Lindsay, a nurse at Long Island Jewish Medical Centre in Queens, got the shot yesterday.
Chin, a retired army medic, said at first she thought it was mandatory to get the COVID-19 vaccine to keep her job, but has learned that the hospital where she works does not make it a requirement. My brain was already prepared for this but now I have a choice, I am saying I don t know. But I am leaning towards taking it as I would rather have some sort of a barrier between myself and the patients versus out there being vulnerable, she said.