{"id":167299,"date":"2021-01-31T03:18:44","date_gmt":"2021-01-31T00:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nyc-covid-19-vaccination-site-empty-despite-intense-demand\/"},"modified":"2021-01-31T03:18:44","modified_gmt":"2021-01-31T00:18:44","slug":"nyc-covid-19-vaccination-site-empty-despite-intense-demand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nyc-covid-19-vaccination-site-empty-despite-intense-demand\/","title":{"rendered":"#NYC COVID-19 vaccination site empty despite intense demand"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#NYC COVID-19 vaccination site empty despite intense demand<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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As desperate New Yorkers scramble to get the COVID-19 vaccine, one Brooklyn clinic stood largely devoid of recipients Saturday morning.<\/p>\n

A video of the vaccination hub at Abraham Lincoln High School in Coney Island showed plenty of gowned workers ready to jab arms and few, if any, patients.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is crazy. This is nuts. This is insane,\u201d a woman can be heard saying in the video as the camera pans empty vaccination stations. It was tweeted by Councilman Mark Treyger<\/a>, who said it came from a worker at the site.<\/p>\n

A furious Treyger, who represents Coney Island, called the situation \u201cunacceptable.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no excuse for what happ<\/a>ened today,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The city Department of Health blamed the problem on its website not being updated \u201cto show that there is availability,\u201d Treyger said.<\/p>\n

But a DOH spokesman provided a different story to The Post, saying the high school site was only open for a limited number of appointments that had to be rescheduled from last weekend when 15 hubs closed because there was no supply.<\/p>\n

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Abraham Lincoln High School at 2800 Ocean Parkway in Coney Island, Brooklyn.<\/figcaption>
Kevin C. Downs \/ NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cSupply remains limited, and we will use every last dose at Lincoln through the weekend,\u201d said spokesman Patrick Gallahue.<\/p>\n

He did not immedia<\/a>tely provide a number for how many people got the jabs at the high school Saturday.<\/p>\n

The video outraged New Yorkers desperate to secure the vaccine for themselves or family members.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have been trying to get my 70 yo Mom and 75 yo Dad an appointment there [sic]. This is so upsetting to me,\u201d tweeted one woman.<\/a><\/p>\n

Others rushed to the school to see get if they could get the precious shot. About 15 mostly elderly people lined up in the cold around 3:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are counting right now to see how many they have left,\u201d a worker came out to tell them.<\/p>\n

Then the vaccine seekers were let in.<\/p>\n

Charles Marine, 50, a high school teacher at St. Catherine Academy, an all-girls school in the Bronx, said he came to the school after seeing a Facebook post and after having failed to previously book an appointment online. He was able to get a shot.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like this is all backwards,\u201d he said of the vaccination program. \u201cThey totally messed it up. There is no organization. It\u2019s terrible.\u201d<\/p>\n

Linda Traister-Carbone, 72 and her husband, Joseph Carbone, 71, were initially
turned away because they had no appointment, but they eventually got jabbed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThey finally let us in and there was nobody in there,\u201d Traister-Carbone said.<\/p>\n

The DOH initially said walk-ins were not accepted at the school, then clarified that those who sought the vaccine without an appointment \u201cmay be added\u201d to a standby list.<\/p>\n

\"Charles
Charles Marine, a high teacher at St. Catherine Academy, was able to get a vaccine at the Abraham Lincoln High School site as a walk-in. <\/figcaption>
Kevin C. Downs \/ NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n