Hospital staff vaccination rates vary across Capital Region, Mohawk Valley | The Daily Gazette
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By John Cropley/Business Editor |
May 6, 2021
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ALBANY Hospital staff COVID vaccination rates range from 66% to 99% in the Capital Region and Mohawk Valley, underscoring the erratic nature of the population’s willingness to receive the vaccine.
Back in December, New York gave medical care providers top priority and preferred access to the very limited supply of vaccine when it was rolled out for public use.
A second surge of infections and hospitalizations was building to a peak in the state at the time, and the strategy was to immunize care providers first because they simultaneously would be among the most vulnerable to contracting the virus and among the most vital to protect from the virus while caring for a growing number of sick people.
The Pew Charitable Trusts
In March, nearly 40 individuals from across the country will meet with their legislators to urge Congress to take bipartisan action to prioritize the battle against antibiotic resistance: a looming global health threat that threatens the future of modern medicine. As part of The Pew Charitable Trusts’ Stand Up to Superbugs initiative, this year’s ambassadors include health care professionals, public health officials, scientists, farmers and ranchers, veterinarians, superbug survivors, and people who have lost loved ones to an antibiotic-resistant infection. They will meet virtually with federal agency leaders and members of Congress to share their superbug stories and expertise, and urge increased commitment and momentum to preserve the effectiveness of existing antibiotics and develop urgently needed new ones.