Sandra Lindsay, director of intensive care at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center (LIJ) in Queens, received an important second dose from Pfizer to ensure immunity against the virus.
The second vaccination comes 21 days after your first historic vaccination. Lindsay received the first vaccine on December 14 with the presence of Governor Andrew Cuomo.
Officials say the Pfizer vaccine was found to be 95% effective after the second dose.
Lindsay received at the hospital where she supervises all intensive care patients. The second dose of the vaccine was administered by Michelle Chester, DNP, director of health services for Northwell Health employees, the same clinician who delivered the first injection seen worldwide.
“I feel good,” said Lindsay. “I don’t feel any different before I get it. I hope the vaccine is available to everyone as it was for me.”
Northwell has inoculated more than 22,000 employees with the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines since mid-December.
The second rounds are not just happening in New York City, but across the three states.
In an ambitious plan, Mayor Bill de Blasio hopes to vaccinate 1 million people by the end of the month, although all vaccination posts have not yet been set up and the city has not yet had a million doses of the vaccine – at least not yet.
The governor said his first priority is to vaccinate asylums. The feds administered this program and less than half received the first one.
Now the state is taking action to speed up the process, wanting all residents and staff of the nursing home to receive their first doses.
Cuomo also said that hospitals need to do a better job of managing the vaccine. Some are performing better than others, with New York City Health and Hospitals almost at the bottom of the list in the number of vaccinees distributed.
In the future, hospitals may face fines of up to $ 100,000 for failing to deliver them in a timely manner.
“I need them to take personal responsibility for their hospitals,” said Cuomo. “This is a question of hospital management. They have to move the vaccine and they have to move the vaccine faster ”.
NewYork-Presbyterian distributed most doses in the state for their size, while NYC Health and Hospitals and Westchester Medical Center distributed the smallest amount: 31 and 32%.
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