CONWAY — During a community Zoom meeting Friday, Dr. Matt Dunn, Memorial Hospital’s medical director, made an impassioned plea for people to get vaccinated and keep masking up as hospital resources are strained across New England and COVID-19 cases continue to rise.
“I really want people to understand that their actions affect other people.” Dunn said. “For people that are that are hesitant about wearing a mask, about getting vaccinated, for every time you put that on, you are potentially saving someone else's life.”
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