Staten Islanders detail why they haven’t gotten coronavirus shot; officials ponder what it may mean
Posted May 07, 2021
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Michelle Ellis said she was “horrified” when coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines first began to be administered in the United States.
She felt the speed of the vaccine’s emergency use approvals by the Food and Drug Administration was potentially prompted by fiscal incentives to move through the process quickly and expressed a distrust toward the previous presidential administration.
“I am a believer in science,” Ellis, 50, a Port Richmond resident, told the Advance/SILive.com during a phone interview. “But, you know, I also believe that we are ruled by money in this country.”
Mosque vaccinates over 800 at pop-up site
Updated Apr 08, 2021;
Posted Apr 08, 2021
Twelve nurse stations were set up to administer the Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine at the pop-up COVID vaccination site at the Albanian Islamic Cultural Center on April 8, 2021 (Staten Island Advance/Giavanni Alves)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. –– On Thursday, April 8, the Albanian Islamic Cultural Center (AICC) in Tompkinsville hosted a New York State run COVID vaccination site. The AICC is one of 18 designated locations selected to host a pop-up COVID vaccination site.
Between 8:00 AM and 8:00 PM Northwell Health staff administered the Johnson and Johnson vaccine to more than 800 people.