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WBFO s Michael Mroziak interviews Erie County Health Commissioner Dr. Gale Burstein shortly before the first anniversary of the county s COVID state of emergency declaration.
In the earliest weeks of the pandemic, the concern was for having enough supplies, including testing kits. At first, Dr. Burstein recalled, the county needed to send its tests to New York State s Wadsworth Center in Albany, as did other counties.
Erie County Health Commissioner Dr. Gale Burstein.
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There were also concerns for securing enough ventilators. Along the way, Burstein told WBFO, some hospitals got creative out of necessity.
“We were lucky - a bit of luck, a bit of skill - that we were able to secure some good PPE supply. You know, we re in good shape now, but at the beginning it was very scary, she said. And the ventilator shortage was very scary. Our hospitals were were also great planners. They were very smart and they looked actually at alternative methods to ke
Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz stood at the corner of Perry and Main streets in downtown Buffalo Wednesday afternoon, directing people on how to get
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