There are convenient day and evening hours up and down the Valley.
If you haven’t gotten vaccinated and still have questions, please speak with your doctor.
If you are unsure about or not planning to get the COVID-19 vaccine, the Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center wants to understand your concerns and answer your questions. To learn more or to sign up to speak with their medical experts, call Rockiy at 203 – 732-1125.
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Eugene Driscoll | Aug 31, 2021 5:54 am
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State Rep. Kara Rochelle shared the following image on social media. It shows places people can go to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
Derby Public Schools are hosting a clinic today (Aug. 31), according to the following info from the district:
“Derby will be hosting vaccine clinics on August 31, 2021 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM and Sep 21, 2021, 2:30 PM – 6:30 PM at the J.R. Payden Field House (Chatfield Street). No appointment is necessary.”
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Eugene Driscoll | Aug 19, 2021 4:56 pm
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Derby, Naugatuck, and Shelton on Thursday joined Ansonia and Beacon Falls as COVID-19 per capita ‘red zones,’ according to information released by the state Department of Health.
Health officials are advising residents to mask up and get a vaccine.
The per capita rates are still much better than in April, when Ansonia and Derby were in the 40s and 50s.
Ansonia and Beacon Falls made the red zone last week. The latest data covers Aug. 1 through Aug. 14.
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Eugene Driscoll | Aug 19, 2021 7:46 am
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ANSONIA — Ansonia’s Henry Rondon, the assistant executive director of the CAS-CIAC, recently recorded a COVID-19 vaccine public service announcement with Griffin Health.
In the video above, Rondon says getting vaccinated can help youth athletic programs across the state return to normal. Click play to watch.
In addition to mobile clinics all over the state, Griffin has COVID-19 Vaccination Centers at 10 Progress Drive in Shelton and 727 Rubber Avenue in Naugatuck. Click here for Griffin’s vaccination website.
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Eugene Driscoll | Aug 18, 2021 3:26 am
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Griffin Health Photo
Editor’s note: The Valley Independent Sentinel is participating today in The Last Best Shot, an effort led by The Boston Globe and The New England Newspaper and Press Association to combat COVID-19 vaccination disinformation in our region.
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The Boston Globe | Aug 18, 2021 3:24 am
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Registered Nurse Stefanie Sampson prepares a dose of the vaccine during a clinic in March in Roxbury, Mass.
Editor’s note: The Valley Independent Sentinel is participating in The Last Best Shot, an effort led by The Boston Globe and The New England Newspaper and Press Association to combat COVID-19 vaccination disinformation in our region.
Here is a list of common myths about the vaccines.
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Beth Teitell | The Boston Globe | Aug 18, 2021 3:22 am
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Photo by Erin Clark, Boston Globe Staff
Editor’s note: The Valley Independent Sentinel is participating in The Last Best Shot, an effort led by The Boston Globe and The New England Newspaper and Press Association to combat COVID-19 vaccination disinformation in our region.
“The aide is very good,” Carol Rosenstock said. “She is really attentive to my mother. She’s the one who takes her to appointments, and keeps track of what the doctor said, and if she’s taken her pills.… My mom likes her.”
Rosenstock lives in Brookline. Her widowed mother, who has memory issues and who has used a walker since recovering from COVID last spring, lives in New York. The whole family felt fortunate to have such a lovely woman helping mom.
But.
“She keeps saying she’s not ready to get vaccinated,” Rosenstock said. “She comes up with reasons. Originally it was that she has allergies. Then she couldn’t do it because she takes care of her stepfather, and can’t be out of work [if she has a bad reaction to the vaccine]. Then she said there wasn’t enough testing … My mother’s doctor is getting more and more concerned.”
