Bharel reflects on anniversary, vaccines

 BOSTON (SHNS) – One year ago, the day that Gov. Charlie Baker first declared a state of emergency around the coronavirus, it had been “unthinkable that we might have 500,000 cases and quite 15,000 deaths from COVID-19 in our commonwealth,” Public Health Commissioner Dr. Monica Bharel said Wednesday as she opened a gathering of the state’s Public Health Council.


“Many folks know someone who has become ill, or worse, died from COVID-19, and this toll and suffering is immense from this worst public health crisis of our lifetime,” said Bharel, who tested positive for COVID-19 late last March and returned to figure four weeks later after what she described as a “frightening” period during which she and her family were sick.

Bharel said she’s “energized” by the work the Department of Public Health does a day to fight the pandemic and continue its other programs and services.

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“It’s pretty amazing to me that because of science and ingenuity, we have already got extremely effective vaccines for a fresh novel disease in Massachusetts.”

She described all three vaccines — from Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson — as safe and effective, and said that everyone prevents severe illness, hospitalization, and death. “I really see vaccines as a real ray of sunshine during this sizable, long pandemic,” she said.

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