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Board of Health chair urges residents to use regional flu and COVID clinics
Summary
Pad Lavine, chair of the Board of Health, told the Select Board about a series of regional flu and COVID vaccination clinics and encouraged residents to register or walk in; Lavine said clinics are open to non-residents and insurance payments support local public-health work.
Pad Lavine, identified in the transcript as "Pad Lavine, 261 East Main Street, chair of the board of health," told the Select Board the region has been running a successful series of flu and COVID vaccination clinics and urged residents and nearby community members to take advantage of them.
Lavine said clinics are open to people beyond Sheffield and that attendees can register or walk in; she noted that insurance payments for these clinics are reinvested in local public-health programming. When asked about appointment availability, Lavine replied that scheduling has generally been easy and many clinics accept walk-ins and can register people on the spot.
The board did not take formal action on the clinics; Lavine's remarks were a public-health outreach appeal intended to increase vaccination uptake in the region.
