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Residents at Midcoast senior living facilities readily accept COVID-19 vaccine, while some staff opt out
Many long-term care facilities reported that all of their residents chose to get vaccinated, but staff are more hesitant.
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Bertie Holmes, left gets her second COVID-19 shot administered by registered nurse Mary Dowe during a vaccine clinic held at The Highlands in Topsham Monday.
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BATH Several senior living facilities in the southern Midcoast reported all their residents have been fully vaccinated or will be in the coming days but many staff members are shying away from the needle.
Steve Schuchert, administrator of Hillhouse Assisted Living in Bath, said all of the facility’s 40 residents had received their second vaccination as of Wednesday, but 30% of his roughly 95 staff members declined the vaccination.
Maine eligibility guidelines for COVID-19 vaccine confuse, frustrate
Contradictions and exceptions within an evolving set of rollout rules trouble vaccine providers and those still waiting for their shots, but some in the field say they appreciate a degree of flexibility.
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Gov. Janet Mills, during a Jan. 13 press briefing, said a person who is 69 and 10 months old who accompanies a 71-year-old coming in to be vaccinated probably could also get a shot for the sake of efficiency. The statement was seen by some as an example of the state’s lack of clear guidance because clinics had been turning away people who had not yet turned 70.
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Why are people hesitant to trust a COVID-19 vaccine?
Vaccines are proven to reduce deaths and help end pandemics, but the historic speed that the coronavirus vaccines have been developed has made some people hesitant to take them.Portland Press Herald via Getty Images
As frustration mounts over slow COVID-19 vaccine rollouts at CVS and Walgreens around the country, Maine has been shifting supplies away from chain pharmacies to independent ones.
This week, the state transferred 975 doses from Walgreens to an independent pharmacy and next week it plans to transfer 500 doses away from CVS, according to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention.