OOB FIRE DEPARTMENT 4:52 BY VACCINATING OUR FIRST RESPONDERS PERSONNEL IT TAKES THAT EXTRA CH