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6:52 The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a grim toll on the nursing homes of Berkshire County. Facilities managed by Berkshire Healthcare like Hillcrest Commons in Pittsfield and Williamstown Commons in Williamstown have reported scores of resident deaths. But now there is some optimism. Spokesperson Lisa Gaudet says the company has completed two rounds of vaccinations in its nursing homes through a federal program administered by CVS and Walgreens, with a third expected to be finished by early March. She tells WAMC Josh Landes that their numbers exceed national averages, but some staffers remain skeptical of the vaccine. GAUDET: Our rates for the same period as a CDC study that was conducted measuring the number of residents across the nation and staff across the nation that were vaccinated, from mid-December to mid-January, our rates exceed those. We are at 82% of our residents for that same timeframe accepting the vaccine in comparison to the federal or national numbers of 77%. So w

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