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Low vaccination numbers raise fears Mass. isn’t ready for larger pool of eligible patients
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Six weeks after the first COVID-19 vaccines were authorized for emergency use, Massachusetts — celebrated as a national health care leader — ranks in the bottom half of US states in getting injections into the arms of its residents. Massachusetts trails every other New England state, as well as New York, in the number of vaccine doses administered per capita, according to federal figures.
A Globe review suggests that a combination of technical problems, unexpected rates of resistance by health workers to taking the vaccine, and policy choices — including a decision to start vaccinating nursing home workers and staff a week later than four other New England states — conspired to set Massachusetts back coming out of the gate.
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Read more:
– Tracker: Who has been vaccinated in Massachusetts?
– Everyone in Phase 1 is now eligible to get the vaccine. Does that include you?
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