Doctors' offices: What is our place in the vaccination line? Vaccination petition Outpatient health care workers say they face a higher risk of COVID-19 infection every day and should be vaccinated as soon as possible. PLAINVIEW, N.Y. - Kathy Ruggiero is a licensed practical nurse at Allied Physicians Group in Plainview and tests children for coronavirus daily. She and her colleagues are doing the best they can to protect themselves but say they feel forgotten when it comes to their turn to get a vaccine. "We're exposed," Ruggiero said. "Give us the vaccine I'm trying my hardest to keep it away but there's only so much I can do."