Data shows vaccine equity still just a goal in New York
Local officials say inequity is baked into existing rollout strategy
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1of9Buy PhotoA Mohawk Ambulance mobile vaccine distribution vehicle and trailer is seen outside the Westview Homes where Mohawk Ambulance staff were running a community based pop up vaccination site on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021, in Albany, N.Y. (Paul Buckowski/Times Union)Paul Buckowski/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
2of9Buy PhotoChiquita Darbeau, Albany Housing Authority executive director, speaks at a press conference outside the Westview Homes where Mohawk Ambulance Services was running a community based pop up vaccination site on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021, in Albany, N.Y. (Paul Buckowski/Times Union)Paul Buckowski/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
Churchill: Cuomo announcement a step toward vaccine sanity
The governor said Friday that New York will open vaccination to those with comorbidities beginning Feb. 15.
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Laura Greco, a cancer patient, had been considering getting a restaurant job to access the COVID-19 vaccine. After an announcement by Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Friday, that won t be necessary. (Skip Dickstein/Times Union)SKIP DICKSTEIN
ALBANY After Thursday’s column about Laura Greco, the cancer patient frustrated that New York had left her ineligible for the vaccine, I heard from many people in similar situations.
I heard, for example, from Kelley McAfee in Queensbury, who five years ago was diagnosed with a rare, incurable type of blood cancer. She, too, was frustrated by absurd New York rules that opened COVID-19 vaccinations up to roughly half the population but not her.
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8 more deaths, 188 new virus cases in Albany County
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1of3Albany County Executive Dan McCoy, left, and Albany County Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Elizabeth Whalen take part in a press conference to discuss Covid-19 related issues on Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021, in Albany, N.Y. (Paul Buckowski/Times Union)Paul Buckowski/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
2of3Albany County Executive Dan McCoy, left, and Albany County Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Elizabeth Whalen take part in a press conference to discuss Covid-19 related issues on Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021, in Albany, N.Y. (Paul Buckowski/Times Union)Paul Buckowski/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less