Governor, Cal Ripken Jr. impressed with Aberdeen mass vaccination site

MARK FOR TOTAL VACCINATIONSSTATE-WIDE, GOVERNOR LARRYHOGAN JOINED CAL RIPKEN JR. TOTOUR THE STATEVACCINATION SITE.

ITOF THE STAT’NO ARM LEFTBEHIND INITIATIVEKENDALL GREEN WAS THERE FORUS.

KENDALL GOVERNOR HOGANSAYS HEOPERATIONS THERE SO FAR.YEA KELLY AND JAIME THEGOVERNOR ALONG WITH CAL RIPKENJR. TOURED THE SITE AND ONE OFTHE FIRST THINGS WE SAW HIMMAKE NOTE OF ALMOSTIMMEDIATELY WAS THE’CONVENIENCE OF COMFORTTHE SITE AT CAL RIPKEN STADIUMHAS BEEN OPEN FOR ABOUT A WEEKAND HALF SO FAR.

FOR OLDERCITIZENS OR THOSE WHO ARENAS MOBILE, THE STAFF THERE AREABLE TO GET PATIENTS THROUGHIN ABOUT A 40 MINUTE TIME SPANWITHOUT PUTTING THEM OR THEIRHEALTH AT RISK.

THE GOVERNORSHARED--- SO FAR 85 PERCENT OFMARYLANDERS OVER THE AGE OF 65ARE ALREADY VACCINATED 63PERCENT OF THOSE OVER 18 AREVACCINATED AS WELL.

ACCORDINGTO REPORTS 12 TO 15 YEAR OLDSARE EXPECTED TO BE ELIGIBLEFOR THE PFIZER VACCINE AS SOONAS NEXT WEEK.

WE ASKEDGOVERNOR HOGAN IF HE'D REQUIRESTUDENT VACCINES BEFORERETURNING TO SCHOOL AND HERE'STHAT RESPONSE... That would beup to the state school boardand I don't anticipate thathappening but our goal is totry and get as many peoplevaccinated as possible.

Whatwe've seen so far is a lot ofinterest from the 16 and 17year olds.

They're lining up;they're very excited aboutgetting it.

They want to playsports, they want to hang outwith their friends; They wantto get back into school.THOUGH THE STATE HAS 13 MASSVACCINATION SITES, THEGOVERNOR'S URGING FOLKSTAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE MORETHAN 3 THOUSAND POINTS OFDISTRIBUTION ALREADYAVAILABLE.

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