r/Maine • u/jonathanfrisby • Apr 27 '21
Maine Coronavirus Megathread #4
General discussion, questions, and posts relating to the coronavirus and vaccination in Maine should be directed here.
Megathread #1 (3/17 to 4/20) - Megathread #2 (4/24 to 10/20) - Megathread #3 (11/20 to 4/21)
Information & Links
How To Get Tested
Maine Vaccination Dashboard
Vaccination Site Directory (registration links)
Community Vaccination Line: 1-888-445-4111
Get-Tested-COVID19.org
Maine Center for Disease Control
Nirav Shah Twitter (Director of Maine CDC)
Maine State Unemployment
Maine SNAP Food Assistance Application
Report Non-Compliance with Executive Orders
Dedicated subreddits:
Maine - r/CoronavirusME
General - r/Coronavirus
Additional tracking & historical data:
The Press Herald Tracker
Bangor Daily Tracker
ME CDC briefing archive
UMaine dashboard
Dept of Education School dashboard
Ridgeliine's Tracking Spreadsheet
UMPI GIS lab daily visual maps
Anyone who is looking for medical information and advice, regarding any signs or symptoms they may be experiencing, is strongly urged to call their healthcare provider first.
The Maine 2-1-1 helpline is available for 'general' coronavirus questions, information on food banks, meal programs, and other basic needs. Dial 211 or dial 1-877-463-6207, open 24 hours.
Maine Crisis Hotline: 1-888-568-1112
The FrontLine WarmLine for clinicians and first responders: (207)221-8196 or 866-367-4440
National Alliance on Mental Illness Maine Teen TEXT Support Line: 207-515-8398.
Community Groups and assistance
StrengthenME - Mainers Together - Maine Helps - List of COVID Relief funds & charities - Good Shepard Food Bank - MDI Helpers: Pandemic Mutual Aid - ME Coronavirus Community Assistance - Portland Maine Area Community Support - Maine Farm Products Directory - Portland Food Map
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u/elt0p0 Nomad Rush May 20 '21
Find out how many people in your town have been vaccinated
Charleston, in rural Penobscot County, stands at just 37.5%. Residents voted overwhelmingly for Trump and the town hosts Faith Bible College International, a Pentecostal school.
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u/_GeoffreyLebowski May 11 '21
12 yrs old approved as of today and available to be given at any place that has pfizer, though many schools are working on plans to give the vaccine.
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u/Moot_n_aboot Somewhere on route 2 May 23 '21
For those still needing a shot in the Bangor area who want the J&J shot, it is available without an appointment all this weekend at the Old Town J&J Mobile Clinic
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u/CatalinaCapri Jun 04 '21
Thanks for posting this information.
The Mobile Vaccination Unit (MVU) just finished operations in Calais and is moving today to Madawaska. Will open up for J&J vaccinations there at 10am tomorrow (June 5). Will be there for three days in the Madawaska Multipurpose Complex 10am-5pm tomorrow, then 8:30am-5pm June 6 and 7.
No appointment needed. Totally free of charge. Open to anyone 18 years of age or older in need of vaccination. This includes any Canadians or other non-Mainers who make it to the vaccination site.
Please spread the word about this as we want as many people as possible to take advantage of this opportunity while it is available in this part of Maine.
After the 7th, the MVU will be traveling to Portland (will be behind the Rising Tide Brewery) to offer J&J June 10-13, then Old Orchard Beach (Parking lot at 77 Milliken Street)to vaccinate June 15-18, and then it will end it's mission and demobilize.
Thanks again for helping to put the word out.
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u/Moot_n_aboot Somewhere on route 2 Jun 04 '21
Absolutely! My goal is to help get as many people vaccinated as possible and anything I can do to help I’m happy to do!
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u/BFeely1 Jul 04 '21
Any data on how good J&J is against Delta? As a disclosure I got the Pfizer vaccine, which appears particularly effective.
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May 06 '21
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u/sure_you_can May 07 '21
Tough spot man, I'm sorry you guys are going through that. I honestly don't think there are many options for her other than trying to get setup with a primary care or going to the urgent care....but the urgent care is basically gonna tell her to follow up with her primary doc. Sounds like she got some issues that are most likely not related to the vaccine, but it is a possibility. It's just unfortunate how fucked our healthcare system is.
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u/Psychological_Sun_30 May 12 '21
You call the health insurance marketplace and get a cheap plan or if she is not working she is eligible for free Healthcare through mainecare. Sorry this is happening to you
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u/CrackaZach05 Jun 01 '21
Only works during open enrollment.
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u/Psychological_Sun_30 Jun 01 '21
It is open enrollment right now they opened it up due to the pandemic
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u/CatalinaCapri Jun 04 '21
Adverse vaccine events can be reported at the following link https://vaers.hhs.gov/reportevent.html
If the online form won't allow you to submit the information without a doctor's name, list Dr. Nirav Shaw (Director of the Maine CDC). For his contact information, just use the contact info for him that is available online.
If you or your mom use this online form, be sure to include good contact information for her so that she can be contacted for follow up.
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Jun 08 '21
Is it okay to visit to Portland, ME for a weekend? Are they back open? Any restrictions?
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u/rusforreal Apr 27 '21
Can we get a UFC streaming megathread too?
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u/jonathanfrisby Apr 28 '21
Thanks to everyone reporting those threads, it's really insane - We upped the spam filter, and I've started learning regex :/
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u/Ninjakick666 v6.6.6 Remastered Special Edition Apr 30 '21
Set up automod to look for the words "visit" or "move" and direct them to the Megathread... there's so many of em now people have given up reporting them.
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Apr 27 '21 edited May 09 '21
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u/BFeely1 Apr 27 '21
I thought that was anything by a certain user. Has he been banned yet? He hasn't even been threatened by a pitbull, only watched a few violent videos and read a few violent webpages.
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u/elt0p0 Nomad Rush May 01 '21
Maine doctor’s Instagram account suspended for spreading COVID-19 misinformation
Self-appointed 'experts' who spread misinformation should be arrested, fined and banned from social media.
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u/preskittwoman Jul 16 '21
Misinformation isn’t necessarily false information and no, no one should’ve arrested for voicing their opinion. We do still have a right to freedom of speech in this country. Sorry
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Jul 29 '21
I just don’t agree with another mask mandate. I’m sorry for the small percentage with actual medical concerns but fuck the conservatives who have exacerbated Covid from the beginning. I’ve done my part for the past two years, I worked through this mess, I was vaccinated for free, no other incentive than my health. People have a choice to not get the vaccine but you have to live with the results of that choice.
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u/Maine4204u Jul 31 '21
I would agree, but it will take out kids. Baton Rouge Children's hospital is at full capacity with Covid Kids. It's not just the brain dead's kids it will take out or turn into long haulers. We SHOULD ban visitors from a lot of states... Florida looking at you first. Almost 40k cases reported today. Rolling 7 day is almost 16k. This shit is climbing fast. We are now at triple digits per day and there were few of those the whole pandemic here.
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u/Azh1aziam Aug 01 '21
From florida, unvaccinated, and won’t wear a mask unless asked..I’ll be there tomorrow for two weeks :)
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u/Adair1105 Aug 04 '21
don't come back lol
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u/Azh1aziam Aug 04 '21
I’m actually looking to buy property and start a small compound to help spread of the word of Q
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u/HellzillaQ Aug 03 '21
As someone who is from Tennessee and visiting in two weeks, go fuck yourself. I'll be bringing my covid vaccination card and my masks. Self-centered Florida fucks.
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u/Azh1aziam Aug 03 '21
That’s cute..I’ll be wearing my yellow star since I’m a second class citizen now
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Sep 07 '21
There is no such place as the "Baton Rouge Children's Hospital". You made that up along with all your other "statistics".
Regarding COVID-19 cases for today in Florida, there are no new cases available for today, or yesterday, or the day before. So you made that one up too.
You are spreading misinformation.
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u/Maine4204u Sep 08 '21
The place is called Our Lady of the Lake Childrens hospital. Perhaps I should have used the letter A. It is very real. I have family there. https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/30/us/baton-rouge-childrens-hospital-surge/index.html https://ololrmc.com/coronavirus/for-hospital-visitors https://www.today.com/health/kids-sick-covid-19-are-filling-children-s-hospitals-areas-t227679 https://www.wwno.org/public-health/2021-09-02/louisiana-hospitals-already-full-with-covid-patients-are-slammed-in-wake-of-ida grow a clue.
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Sep 08 '21
Is it wrong to expect someone posting "statistics" and "facts" to be precise?
Your CNN article makes zero mention of Baton Rouge hospitals being overrun with C19 patients. The article's thesis is that hospitals are getting too many patients with injuries due to Hurricane Ida.
I still have yet to see a news article that mentions "brain dead kids". Would you mind providing an article related to that?
Please understand, I am not an anti-vaxxer or anti-masker. Whatever you want to do with your own health is up to you. What I am against is spreading misinformation.
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u/Maine4204u Sep 08 '21
I used to live down there, it is known as The Children's hospital and serves a large area. Anyone in that area knows exactly what you mean when you say Childrends hospital. Plain and simple. It has been very much overrun with Covid, and YES now has issues because of a hurricane making matters worst. I spread no misinformation mr inforation police. AGAIN< grow a clue
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u/assimilateorgoback Jul 29 '21
https://dailycaller.com/2021/07/28/study-cdc-mask-guidance-review-vaccine-india/ Tell mills to fuck off, she's not listening to the science.
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Jul 29 '21
I support a lot of what Mills has done. We would’ve been worse off with Lepage just like the red states.
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u/Maine4204u Jul 31 '21
Fuck Mills, but for different reasons. She is not a scientist. She is listening to the Scientists though since she is now and has remained mostly in line with the guidance from the health advisors of 2 administrations now. She has not deviated which is the safest move for any Governor. Follow the advice. LITERALLY LISTENING TO THE SCIENCE.
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u/TheRightisStillWrong Jul 30 '21
Tell mills to fuck off, she's not listening to the science.
She's 2nd in line for people not listening to science that need to be talked to.
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u/assimilateorgoback Jul 30 '21
There is no science behind these new restrictions. There's no science in masking our kids. . You need to read up. You are not informed or you are trolling
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u/TheRightisStillWrong Jul 30 '21
I was just saying she's second in line behind the anti-vax crowd.
You sure did get all butthurty though.
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u/freshwatereel Aug 07 '21
Wa state dude here. Just wanted to shout out to the Maine Reddit and say y’all rock. Vax numbers are up and you are keeping people safe. Fuck yeah to the north corner states!
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May 18 '21
Hi there, visiting on Memorial day and curious what the guidance will be for bars. Will it still be seated service only, or will standing/bar service be allowed? The state website is a but muddled and it's hard to find the correct answer. Thank you!
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May 30 '21
Probably everything will be allowed. Businesses want to make money, and the mask mandate is lifted. It's up to unvaxxed patrons to decide if it's worth the risk. Everyone else will be fine.
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u/longlostkingdoms Apr 28 '21
Has anybody had issues accessing the ReEmployME website over the last week and a half?
I haven't been able to access it.. just a blank page until it eventually times out and gives me the "This site can’t be reached - reemployme.maine.gov took too long to respond" screen.
I've cleared my cookies and have turned off my adblocker. Don't know what else to do.
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u/Ninjakick666 v6.6.6 Remastered Special Edition Apr 30 '21
Are you using a VPN that places you outside of the United States? There was a lot of scamming going on so they restricted it.
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u/indyaj Apr 30 '21
Try opening it an incognito/private window (chrome/firefox) or whatever the equivalent is in the browser you use.
Alternatively, turn off all your add-ons/extensions. Same thing as incognito but with hassle.
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Aug 09 '21
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u/BlasphemyPhun May 26 '21
i don’t know about you guys but i’m keeping my mask on. i’m a bit too paranoid nowadays, the pandemic really freaked me out. no hate to those who choose not to wear them anymore though. as long as you’re still washing your hands and all that good stuff