I thought we were prioritized
Santina Guarcello-Hunt, a 63-year-old heart disease survivor from Long Island, estimated she spent about three hours per day hunting online for COVID-19 vaccination appointments over the past month.
Her saga began after Cuomo on Jan. 12 indicated immunocompromised New Yorkers under age 65 would soon become eligible.
But he ultimately left them in the dark for weeks about when it would happen, leaving throngs of New Yorkers to obsessively check the state vaccination website for updates.
“I kept thinking it might pop up any second, and I don’t want to miss out,” said Guarcello-Hunt, recounting the cruel cycle of holding out hope for a vaccination only to be crushed anew each day.
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ALBANY The state reported more progress in the COVID-19 pandemic Thursday, with the lowest one-day positive test rate since late November and more than 100,000 people vaccinated in 24 hours.
The number of people hospitalized with the virus, meanwhile, is still high but is declining. Albany Medical Center, the Capital Region’s largest hospital, said its COVID-positive patient census on Thursday dropped below 100 for the first time since late December. And 32 of its 98 COVID patients are non-infectious.
Statewide, 285,499 diagnostic tests were administered Wednesday, the second most in a single day in New York, and the positivity rate was 3.54%, lowest since Nov. 25, the day before Thanksgiving. The seven-day average positive rate, a better gauge of the pandemic’s progress, was 4.16%, the lowest since Dec. 1.
National Multidistrict Opioid Litigation Settlement Forum: Lessons Learned from County Leaders Feb. 17, 2021 , 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Contact Blaire Bryant
National Multidistrict Opioid Litigation Settlement Forum: Lessons Learned from County Leaders
February 17, 2021 | 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. EST
Please join NACo for a forum on the national multidistrict opioid litigation settlement. This interactive forum will cover:
The latest developments with a proposed deal between major opioid manufacturers and distributors and impacted state and local governments
Lessons learned from intrastate settlement allocation models, and
How county leaders and partners are developing new governance, revenue share and funding priorities and strategies for allocating and investing settlement proceeds.