Farmers fighting for COVID vaccine
WWNY Farmers fighting for COVID vaccine By Keir Chapman | March 11, 2021 at 3:41 PM EST - Updated March 11 at 8:54 PM
TOWN OF ELLISBURG, N.Y. (WWNY) - New York farmers are making noise after still being left off the stateâs COVID vaccine eligibility list.
Thereâs plenty of work to do on Sheland farms in the town of Ellisburg and plenty of animals too.
âWe milk about 900 cows and we farm about 3,000 acres,â said Devon Shelmidine, Jefferson County Farm Bureau president.
Shelmidine is pushing for agricultural workers to be on the stateâs list to get a COVID-19 vaccine.
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Remember when Jefferson County was expecting 600 vaccine doses earlier this week and then it was down to 100? Well, the county now says it got zero. Now officials worry that when large state-run vaccine clinics all come on-line, it’ll be even tougher to get resources.
Appointments for COVID shots fill up quickly
WWNY Appointments for COVID shots fill up quickly By Lexi Bruening | January 11, 2021 at 5:11 PM EST - Updated January 11 at 10:09 PM
LOWVILLE, N.Y. (WWNY) - New York state is a step closer to getting COVID-19 vaccines into the arms of those who need it most. On Monday, that list of eligible people got bigger. But, there are some complications along the way.
Lewis County Manager Ryan Piche says the COVID-19 vaccine has the potential to be the “weapon to end the war.”
On Monday, more people became eligible to receive it.
“We know those 75 and above are most at risk. We know people that are in schools every day with students coming in and out, those folks are at risk. Police who are going in and out of homes and in and out of vehicles with the public, those people are at risk,” said Piche.