Approximately 74,000 new appointments are going online at mass vaccination sites and pharmacies across Massachusetts this week. More than 53,000 appointments.
Effective Thursday at mass vaccination sites, anyone accompanying a person age 75 or older to get the vaccine may schedule their own appointment to be.
Updated on February 10, 2021 at 11:16 am
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Massachusetts earned a failing grade for its coronavirus vaccine rollout, labeled one of the worst in the nation in a new Harvard report.
Written by Graham Allison and Hugo Yen of the Harvard Kenney School, Massachusetts received an “F” in three out of four categories deaths per capita, vaccinations per capita and vaccinations as percentage of doses available. The Bay State also earned a D in months taken to finish vaccinating eligible people.
Massachusetts can still turn things around if officials speed up the process, according to one of the co-authors.
Effective Thursday at mass vaccination sites, anyone accompanying a person age 75 or older to get the vaccine may schedule their own appointment to be.