Board of Aldermen 01-12-2021 Page 11
Director Bagley
Thank you, Alderman Klee for that question. So with the allocation to primary care provider's offices, that is
going to be made available to them if they choose to. So we do know that that’s going to be a heavy lift for
primary care providers, because they still have other work that they have to do with folks coming for other
issues. So for those who choose to sign up to administer vaccine, they will actually get that. As far as the
registration, there is still a system that is being used, it’s called AVANS, and then there’s another system
that is being set up called the VMS, Vaccine Administration Systems. People will be able to register
through those sites and there will be a link. So now when | say this, it doesn’t mean it is going to be
available tomorrow, alright. So there will be a link, there will be some communication from the Department
of Health & Human Services over communication that comes out where people will be able to go on-line
and will be able to register on a link. And then once they do that, they will also be able to pick which sites
they might want to be vaccinated at based on what is being published. So we will have the opportunity to
set up sites in the community, again, working with some of our community partners. The expectation would
be that we would work with places like Dartmouth, like Lamprey, Harbor Care and do some vaccine
planning so that we can have some of these clinics available throughout the community.
It’s all still in the, | want to say it’s in the planning phases because of the fact that we will have to get that
link set up. And once the State has that set up, that information will be pushed out and we will be able to
communicate it. We will have it on our Website as well as it will be on the State’s Website and all of our
partnering organizations will have that link as well.
Alderman Klee
Just one quick follow-up, comment?
President Wilshire
Alderman Klee?
Alderman Klee
Madam President? Thank you. Director Bagley, you guys put out, your office puts out a great kind of
weekly news bulletin type of thing and | really appreciate that. Could we make sure that something like this
gets put into that? | know personally | send it out, | encourage other people to read it as such. So if it’s
there and then a link is on the website | think it gives more opportunity. | get daily questions from
constituents and you know I’ve told them to check NH.GOV and do this and so on. But they don’t want to
hear that, they really want to be able to so if they are looking for it and know it’s going to be there | think it
would be a great idea. And that’s just a comment; you guys are doing phenomenal work, thank you. Thank
you, Madam President.
President Wilshire
You're welcome. Does anyone else have any questions? Alderman Lopez, go ahead.
Alderman Lopez
Ok, so first question for Director Bagley, how long have you owned a flying dog and then second question
for Dr. Cappetta, with regards to the timeframe for immunity, my understanding is that the inoculation
should last for a year and that people are starting to say they may be able to get a booster shot to get
another year out of that? Are we going to have to worry about a resurgence of this next year. Is that
something that we should be thinking about now?
