Yonkers Insider: Report from Town of Greenburgh: Some suggestions to expedite slow vaccination rollout.

 

Many constituents have complained about the slow rollout of vaccinating New Yorker's. Although some hospitals have the vaccines they have not been administered. The Governor has threatened to fine the hospitals that have the vaccines but don't use it. I have previously encouraged the state to encourage more retired Doctors, nurses, EMTs to volunteer to help administer vaccines to expedite the process of vaccinating more people quickly. To encourage buy in among those who don't believe in vaccinations I think that the religious community should be enlisted in the process. An idea: vaccinations can be given to congregants at the conclusion of services. If religious leaders and fellow congregants take the vaccines in front of their congregants it might encourage others to have confidence in the safety of the vaccines. The Governor could call in National Guard to coordinate. He's used the National Guard during the past year with success. School nurses could also vaccinate parents.