The Tompkins County Health Department (TCHD) is sharing information regarding the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) vaccine. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is currently recommending that out of an abundance of caution, the use of J&J vaccine be paused following six reports of an extremely rare type of blood clot in the US. To-date, TCHD has administered a total of 130 doses of J&J vaccine to members of the Tompkins County community.Â
TCHD planned to administer J&J vaccine through a local âCollege Student Vaccination Dayâ this Thursday, April 15. Due to the national pause of J&J distribution, TCHD is canceling the College Student Vaccination Day including Cornell University, Ithaca College, and Tompkins Cortland Community College. This cancellation follows CDC and New York State Department of Health guidance to pause administration of the J&J vaccine. Students will receive additional communications directly from their respective institution.Â
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On April 6 vaccine eligibility was expanded to everyone ages 16+. Between that and the steadily increasing supply, itâs a natural question to wonder whatâs next for vaccination in Tompkins County.
According to the New York state vaccine tracker, 44,739 people have gotten their first dose in Tompkins County, while 24,633 are fully vaccinated. Currently, Cayuga Health Systems has administered 21,771 first doses and 12,946 second doses. Though the majority of these have been done at the mass vaccination site at the mall, the Health Department and Cayuga Health have done some outreach in other ways.
âWeâve been doing a lot of offsite vaccinations already,â Health Director Frank Kruppa said.Â
Since the beginning of the school year, the COVID-19 pandemic has tested local school districts.
Teachers and administrators have been forced to rethink education, but in doing so, they ve also fostered innovation, creating elements of pandemic learning which could become permanent fixtures of their learning models.
Now, district leaders across the Southern Tier look to the end of the 2020-2021 school year on the horizon with a shared goal: as many students in the school buildings for as many days a week they can safely manage.
Getting there will look different in every district, their paths driven by the particular and in some cases contrasting challenges faced by rural, urban and suburban schools.