Vaccinations among seniors are slowing
By Mackenzi Klemann - mklemann@limanews.com
Pharm D Canidate Nicole Caser gets instruction from Professor of Pharmacy Practive Karen Kier to do a vaccine on Carol Carpenter of Cincinatti before her vaccine during the clinic held earlier this year at Ohio Northern University in Ada. Vaccinations among seniors are slowing and health officials worry that senior citizens are getting crowded out?
LIMA Sixty-three percent of Allen County adults over 80 years-old have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccines since Ohio’s vaccination effort started in December. But the pace of vaccinations among the oldest seniors has slowed in recent weeks, suggesting that many seniors are either wary of the vaccines or have been crowded out by a registration system that exists largely online and is difficult to navigate for those with unreliable internet access or transportation.
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To reach under-served communities, vaccination clinics hit the road
By Mackenzi Klemann - mklemann@limanews.com
Student Nicole Caser (right) speaks with Carol Carpenter, of Cincinnati, before her vaccine during the clinic held at Ohio Northern University in Ada.
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Student Alayna Janok gives a vaccine to Dick Carpenter, of Cincinnati, during the clinic held at Ohio Northern University in Ada.
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Student Nicole Caser gets instruction from Professor of Pharmacy Practice Karen Kier to give a shot to Carol Carpenter, of Cincinnati, at ONU.
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ADA Mobile health clinics, which for years have been traveling to deliver medical care in places where there are few pharmacies and public transportation is scarce, may offer one solution to the vaccine equity and accessibility problem that has developed in the early stages of Ohio’s vaccination effort.
The Davison family
By Greg Hoersten - For The Lima News
John Hay Davison, photographed in an unknown year. Davison would gain prominence as a Lima lawyer and judge, and, like his father, enjoyed a long connection with the Allen County Historical Society.
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John Hay Davison, photographed in 1926, as an OSU law graduate.
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John Hay Davison began his law career in practice with the local firm of Parmenter and Reid. He would serve as an assistant county prosecutor and common pleas court judge.
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