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27 Mar, 4 tweets, 2 min read
The good news: NYC is making big progress in vaccination. Now 30% of adults have gotten at least one shot.

The bad news: inequality.
* 10021 (UES) - 51%
* 11201 (Bklyn Hgts) - 40%
* 10030 (Harlem) - 30%
* 11233 (Bed Stuy) - 20%
* 11368 (Corona) - 19%
nytimes.com/interactive/20…
NYC needs to do more to close the vaccination equity gap:
* Open more sites in NYCHA community centers, houses of worship etc
* Mobile vax vans to underserved areas
* door-to-door outreach
* Walk-in vaccination (no appt)
* Prioritize under-vax'd zips in next eligibility expansion
Yesterday @scottmstringer and I called for immediate expansion of vaccine eligibility to *all* adults in underserved neighborhoods. This would do so much to close the vaccine equity gap.
nydailynews.com/coronavirus/ny…
Correction on one of the stats above: 10030 (Harlem) is at only 22% 1st shot received. (h/t @BobLu6)

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26 Mar
The CDC is advising caution on business reopenings, & offering guidelines for safe school reopenings.

But NYC has it backwards. We're steadily reopening businesses—and using a rule that keeps a huge # of schools closed daily.

It's time for the "two-case" rule to be amended. 1/
Current policy shuts down a school building for 10 days if just two cases are found within 7 days--even if there is no apparent connection.

This has resulted in a constant opening and closing of schools. Today there are *272* school buildings closed because of this rule. 2/
It would be much more prudent to allow trained contact tracers to determine whether two cases are likely connected, not to default to closing schools even when there is no apparent connection.

This simple change would have a huge impact, keeping far more schools opened daily. 3/
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21 Mar
The race between vaccination & the variants in NYC is in a dead heat.

Big progress on the vax: 27% of adults have had at least one shot.

But:
* 3,700 cases/day...65% from variants
* 25 zips at 10%+ positivity
* 200 hospitalizations/day

It's up to us which side wins this race.
After NYC's big surge last year, cases dropped precipitously.

Not this time. An enormous amount of virus is still spreading here. The rise of variants is undoubtedly a big factor.
25 zip codes in NYC now have positivity rates at 10% or higher.

The last time the map looked like this we were about to hit the winter wave.

This time we have vaccination on our side...and variants working against us. It adds up to a tenuous situation for a the next few weeks.
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21 Mar
Major expansion in vaccine access in NYC:

==> Pharmacies are now vaccinating people w/ underlying conditions. 1000s of appts available citywide.

Book here:
* Walgreens: walgreens.com/findcare/vacci…
* CVS: cvs.com/immunizations/…
* Rite Aid: riteaid.com/pharmacy/apt-s…
Those without computer access can book vaccine appointments at pharmacies via phone:

* 800-WALGREENs
* 800-SHOP-CVS
* 800-RITE-AID
Pharmacies are now scheduling vaccination for three groups:
* Age 60+
* Teachers, school staff, and childcare workers
* Those w/ underlying conditions
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18 Mar
Big day for health policy in the @NYCCouncil.

Health committee just unanimously voted out 4 pieces of legislation.

* Intro 2236a: Creates unified covid vax scheduling website, and a system for NYers to pre-register to be alerted when an appointment opens up.
1/
* Reso 1535 (sponsored by @IDaneekMiller): calls for State to give local health depts power to take steps to reduce inequality in vaccination, including expanding eligibility in underserved zip codes, and expanded demographic reporting.
2/
* Reso 1529a: calls for State gov't to eliminate the planned medicaid pharmacy carve-out, which would devastate community health providers serving vulnerable NYers, include those who are homeless, living w/ HIV, etc.
3/
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9 Mar
BREAKING: Beginning 8 a.m. tomorrow, aged 60+ in NY will be eligible for vaccination.
*** Beginning March 17 in NY ***

==> Government employees, nonprofit workers & essential building service workers will all be eligible for vaccination.

(still sorting out exactly which groups this includes, but this is undoubtedly a major expansion)
Big change in vaccine distribution in NY:

==> Starting March 17, all providers will vaccination *all* eligible NYers. Only exception is pharmacies which will only do aged 60+ and education workers.

(I am assuming geographic restrictions will remain in place at some sites.)
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8 Mar
You’ve likely heard that people who are vaccinated still can’t change anything about their behavior.

But that's actually NOT the advice experts are offering.

This mismatch is hurting vax efforts. We need much more positive messaging on what's possible once you're vaccinated. 1/
This is an example of language pushing the idea that nothing will improve for you after vaccination.

It’s easy to see why someone on the fence about getting vaccinated might take a pass in the face of this messaging.
2/
A reminder of the good news on vaccines:

* All three now available give close to 100% protection against severe illness & death from covid

* Though someone vaccinated probably can still spread the virus, the likelihood is far lower than for someone unvaccinated.

3/
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