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Experts to discuss roots of phenomenon, why it fuels health disparities
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Lindsay Kolysko, nurse educator in emergency room, right, administers one of the first doses of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to Cynthia Tanksley, patient associate specialist in emergency room, at Albany Medical Center on Monday, Dec. 14, 2020 in Albany, N.Y. The hospital staff started vaccinating their health care workers on the first day the vaccine was administered in the United States. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)Lori Van Buren/Albany Times Union
ALBANY The problem of vaccine hesitancy among communities of color across the nation is a threat that has hobbled past responses to health crises as mundane yet deadly as the annual flu, and presents a far more grave risk amid the COVID-19 pandemic, which has done disproportionate damage to Black and Latino Americans.
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First COVID vaccinations administered in Capital Region | The Daily Gazette
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Respiratory therapist Jeffrey Rings receives the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine from registered nurse Patricia Meo at Albany Medical Center on Monday.
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ALBANY The first Capital Region resident was vaccinated against COVID-19 on Monday, a major milestone in a pandemic that has killed at least 443 people in the region and altered everyday life for nearly everyone else.
In the space of several hours, Albany Medical Center took delivery of its allotment of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, thawed it from a hundred degrees below zero to room temperature, and began administering it to its employees at greatest risk due either to the nature of their jobs or their own personal health factors.
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Albany Med began administering first doses of the Pfizer vaccine Monday afternoon
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1of23Buy PhotoLindsay Kolysko, nurse educator in emergency room, right, scans information after administering one of the first doses of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to Cynthia Tanksley, patient associate specialist in emergency room, at Albany Medical Center on Monday, Dec. 14, 2020 in Albany, N.Y. The hospital staff started vaccinating their health care workers on the first day the vaccine was administered in the United States. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)Lori Van Buren/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less