On Monday, Sandra Lindsay, a nurse and director of patient services at the intensive care unit at Northwell Long Island Jewish Medical Center, received the first shot of the COVID-19 Pfizer / BioNtech vaccine in the United States outside of mandatory clinical trials. The hospital where Lindsay works in Queens, New York is the epicenter of the Corona virus crisis in New York; It can be found in 100,000 COVID patients.
“I was optimistic today,” Lindsay told a news conference with New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. “I feel healed and I hope this marks the beginning of the end at the most painful time in our history.”
Photos of health workers being vaccinated are definitely something to capture in times when it was, and it can be a very dark and depressing winter. But naturally, the film raises a somewhat selfish question for most of us: where and when can I get one, once the higher priority people have been vaccinated? If you’ve felt like your patience is thin this year, the start of 2021 won’t be any different – but knowing that there is light at the end of the tunnel will make the final extension easier.
Dr Anthony Fossie, director of the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases, told CNN last week that April could be the “open season.” “In anyone’s sense, even groups that are not a high priority can be vaccinated,” Fucci said, which is a project.
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azhar reiterated that “enough vaccines have already been procured to ensure that our goal of vaccinating every American by the end of the second quarter of 2021 can be achieved.”
Bunny Ellerin, director of the healthcare and drug management program at Columbia Business School, told Salon that he was confident that someone like himself would get the vaccine – a middle-aged person with no major comorbidities – by May 2021, but that it was not. This means that it is available to everyone.
“Not every American can be vaccinated because children are not approved for it, it is only for adults,” Ellerin said.
The Pfizer vaccine is only approved for people 16 and older.
As Salon previously announced, Priority Healthcare will be the first partner to receive the vaccine as it is distributed nationwide this week. According to the Wall Street Journal, 145 U.S. hospitals and other sites are expected to receive the vaccine on Monday, followed by 425 on Tuesday and 66 on Wednesday. Does not manage.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends vaccinating all health workers, leading workers in long-term care facilities and their residents in this first phase. Healthcare employees are defined as “all paid and unpaid persons who work in health care systems and are directly or indirectly exposed to patients or infectious products”. In other words, anyone who works at a healthcare company and is in contact with an individual or test items. Residents of long-term care facilities are defined as “adults living in facilities that provide a variety of services, including medical and personal care for people who cannot live independently.” 40% of COVID-19 deaths in the country are residents of long-term care facilities.
Pfizer is sending 2.9 million doses on the first channel this week, but by the end of December the company expects to receive 25 million doses – enough to cover an estimated 21 million health workers, and 3 million long-term care residents nationwide. The Pfizer vaccine is given in two doses three weeks apart, but it does provide some protection after the first dose.
These early logistics present challenges that call for a more organized effort to vaccinate highly privileged individuals. For example, Pfizer claims on its website that its vaccine has a short shelf life of five days after being transferred from the UltraCold storage to the refrigerator. This leaves a narrow window for administering vaccines. People need to show a second dose.
But after the first phase of vaccination rolls, many states are expected to prioritize those 65 years and older based on the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). The recommendations are aimed at reducing the mortality rate, protecting the functioning of the community and reducing the burden of COVID-19 on people already facing inequality. But who gets priority outside of the high-risk categories often depends on where you live and your access to a health care provider.
“As far as how the epidemic has destroyed many communities of color, I hope those communities will also be given priority as they have been severely affected,” Ellerin said.
There are growing concerns around equivalent access to the vaccine. It is hoped that there will be more supply to meet this need not only in the United States but around the world as more vaccines are approved starting this week with the Moderna vaccine.
If you think of today’s news about health care workers, you can finally push your isolated life and start anew, we hate cheating. However, the fact that the summer of 2021 looks like means you can start boarding, which will be infinite than the summer of 2020.