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BOSTON — Should residents in some of the Bay State’s hardest hit cities and towns be vaccinated first?
Some experts believe communities that have been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic should be moved to the front of the line.
Massachusetts has pledged to set aside 20 percent of its vaccine supply for vulnerable cities and towns with high infection rates.
The timeline on when that will be happening and exactly which communities will be getting extra doses remains unclear.
“Strategies that target areas where the virus has hit really hard will protect everyone in a fairly effective way,” said Jessica Leibler, an environmental epidemiologist with Boston University.
Leibler said targeting communities at high risk would come in the second phase of the vaccine.
She points out that it could cause in could mean other people at risk may not get the vaccine as quickly as they would otherwise. However, she believes the strategy will help protect others who live in lower-risk communities.
“The virus doesn’t limit itself to those specific neighborhoods or cities,” said Leibler. “This could help identify communities where there’s a large percentage of workers who are in these essential jobs who have not been able to socially distance.”
The strategy could potentially apply in certain neighborhoods of Boston and also in communities like Lawrence, Chelsea, Brockton, Revere and Lynn.
.... https://www.boston25news.com/news/health/should-high-risk-massachusetts-communities-receive-vaccine-first/R5FZI7PPWZCBZFHFARRET52GPA/
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LYNN TECH FIELD HOUSE HOSTS VACCINATION SITE FOR LYNN AND NAHANT RESIDENTS 75 AND OLDER
BY ALLYSHA DUNNIGAN| February 8, 2021
LYNN — Public Health Director Michele Desmarais hopes that 700 to 1,000 people will be vaccinated every day at the city's new vaccination clinic, which opened last Monday at the Lynn Tech Field House.
Approximately 1,500 vaccines were distributed to residents of Lynn and Nahant at Lynn Tech last week. Many of those were 75 and older, a group that became eligible for the vaccine earlier this month under the second phase of the state's vaccination-rollout plan.
"This is an opportunity to get vaccines out to as many people in the community as we can," said Mayor Thomas M. McGee. "A lot of work has gone into getting this going and everyone has done a great job setting this up.”
The Lynn location will follow state guidelines and offer vaccines to anyone eligible in the current phase. Vaccinations began at Tech a couple of weeks ago, solely for first responders, and will adapt to servicing those included in each group as Gov. Charlie Baker implements new phases.
Tony Barletta, the town administrator of Nahant, is happy to work on the project with the city of Lynn.
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https://www.itemlive.com/2021/02/08/lynn-tech-field-house-hosts-vaccination-site-for-lynn-and-nahant-residents-75-and-older/
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LYNN TECH FIELD HOUSE HOSTS VACCINATION SITE FOR LYNN AND NAHANT RESIDENTS 75 AND OLDER
BY ALLYSHA DUNNIGAN| February 8, 2021
LYNN — Public Health Director Michele Desmarais hopes that 700 to 1,000 people will be vaccinated every day at the city's new vaccination clinic, which opened last Monday at the Lynn Tech Field House.
Approximately 1,500 vaccines were distributed to residents of Lynn and Nahant at Lynn Tech last week. Many of those were 75 and older, a group that became eligible for the vaccine earlier this month under the second phase of the state's vaccination-rollout plan.
LYNN, Mass. — A COVID-19 vaccination site is open in Lynn for those who live or work in the area, the city said. The clinic opened at the Lynn Tech Field House at 80 Neptune St., for those who live or work in Lynn and Nahant or are patients of Lynn Community Health Center and are eligible based on the state’s vaccination plan. The city is also holding on-site vaccinations at low-income, affordable senior housing buildings within Lynn. ...
https://www.wcvb.com/article/covid-19-vaccination-clinic-opens-in-lynn/35447532#LYNN — Dr. Kiame Mahaniah scanned the crowd of people already congregating in the Lynn Tech Field House last Friday morning to get their COVID-19 vaccine shots. “There’s more diversity today,” said the CEO of the Lynn Community Health Center, which, in partnership with the city of Lynn and other agencies, is dispensing the shots at the spacious Tech gym for Lynn and Nahant residents. “There hasn’t been much diversity in the last few days. Mostly white people.” And that, Dr. Mahaniah said, is a problem that goes much deeper than you may think. He uses his own agency as an example. Ninety-seven percent of the LCHC doctors have been vaccinated, he said, and of that group, about 75 percent of them are white. However, of the receptionists and other workers at the agency, who are more representative of the city’s demographics, only 54 percent have been vaccinated. Of the staff represented, 60 percent are people of color. This is a troubling statistic, Dr. Mahaniah said. “First,” he said, “These are people in the health industry, and they are skeptical about this vaccine. “Second, it’s not necessarily the vaccine they’re skeptical about, but just the system itself,” he said. “If you don’t trust law enforcement, politicians, or if you don’t speak English and have another barrier put before you, you’re always facing obstacles. They see racism everywhere, and now people are telling them, ‘There’s no racism involved in this,’ when they’re being persuaded to be among the first to receive this. They’re skeptical. ...
https://www.itemlive.com/2021/02/15/lchc-head-we-must-convince-skeptical-persons-of-color-to-accept-the-covid-vaccine/LYNN — The Baker-Polito administration has launched a targeted outreach initiative to increase vaccine awareness and access to historically underserved communities. The initiative will invest resources directly into the 20 most disproportionately impacted towns and cities in the state, including Lynn, and $1 million into the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers. The funds provided to community health centers will increase vaccine confidence and knowledge throughout the community, implement distribution of culturally relevant and linguistically diverse patient education materials, and partner with local community-based organizations to provide more information and tips to engage people in conversations about the vaccine. The Lynn Community Health Center (LCHC) will receive $25,000 of that grant. Dr. Catherine Reyes, a family medicine doctor at Lynn Community Health Center, said she is relieved and glad that this kind of support is finally happening, but she wishes that it happened sooner. “We have a duty to get the word out about the vaccine and a duty to give priority to cities like this,” she said. “It has been challenging to do so because we haven’t been made a priority and given many resources. There have been talks about equity for months now, but it’s been totally empty.” ...
https://www.itemlive.com/2021/02/17/vaccine-awareness-a-priority-in-hard-hit-lynn/LYNN, Mass. — For weeks, we’ve been telling you about areas hit hard by the pandemic, like Chelsea, Everett and Brockton. We are learning more about vaccine efforts in areas like Lynn and what local leaders doing for the community there.
At Tipico restaurant in Lynn, getting the workers vaccinated is a top priority for manager Melvis Salcedo.
“It’s encouraging for everyone to get vaccinated,” Salcedo said.
Especially since most of his employees are helping by getting the economy up and running and keeping the restaurant doors open.
“We have 10-12 workers per shift, without them, the operation wouldn’t work at all,” Salcedo said.
... https://www.boston25news.com/news/health/lynn-officials-will-start-covid-19-vaccine-outreach-program-essential-workers-residents/2WSHAITQTJH6PJHKMBOUPPODFQ/LYNN — The Lynn Community Health Center (LCHC) will receive only half of its requested supply of COVID-19 vaccines for the first week of March, due to a statewide shortage. The Lynn Tech Field House Vaccine Site, a partnership between Lynn Community Health Center (LCHC) and the city’s Department of Public Health (DPH), will not receive vaccines for first‐dose appointments for the week between, March 3 and March 10. According to Kimberly Eng, the chief operating officer at LCHC, the health center places an order for vaccines every Tuesday and is informed of the allocation it will receive each Friday. However, when LCHC placed its order last Tuesday, it was not informed of the shortage of vaccines until Monday, almost a week later. “This is really frustrating for the community because they want us to open up more appointments, but we can’t until we know that we officially have a supply allocated for us,” Eng said. LCHC ordered 5,000 vaccines but is only receiving 2,400. It will only be getting enough of the second-dose, as opposed to its usual shipments that include both doses. ...
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