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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A Falmouth couple who died this week in a traffic accident on the Maine Turnpike were remembered Wednesday for their kindness, optimism and good work.
Press Herald copy editor Betsy Gattis was employed at the paper for 30 years. She retired in 2018.
Carl D. Walsh/Staff Photographer:
Geoffrey Gattis and his wife, Elizabeth “Betsy” Gattis, both 68, died Tuesday afternoon as they drove home from a visit with their grandson in Massachusetts. Their car was stopped in traffic and rear-ended by a tractor-trailer near the Kittery-York line.
Geoff Gattis retired in 2018 as executive vice president of Bath Savings Institution, where he had worked since 1992.