Many people in the city who never sleep are still taking a nap on the COVID-19 vaccine.
Approximately half of adults in New York City are yet to receive their first dose – even though everyone is over the age of 16 and qualified for the week and appointments are widely available.
Vaccinated New Yorkers are now urging neighbors by dragging their feet so that the Big Apple can finally reach herd immunity – estimated to be vaccinated between 70–90 percent of those arriving – and return to their old self.
“Getting the vaccine makes me feel one by one that people will be able to guarantee that we can get back to our normal lives,” said 16-year-old Erin Silva, who received her first dose at the vaccination site at York College. In Queens Wednesday.
He said it is very important to get vaccinated, so that teenagers like him “keep staring at a screen all day and don’t learn anything.”
As of Wednesday, about 3.2 million New Yorkers, or 49 percent of the city’s adult population, had received the COVID-19 vaccine and at least one dose statewide, with 42.6 percent of residents beginning their vaccinations, data show.
The numbers in the Big Apple that are completely dysfunctional – meaning they have received both Pfizer or Modern Vaccine or a shot of the Johnson & Johnson Booster – stood at about 32 percent, or 2.1 million adults, on Wednesday. Statewide, a third of New Yorkers are also not completely inactive – only 5.8 million have received their dose, or 29.2 percent of the state.
The data also comes after all New Yorkers have become eligible for the vaccine since April 6 – and online appointment portals show tens of thousands of slots, which are ready for graves after months of shortages.
At the state-run Medgar Everts College mass vaccination site on Wednesday, staff reported that they usually give about 3,000 doses a day, but by noon, they had given only 661.
“Everyone who can get it, because it protects everyone, not just you,” said 24-year-old Maya Mann, a new media artist living in Brooklyn who described the facility as “quite empty.” .
“Almost all my friends have found it and are in their 20s and 30s. I think it is important that more people get it. I tried before and it was very hard. It has become very easy now. “
Vaccination of teachers, which is important for the reopening of schools, still lags behind figures from the Department of Education.
Only 43 percent of DOE workers – including teachers, administrators, social workers and guidance counselors – have received the shot, even though teachers have been eligible since January.
New York State is currently ranked 14th nationwide for vaccination rates, falling to other states in the Northeast, such as Maine, Vermont, Connecticut, and New Jersey, According to baker hospital review
, Which monitors vaccination rates by state.
Maine currently has the highest vaccination rate nationally, with approximately 33.6 percent of residents fully vaccinated, while Georgia and Alabama are among the lowest, with 19.8 and 19.7 percent, respectively.
Critics say New York State and the city need to do more to make it easier for any New Yorker to get a shot in the arm.
The government announced Andrew Kyomo on Wednesday that most state-run vaccination sites would allow anyone over the age of 60 to walk and could take a single dose without an appointment starting Friday – about 30 cities. – Operate sites allowing walk-ins for those 50 and over.
But the chairman of the city council’s health committee, counselor Mark Levine, said that access is needed for all.
“I worry it will confuse people, there are different rules now for city-run sites, state-run sites, pharmacies and other independent providers … I don’t think the public understands which sites the state To run or to run the city, ”Levin told The Post.
“The sooner all major providers turn into walk-ins for all ages, the better… There is a need to talk about something that is fearless.
“It’s a big thing that we’ve gotten 49 percent of adults in New York City with at least one shot, but the next half of the city has to do a lot more work to get vaccinated.”
At issue is the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s decision to stop the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine after six women reported blood clots after being vaccinated.
Although the one-dose pill produced a small proportion of vaccines in New York and around the country, it is important to reach people who are hard-to-reach, such as those in elderly and rural areas, or those who may not come homeless. Like for a second dose.
The Big Apple was counting on J&K for those who are homebound and the program had to be halted for several days following the federal announcement. The city is now using two-dose vaccines in its place.
But experts warn that stagnation may also damage public confidence in vaccination.
Dr. Stanley H. Stated, “The actual result in public opinion has been documented in surveys as a dramatic drop in trust by many people in any vaccine, so it has had a major negative impact on people,” Dr. Stanley H. Watt, a public health specialist and medical doctor with Rutgers University.
He said that the CDC’s messages at the halt were “failed” and “misinterpreted”, as officials should have cautiously indicated that they were taking security seriously.
Federal health officials are scheduled to meet on Friday to decide whether Green-J & J will return. The vaccine is already coming back to Europe, where the European Union’s drug regulatory agency said this week that there is a “possible link” to “very rare cases of abnormal blood clots” – but that the benefit still risks. Are out of
For now, the Big Apple’s restaurants, theaters and stadiums remain at limited capacities, with most schools only partially reopened – and masks are mandatory in crowded public spaces, even those Even for those who are fully vaccinated.
Weiss said that “normal” is likely to come when 80 to 90 percent of the population is inactive – but the longer it takes, we run the more-contagious form of the virus.
“We need to be cautious about what we say because it depends on how quickly we get the population vaccinated,” he said.
“The faster we do this, the less risk variants come into currency, the slower the move to achieve higher rates of vaccination, the greater the risk a variant will pose.”
Additional reporting by Kevin Sheehan, Nolan Hicks and Selim Elgar
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