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Dr. Patricia Doyle’s patients come from a wide swath of western Maine, north of Sugarloaf and west of Moosehead Lake, that stretches to the Canadian border.
Except for some of the oldest and most vulnerable, most didn’t rush out to get the COVID-19 vaccine when they became eligible, she said.
Dr. Patricia Doyle
But because her practice, the Jackman Community Health Center, is relatively small, she and others have been doing regular outreach – personal calls where they can connect with individuals away from the noise of cable TV or Facebook, to answer questions and allay fears.
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You would think that federal safety regulators would have broad powers to order the recall of products they find dangerous or even deadly.
You would be wrong.
Agencies such as the Consumer Product Safety Commission and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration typically can only request not demand that companies order a recall when problems arise. If the company says no, the safety watchdogs have to file lawsuits to force a recall, a step they are loath to take, according to experts.
“You do see a lot of companies recognize that it is in their interest to do a recall. But there are a lot of times companies don’t do a recall, and you have a fight that largely takes place outside the public eye,” said William Wallace, manager of safety policy for Consumer Reports.