RI Dept. of Health Can’t (Won’t) Answer a Most Basic Question About Vaccination Program
Wednesday, January 13, 2021
An investigative report by GoLocal unveiled a series of major errors in the RI Department of Health’s outdated vaccination plan.
Disclosed was that the plan was outdated and included major factual errors including that a RI priority was to vaccinate children. The state’s plan was submitted to the CDC. Just one problem, there is no vaccine available for children.
Over the past two week, GoLocal has asked RIDOH how many Rhode Islanders need to be vaccinated — and asked and asked — now, more than 15 requests for the most basic information have gone unanswered.
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Rhode Island officials have repeatedly refused to respond to the critical question.
MA Officials Announce Mass Vaccination Site
Wile RI officials continue to struggle with its vaccination program, the Baker-Polito Administration in Massachusetts announced late Tuesday the first location for a COVID-19 mass vaccination site in the Commonwealth, located at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough.
These sites will initially be available to first responders and later to other eligible individuals as the Command Center works through the Commonwealth’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan.
This site will open with the capacity to do 300 vaccines per day, ramping up to administering up to 5,000 vaccines per day over time.
CIC Health will operate the site, with Brigham & Women’s Hospital as the medical director and Fallon Ambulance supporting the clinical staffing.
Eligible vaccine recipients will be able to schedule appointments on the state’s COVID vaccine website at mass.gov/COVIDvaccine and CIC Health’s website at cichealth.com/vaccines.
The COVID-19 Command Center is working to set up additional mass vaccination sites throughout the Commonwealth, and more details will be available soon.
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