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Calling it confusing and irresponsible, Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente is questioning why Governor Cuomo would place the responsibility of vaccine distribution on the shoulders of already overburdened hospitals across the state.
Especially, he says, when county health department across New York are trained-in and specialize-in the logistics needed to execute mass public vaccinations, citing several successful Point of Distribution plans that were executed in recent years by county health departments, naming the SARS, Hep-A and the H1-N1 vaccines, among many others, as examples.
Picente repeatedly said that he did not lack faith in the ability of local hospitals like Mohawk Valley Health System to handle and distribute the vaccine, but said hospitals are often partners with the health department.