New York Governor, Kathy Hochul (D) announced she's making, $65 Million in State Funding, available for COVID-19 Booster Shot Distribution, by Local Government Health Departments, including New York City.
"Boosters are just as important, because as much as I’m an optimist and we all thought we’d be turning the page on anything related to the pandemic — certainly by this time — we have not," Hochul said at a Press Briefing in her native Buffalo on Aug. 31st.
"The battle rages, we have to fight back, and as sure I’m standing here, there may be another variant coming again and we have to be prepared." Hochul vowed to Collaborate more closely with Local Governments, to Combat the Resurgent Virus, and Supporting area Public Health Officials without Stepping on their toes.
"I will not be micromanaging, but I’ll be giving guidance based on your input, I’ll be giving you the cover you need," she said. "I’ll be there to be the ally, but I will not be imposing state people and locations on all of you without consultation." She added that Local Governments have the Best Knowledge on how to bring the Shots to the People.
"You figure it out, you know your communities better than anybody," she said. "Tell me how to take it literally to people door-to-door after churches, at senior centers, drive-through, you know all the options, you’ve been there before."
The New York City Health Department advised Immunocompromised New Yorkers:
[1] Aged 12 and Older to get their Booster Shot as of Aug. 16th. Conditions to Qualify include: receiving Cancer Treatment; Organ Transplant Patients on Immunosuppressive Therapy; those who got Stem Cell Transplants within the last Two years; Moderate or Severe Primary Immunodeficiency; Advanced or Untreated HIV, and Folks getting Active Treatment with a High Dose of Corticosteroids or other Drugs that Moderately or Severely Weaken your Immune System, according to the Health Department (DOH).
Eligible New Yorkers can get the Third Dose at least Four weeks after Receiving their Second Shot of either the Moderna or the Pfizer Vaccine, and DOH says you should get the Same Brand as previous Doses, if possible.
Additional Doses of the One Johnson & Johnson Vaccines are currently Not Authorized by the Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
[2] The FDA expects that Booster Shots will be needed for other People who got that Vaccine as well. Currently thats 8 Months after Second Shot.
The Empire State's Rate of Vaccinations among those who are 18 or Older who got One Dose is 77% as of Aug. 31st at 11 a.m., which Hochul said was "not good enough,". The Rate Lowers to 69.9% for Adults who are Fully Vaccinated.
For All Eligible New Yorkers, aged 12–17, the Rate is only 64.9% for at least One Dose, and 58.5% for those who are completely Inoculated.
"It only really works when you have two doses, my friends," said Hochul. While One Dose of the Vaccines offers some Protection, getting both Shots dramatically Lowers the likelihood of Infection and Serious Disease from COVID-19.
More Information on Shot Sites will follow.
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