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COVID-19: Will You Get A Coronavirus Vaccine? Here's Percentage Who Said Yes In New Survey COVID-19: Will You Get A Coronavirus Vaccine? Here's Percentage Who Said Yes In New Survey
Covid-19: Will You Get A Coronavirus Vaccine? Here's Percentage Who Said Yes In New Survey Based on a survey of 20,000 worldwide conducted by the World Economic Forum, about three-quarters of people say they would get a COVID-19 vaccine if one was available.  Among that 74 percent, 37 percent "strongly agree" that they will get a vaccine, while 37 percent somewhat agree.  In the United States, 67 percent of those polled would get an inoculation against COVID-19 if one were available. The most common concern amongst those who had trepidations about a vaccine were possible side effects.  Except for the U.S., all of the countries most willing to take a vaccine are t…
Former Trumbull Women's Club and Welcome Wagon President, Sally Garrick, Dies At 103 Former Trumbull Women's Club and Welcome Wagon President, Sally Garrick, Dies At 103
Former Trumbull Women's Club and Welcome Wagon President, Sally Garrick, Dies At 103 Sally Dorothea Toth Garrick, 103, died on Sept. 22 at Lexington Medical Center in West Columbia, SC.  Born in Fairfield, she was the last of 10 children born to Hungarian parents, Joseph and Suzanna Kanotz Toth. She enjoyed swimming and golf.  She married architect Joseph E. Garrick in 1940 and remained married for 65 years until his death in 2004. Sally and Joe traveled to various European countries on several occasions. One of these trips included a visit to her father’s old family home in Hungary from which he left for New York City in approximately 1890. Sally attended the Pr…
Exhibition Earns Fairfield Museum National Award Exhibition Earns Fairfield Museum National Award
Exhibition Earns Fairfield Museum National Award An exhibition on refugees and immigrants at the Fairfield Museum & History Center won a national award. The museum received an Award of Excellence for the exhibition An American Story: Finding Home in Fairfield County from the American Association for State and Local History—AASLH.  The recognition is for achievement in the preservation and interpretation of state and local history. A series of photographic portraits and biographical narratives, An American Story honored the centennial of the Connecticut Institute for Refugees and Immigrants.  The exhibit…