{"id":145832,"date":"2021-01-02T06:01:47","date_gmt":"2021-01-02T03:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/critics-pan-new-yorks-sluggish-covid-19-vaccine-rollout\/"},"modified":"2021-01-02T06:01:47","modified_gmt":"2021-01-02T03:01:47","slug":"critics-pan-new-yorks-sluggish-covid-19-vaccine-rollout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/critics-pan-new-yorks-sluggish-covid-19-vaccine-rollout\/","title":{"rendered":"#Critics pan New York’s sluggish COVID-19 vaccine rollout"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Critics pan New York’s sluggish COVID-19 vaccine rollout<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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New York\u2019s slow-footed COVID-19 vaccine rollout has been a mismanaged mess, critics said Friday, with recent data showing that even Florida has doled out shots at a faster clip than the Empire State.<\/p>\n

The harsh words come a day after The Post reported that New York State has injected less than a third of the vaccines it has \u2014 casting doubt on Mayor Bill de Blasio\u2019s dream of jabbing a million city residents in January.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s chaos out there. The state has no idea what it\u2019s doing,\u201d said Rensselaer County Executive Steve McLaughlin, particularly taking aim at the leadership of Gov. Andrew Cuomo. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe Cuomo handling of the vaccine is blithering incompetence.\u201d<\/p>\n

McLaughlin said that county governments like his have been largely sidelined during the vaccine\u2019s launch, with Cuomo and his team micromanaging the process from Albany, getting bogged down in details rather than putting the jabs into the arms of those who need them.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis administration can\u2019t administer the vaccines that are in its hands,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention current as of Dec. 30 \u2014 due to a reporting lag over the holidays \u2014 shows New York lagging behind Florida in its vaccine administration efforts.<\/p>\n

As of the data\u2019s last update, the Sunshine State had administered vaccines at a rate of 823 per 100,000 residents.<\/p>\n

New York had administered the shots at a rate of 723 per 100,000 residents, about 14 percent off Florida\u2019s pace.<\/p>\n

Larry Schwartz, a former top aide to Cuomo now handling the state\u2019s vaccine program, said Friday that 266,000 of New York\u2019s 630,000 doses have now been administered, about 42 percent.<\/p>\n

But some still felt that other states might be on to something New York isn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

\u201cPerhaps Florida Gov. [Ron] DeSantis can come to New York and explain all this,\u201d cracked New York City Councilman Joe Borelli (R-Staten Island). \u201cThis is not the well-oiled machine Cuomo\u2019s PowerPoint presentation says it is.\u201d<\/p>\n

Among the cases highlighting the disparity is that of Nathan Burkan Jr. and Greg Heinrich.<\/p>\n

Burkan Jr., an 89-year-old Manhattanite who has suffered congestive heart failure and a stroke, told The Post he has been unable to get the vaccine despite being at an advanced risk for the disease.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously I and my wife [who is 83] would like to get the vaccine now,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

But his daughter-in-law\u2019s dad, Heinrich, simply drove to his local library in Clermont, Fla., to get the vaccine recently \u2014 without getting out of his car.<\/p>\n

\u201cI rolled down the car window and got my shot,\u201d Heinrich, 72, told The Post of his experience getting the drive-thru shot. \u201cIt was painless.\u201d<\/p>\n

Though the wait was long \u2014 about three hours \u2014 he just had to relax in his car until a nurse gave him the jab.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf seniors like me can get the vaccine in Florida, why can\u2019t they get it in New York?\u201d he asked. <\/p>\n

Borelli said that the state\u2019s overly cautious rollout is a disservice to seniors and frontline workers in need of the shot.<\/p>\n

\u201cNew York is overemphasizing the safety protocols rather than the need to get vaccines out the door and into people\u2019s arms,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Schwartz, the state\u2019s vaccine rollout czar, defended the progress made so far.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a systematic plan in reaching out to our frontline workers and vulnerable population,\u201d said Schwartz, who said that part of the problem is that the federal government hasn\u2019t procured New York enough<\/em> vaccines.<\/p>\n

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A Florida Department of Health worker prepares to give a COVID vaccine in New Port Richey on Dec. 31. <\/figcaption>
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\u201cIt\u2019s the fault of the federal government,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re distributing allocations.\u201d<\/p>\n

Congressional Rep. Elise Stefanik, whose upstate district includes several rural counties, said that the governor should be more focused on rolling out the vaccine than his recent effort to get fans out to the upcoming Buffalo Bills playoff game<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Cuomo \u201cis selfishly preoccupied with his playoff planning for the Buffalo Bills rather than focusing on lifesaving vaccine distribution,\u201d Stefanik, a Republican, said. \u201cThat New York has administered less than a third of the COVID vaccine is an embarrassment to the Empire State.\u201d<\/p>\n

In one notable overseas success story, Israel on Friday delivered its millionth vaccine, becoming the first nation to inoculate 10 percent of its population.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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