McCoy reflects on year-plus struggle in battle against COVID-19 pandemic troyrecord.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from troyrecord.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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