RN Kristen Hansen gives Peconic Bay Medical Center’s first dose of the COVId-19 vaccine to Dr. Nicholas Palamidessi last month. (Credit: Steve Wick)
On Tuesday morning, just 24 hours after the first COVID-19 vaccine was administered in New York State, a UPS truck arrived at Peconic Bay Medical Center to deliver a single box of the first doses to the North Fork.
Nine months and a week after the coronavirus arrived, forcing local residents to battle for their lives and livelihoods, the weapon to win the war, as the vaccine has been described, is here.
“This is an amazing, historic day,” said PBMC president and CEO Andy Mitchell. “It’s a great tribute to science that this was accomplished so quickly.