A vaccine standout Once hit hard by the pandemic, Chelsea has been a vaccine standout, with 74 percent of residents fully vaccinated, compared to just 67 percent statewide. "Chelsea’s vaccination rate far exceeds that of some peer cities like New Bedford, Springfield, and Lawrence, where barely over half the population has been vaccinated," wrote my colleagues, Felice Freyer, Bianca Vázquez Toness, and Diana Bravo. "And new COVID-19 cases in Chelsea have plummeted to below the statewide average. Chelsea has made itself into a vaccination standout, the result of a person-to-person campaign by multiple community groups."

 

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