One official wants a dramatic shift in the way coronavirus vaccinations are done in New York City. The head of the city council’s health committee, Mark Levine says mass vaccine sites played a key role earlier on but not as many people are coming to them now. He wants them shut and the effort ramped up to get the coronavirus vaccine to lower income neighborhoods with low vaccination rates.
“We really have to go to people where they are. That requires being on street corners, in community centers, in houses of worship. It would be much smarter to close these mass vaccine centers and redeploy the staff.”
A state Health Department says state continues to administer vaccines as quickly and equitably as possible.