Foss: Efforts to get vaccine to needy ramping up | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS Shares0 Carl Jackson is eager to get the COVID-19 vaccine. “I’ll be able to rest easy once I have it,” the 87-year-old Schenectady resident told me, while volunteering at the food pantry at Schenectady Community Ministries. “I’ll feel very comfortable, having something in my body that can help me fight the disease.” Jackson’s age places him at higher risk of developing a severe illness or dying from COVID-19, but he hasn’t tried to get a vaccine appointment yet, for a couple of reasons.