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Martha’s Vineyard Hospital will not receive an expected shipment of 2,100 vaccines for next week due to a supply chain issue, hospital officials said during an impromptu news briefing Saturday morning. The hospital has been in constant communication with the state and has been told to expect a supply of vaccine this week. How many […]
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Vaccine booking to take place on Saturdays at 8 amÂ
Hospital hopes to vaccinate 65+ and people with two chronic health conditions in the next couple of weeks.
Because of a supply issue, the hospital is unable to offer any vaccine appointments for next week. -Jeremy Driesen
Marthaâs Vineyard Hospitalâs plan going forward is to open appointment booking on Saturdays at 8 am on its website, mvhospital.org.
The hospital chose Saturday morning because it is told on Friday how many vaccines it can expect from the state. The next round of sign-ups will be on Saturday, Feb. 27. The hospital booked 1,235 vaccine appointments in its first round of sign-ups for those 65 and older, and those with two or more chronic health conditions.
Eligible individuals will be able to sign up for the next round of COVID-19 vaccine appointments for the week of March 1 to March 5 on Saturday, Feb. 27, at 8 am, according to the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital’s website. In less than an hour last Saturday, Martha’s Vineyard individuals aged 65 and older and those […]
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To the Editor:
We are now all contestants in the Hunger Games. To refresh your memory, this was the series of books about sadistic rulers who required their citizens to participate in a contest in an arena, where the last person alive won. Our arena is trying to get the COVID vaccine. The people that developed the current system have to be sadists. You have to be continually glued to your computer hoping to find an opening, and when you occasionally find one you madly fill out several pages of forms only to find at the end that the appointment is gone. Gotcha.