BY PAUL HUGHES REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN
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HARTFORD While Connecticut just achieved the highest vaccination rate in the nation, Gov. Ned Lamont and state officials continue to worry about COVID-19 complacency stymieing the state’s progress.
Lamont on Monday spotlighted rankings from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showing Connecticut is the first state to fully vaccinate more than 50% of its population over age 18.
The 50.3% rate reported Monday barely topped that threshold, and several others states were close behind New Mexico with 49.9% full vaccinated, South Dakota with 49.8%, and Maine with 49.3%.
“We’re the first state in the country to have over half of adults fully vaccinated. That is an extraordinary achievement that allows the reopening to continue in a prudent way,” Lamont said. “It makes such a big difference.”
03/13/2021
Plenty of sports arenas and stadiums have been repurposed for COVID-19 vaccination clinics, but it’s notable to see a media company’s campus used for that. That’s what happened on ESPN’s North Campus in Bristol, Connecticut Friday, with more than 500 local teachers and childcare workers vaccinated there through a clinic run by the Bristol-Burlington Health District. That clinic will continue to run for the next few weeks, and will inoculate age-eligible ESPN employees and fellow state residents going forward. Here are more details on that from ESPN Front Row:
Marco Palmeri, Director of Health for the BBHD, said: “The nation and much of the world is in the midst of the greatest vaccination effort of our lifetime. Thousands of lives will be saved, and thousands more will be spared the burdens of this terrible disease. From the start, Local Public Health Agencies, like the Bristol-Burlington Health District, are charged with the responsibility to reduce morbidity