{"id":144098,"date":"2020-12-30T04:42:50","date_gmt":"2020-12-30T01:42:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/first-fdny-firefighters-get-covid-vaccine-nypd-launch-delayed\/"},"modified":"2020-12-30T04:42:50","modified_gmt":"2020-12-30T01:42:50","slug":"first-fdny-firefighters-get-covid-vaccine-nypd-launch-delayed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/first-fdny-firefighters-get-covid-vaccine-nypd-launch-delayed\/","title":{"rendered":"#First FDNY firefighters get COVID vaccine, NYPD launch delayed"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#First FDNY firefighters get COVID vaccine, NYPD launch delayed<\/strong>”
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FDNY firefighters began receiving coronavirus vaccines on Tuesday \u2014 but a planned rollout of the shots for the NYPD was scrapp<\/a>ed, with a union memo citing a delay on the state\u2019s end.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got it because I want to protect the people I love, the people I work with, the people they love,\u201d said firefighter Martha Brekke, one of the first to get the shot at FDNY headquarters in Downtown Brooklyn. <\/p>\n

\u201cI just think it\u2019s important to take care of as many people as we can.\u201d<\/p>\n

Between three locations \u2014 department HQ plus the fire academy on Randall\u2019s Island and the EMS academy at Fort Totten in Queens \u2014 the FDNY can now inoculate about 450 members per day.<\/p>\n

That tally includes EMS workers, who began receiving the vaccine last week.<\/p>\n

The rollout unfolded in the face of a survey conducted earlier this month by the Uniformed Firefighters Association that indicated that more than half of smoke-eaters would refuse the vaccine.<\/p>\n

Union president Andy Ansbro \u2014 who said that reluctance was due in part to a \u201creal education issue\u201d about who needs the vaccine \u2014 was among those to receive the shot Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cHopefully this will go a long way to getting the city and the country back on track,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Ansbro praised recent efforts by the department and the union to dissuade firefighters\u2019 fears through information, and was cautiously optimistic that they appear to be working.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe union had a Q&A with a virologist and we\u2019ve answered all the questions our members sent to us. About two dozens members actually reached out to me saying the work we\u2019ve done has changed their minds,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

\u201cRight now it seems like several thousand members have signed up to get this and that\u2019s very encouraging.\u201d<\/p>\n

The FDNY said Tuesday that more than 1,000 city EMS workers have now been vaccinated.<\/p>\n

There are approximately 4,400 FDNY EMS workers, and 11,000 firefighters.<\/p>\n

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But while the Bravest lined up, the Finest were kept waiting.<\/p>\n

A memo circulated Monday within the Detectives\u2019 Endowment Association union said that a planned Tuesday launch for cops was on hold due to supply issues with the state.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe State has not released the vaccine in the quantity needed for the NYPD,\u201d the memo reads in part.<\/p>\n

NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea confirmed the hold-up during a wide-ranging briefing Tuesday morning, noting that the department is \u201canxiously awaiting\u201d their jabs.<\/p>\n

Union heads blasted government bureaucracy over the delay.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe lives of cops and the New Yorkers we serve are being put in grave danger with the delay of the available COVID-19 vaccine to the NYPD,\u201d said DEA President Paul\u00a0DiGiacomo in a statement. <\/p>\n

\u201cDetectives have thousands of close-contact interactions daily with the public as we continue to keep people safe, provide medical aide, and respond to calls for help,\u201d he continued. \u201cOn the heels of the death of six Detectives and current rising virus numbers, DEA members need the vaccine before another family is tragically left behind \u2014 and they need it now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Forty-eight members of the NYPD have died of the coronavirus, according to the department.<\/p>\n

Police Benevolent Association head Patrick Lynch agreed with DiGiacomo.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce again, politicians in Albany and City Hall are wasting time with bureaucratic gymnastics instead of looking at the reality on the ground,\u201d he said in a statement. \u201cNew York City police officers aren\u2019t just on the front line. We cover every part of the front line: from hospitals and housing complexes to the corner store. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe have more daily contact with New Yorkers than any other city agency,\u201d continued Lynch. \u201cWe are continuing to press for vaccines to be made available to police officers as soon as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

A spokesman for the state Department of Health said that vaccines are on the way for cops, but that groups prioritized ahead of them \u2014 including front-line health care workers and those in nursing homes \u2014 are still getting inoculated.<\/p>\n

\u201cNYPD as first responders are eligible in phase 1b, that has not changed,\u00a0and any suggestion that we are holding back on providing vaccines is patently false,\u201d said Gary Holmes.\u00a0\u201cWe are still in the middle of phase 1a, which includes frontline health care workers, nursing homes and certain congregate care settings.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cTiming depends on when the vaccine supply is available and we look forward to working with NYPD and all first responders in operationalizing distribution of COVID-19 vaccines.\u200b\u201d<\/p>\n

Because they are trained and certified to both fight fires and administer emergency medical services, firefighters are qualified for the first phase.<\/p>\n

Shea stated earlier this month that vaccines would not be mandated for NYPD personnel, but later opened the door for them to potentially become compulsory.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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