ALBANY, N.Y. â Albany County Executive Daniel McCoy and Albany County Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Elizabeth Whalen both addressed the need to expand encouragement efforts to vaccinate people, so that the Capital Region can reach herd immunity and return to a sense of normalcy.
The two noted how vaccinations are starting to plateau and why more outreach is necessary in pushing people in the right direction. To that end, McCoy announced a video challenge on Instagram, imploring people to share their stories on why they became vaccinated against COVID-19 and how vital it is to resuming regular life.
âDespite making more than 1,200 first doses of the Pfizer vaccine available for our Times Union Center POD [Thursday], unfortunately, we were only able to get 319 residents to fill the appointments, including 56 walk-ins. Itâs clear weâre hitting a wall, which is why weâre shifting our resources to more community based pop-up clinics, and weâre also launching a new Instagram challenge, â#IGotMine,â encouraging our younger adults to get the shot and spread the message of why they got it by posting it with the hashtag,â McCoy said.