Landscape architect Scheri Fultineer walked out of the white vaccination tent at Massachusetts General Hospital with a Band-Aid on her shoulder and a feeling of delight at how easy it was. ¡°Earlier in the year,¡± she said, ¡°I was not optimistic.¡±
In mid-February, just as eligibility expanded to everyone 65 and older, the state¡¯s sign-up website crashed, so infuriating Gov. Charlie Baker that he publicly fumed: ¡°My hair¡¯s on fire.¡±
Across the U.S., such out-of-the-gate stumbles have been righted and then some. Massachusetts¡¯ vaccine effort is moving so quickly that almost 38% of residents have received at least one dose, and the massive new system for getting shots into arms has plenty of untapped capacity.
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