OSSIPEE — Carroll County commissioners say they are doing everything they can to keep Mountain View Community, the county nursing home, going amid President Joe Biden’s mandate to have all nursing home workers vaccinated against COVID-19.
As of this week, some 50 Mountain View staffers out of 186 in various departments are unvaccinated.
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