I THANK THEM FOR THEIR EFFORTS.
BUT IT’S STILL NOT ENOUGH.
SO WE’RE GOING TO ACCELERATE THE
DISTRIBUTION AND WHAT WE’RE
GOING TO DO IS ADD NEW
DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS TO
SUPPLEMENT THE HOSPITALS.
AGAIN, THE THOUGHT WITH A
HOSPITALS WERE THAT’S WHERE
HEALTH CARE WORKERS WORK, THAT’S
WHERE THE HEALTH CARE WORKERS
ARE COMFORTABLE BUT WE’RE NOT
PLEASED WITH THE RATE OF
DISTRIBUTION SO WE’RE GOING TO
SUPPLEMENT THE HOSPITALS WITH
ADDITIONAL NETWORKS.
WE’RE NOW RECRUITING ORGANIZING
THOUSANDS OF NEW PROVIDERS.
THE LARGER DISTRIBUTION NETWORK
WILL INCLUDE PRIVATE DOCTOR
NETWORKS, COUNTY HEALTH
DEPARTMENTS, URGENT CARE, CITY
MD, ET CETERA, AND THE PHARMACY
NETWORK.
THERE ARE 5,000 PHARMACIES IN
THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
PHARMACIES DISTRIBUTE THE FLU
VACCINE.
THEY DO THIS.
THEY KNOW HOW TO DO THIS.
WE HAVE 1,200 PHARMACIES THAT
ARE ALREADY COMMITTED AND WILL
RAMP UP NEXT WEEK.
AND WE’LL CONTINUE TO USE THE
HOSPITALS ALSO.
BUT WE’RE GOING TO BRING IN A
MUCH LARGER DISTRIBUTION NETWORK
TO DO THIS.
500 PHARMACIES WILL COME ONLINE
NEXT WEEK AND WE’LL HAVE
HUNDREDS OF ADDITIONAL
DISTRIBUTORS COMING ON NEXT
WEEK.
ON MONDAY THEY WILL BEGIN
ACCEPTING RESERVATIONS FOR
VACCINATIONS.
I’LL DISCUSS IN A MOMENT THIS IS
A VERY LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE.
AND IT CAN’T JUST BE SHOW UP AT
THE PHARMACY.
IT’S GOING TO BE MUCH THE WAY IT
WAS WITH COVID TESTING, GO TO A
WEBSITE, FIND OUT THE LOCATION
NEAREST YOU, MAKE A RESERVATION
AND THAT WILL HAPPEN ON MONDAY.
THE NETWORK WILL DISTRIBUTE TO
1A AND 1B.
THE NEW PROVIDERS MUST
PRIORITIZE THEIR HEALTH CARE
STAFF.
WHY?
THE SAME REASON 1A IS A
PRIORITY.
WE DON’T WANT A NURSE WHO IS
COVID POSITIVE TREATING 100
PATIENTS A DAY.
HEALTH CARE WORKERS CAN BE SUPER
SPREADERS.
SO THE NEW PROVIDERS,
PHARMACISTS, VACCINATORS, ET
CETERA, GET YOUR PEOPLE
VACCINATED FIRST.
HOSPITALS CONTINUE TO PRIORITIZE
THE UNVACCINATED 1A BECAUSE,
AGAIN, WE HAVE TO GET THOSE
HEALTH CARE WORKERS UP TO AT
LEAST 70%.
SO KEEP THEM AS A PRIORITY.
THE LARGE UNION GROUPS THAT HAVE
THE ABILITY, I’M ASKING THEM TO
ATTEMPT TO ORGANIZE THEIR OWN
ADMINISTRATION OF THE VACCINE.
MANY OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS
I’VE SPOKEN WITH, THEY HAVE EMS,
THEY HAVE EMT, THEY HAVE MEDICAL
OFFICES, THEY CAN ADMINISTER
THEIR OWN VACCINE.
FIRE DEPARTMENTS, THE SAME
THING.
THEY HAVE EMS, THEY HAVE EMT.
MANY COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS
CAN ADMINISTER FOR THEIR POLICE,
VOLUNTEER FIRE, ET CETERA.
SO WHENEVER WE CAN GET A LARGE
GROUP TO HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE
DISTRIBUTION, THAT’S GOOD
BECAUSE IT RELIEVES PRESSURE ON
THE REMAINING DISTRIBUTION
NETWORK.
TRANSIT WORKERS WE’RE SPEAKING
WITH.
IF YOU HAVE A PROVIDER NETWORK
THAT YOU WORK WITH, WHICH MANY
LARGE UNIONS DO, THEN LET THAT
NETWORK DO THE VACCINATIONS.
TEACHERS UNION, ET CETERA.
SO WHEREVER POSSIBLE, WE WANT TO
GET THOSE DISTRIBUTION
MECHANISMS SEGREGATED.
THE LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN
THOSE CASES WILL GIVE THE
POLICE, THE FIRE, THE TEACHERS,
CORRECTION OFFICERS AN
ALLOCATION ON A WEEKLY BASIS AND
THEN TO THE EXTENT THEY CAN TAKE
CARE OF THEMSELVES, FINE.
IF THEY CAN’T, FINE.
WE’LL TAKE CARE OF THEM IN THE
LARGER NETWORK.
BUT TO THE EXTENT WE GET GROUPS
TO ORGANIZE THEIR OWN
DISTRIBUTION, THAT WILL FREE UP
THE DISTRIBUTION MECHANISM TO
FOCUS ON THE LARGEST GROUP IN 1B