‘I Said Yeah, I Want To Get That Shot’: Pine Street Inn Shelter Residents Start Vaccinations, While Many Still Hesitant

In three days, Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program (BHCHP) has vaccinated close to 200 shelter guests and nearly 150 staff members at the city’s three biggest overnight emergency shelters — the public men’s and women’s shelters run by Boston Public Health Commission and Pine Street Inn. There are about 2,000 people staying in Boston shelters who are 18 or older and approximately 1,500 shelter staffers eligible for the vaccine, according to BHCHP, which says it’s aiming to offer first doses to all of those people by the end of February.