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When asked why public school employees are receiving COVID-19 vaccines and nonpublic school employees are not, Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich said it was up to Gov. Larry Hogan to prioritize which groups are eligible to get the injection, not the county.
During an interview on WAMU’s Kojo Nnamidi Show Jan. 29, Elrich said, “How the Governor decides to prioritize private schools, you know, we don’t make a decision to who we are going to vaccinate or not.”
Maryland educators are eligible under the state’s current Phase 1C, but Montgomery County still is concentrating on its elderly population first before moving onto future phases, because there aren’t enough dosages to cover everyone who is in the first phase, Elrich said on the show.
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George Washington University student Sarah Boxer is one of the lucky Washingtonians who successfully booked a COVID-19 vaccination appointment. The 20-year-old did not skirt the priority scheme and reserve a coveted dose for herself, but booked an appointment for a 60-something-year-old man living in a neighboring state. She doesn’t know much about him. They’d spoken only briefly by phone after being matched through a school project intended to help seniors get vaccinated. All she really knew is he lives in Bethesda and signed up for every vaccine alert he knew of.
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Library Options: The Long Branch Library will reopen for Holds-to-Go appointments and phone services today. Place items on hold online or by phone, and then make an appointment to pick them up in the library vestibule or at an outside table. Click here for more details.
The Long Branch Library will reopen for Holds-to-Go appointments and phone services on Monday, January 25th. The Holds-to-Go appointment system will be accessible to customers at that time. Visit https://t.co/88DLtstUVs for all of the details! pic.twitter.com/gz1MQi26PG
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COVID-19 Testing: Free COVID-19 testing is available throughout the county at seven testing sites today. The schedule of clinics can be found here.