More people will be eligible to be vaccinated and more locations are being set up. Braintree has more than 1,000 people 75-and-over already signed up. They will be using the town hall to give the shots.
Boston 25 News also heard from other locations including a place where you can get your shot while sitting in your car. Braintree Mayor Charles Kokoros said they will be using an area in the town hall to give the shots.
“We have tried to make it as easy as possible because we do understand that in the beginning there is going to be a large surge of people that want to get on that list,” Mayor Kokoros said.
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Braintree is allowing residents to sign up in three ways: online, email or phone call.
“We don’t want anyone to have a hindrance in order for them to sign up,” Mayor Kokoros said.
Marshfield Fairgrounds is being turned into one of the larger vaccination sites on the South Shore, according to Town Administrator Michael Maresco.
“The goal is to inoculate about 500-600 people per day once we are up and running,” Maresco said.
Maresco added that the town’s paramedics will run it six days each week. Four tents will be set up and people who sign up can drive right in and get their shots without leaving their cars.
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“They are coming in the car, they are going to have winter coats, making sure they are dressed properly to speed up so they can just take their arm out of their coat, they will have a short-sleeve shirt on,” Maresco said.
After you take your shot, you pull into a designated area on site and wait 15 minutes. If you are having any issues, you blow your horn.
“If they have to transport someone, God forbid, we are right across from the fire station,” Maresco explained.
Dawn Naylor, the owner of Skin Esteem Med Spa in Kingston, is setting up a vaccination site in her office.
“I thought maybe I could help with the vaccinations clinics,” Naylor said.
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Naylor, who is a nurse practitioner, bought a system to refrigerate the vaccine, and her staff set up a way to do appointments.
“The more people that help, the quicker we can fight this and return to a normal life,” Naylor said.
Most of those locations should be up and running by the first or second week of February.
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