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Barnstable County Government: Barnstable County's Vaira Harik Is Named Commonwealth Heroine By Massachusetts Commission On The Status Of ... - Falmouth, MA - Throughout the pandemic, Ms. Harik has served as Barnstable County's epidemiologist, providing daily regional COVID-19 statistics and ex ...
The Barnstable Patriot BARNSTABLE — The Barnstable County Board of Regional Commissioners, in partnership with Tales of Cape Cod, has named Wendy Northcross of West Barnstable as the 2021 Mercy Otis Warren Cape Cod Woman of the Year for making a significant positive impact in our region. Northcross, the longtime CEO of the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce and a local business and community activist, received three nominations from Peter Scarafile, Dorothy Savarese, and Elaine Bono. In his nomination letter, Peter Scarafile stated, "With her strong work ethic and endless hours as a voluntee...
The Cape, ironically, also has the most people vaccinated in the state because of its older population. Dr. William Hanage, an associate professor of epidemiology at Harvard, says this doesn’t mean people can let their guard down. “Unfortunately people think that just having a lot of people vaccinated or being leaders in vaccination means you cannot have outbreaks, that’s not true," he said. "Not true until you get to a lot of people being vaccinated. When I say a lot of people, I mean roughly 80-percent.” Residents hope this is the last spike. “I don’t think it should be a deterr...
Cape Cod is known for summer vacations, beaches, seafood, and ice cream — and now there’s springtime COVID concerns after a spike in the more...
The federal government needs to do a better job letting states know how much vaccine they can expect to receive, Gov. Charlie Baker said Friday.