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New York City Has Outpaced the Nation in Vaccinations, Offering a Foundation for Economic Recovery
New York City was the epicenter of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic as it began in the United States. It recorded its first death from the disease on March 1, 2020. The city’s economy also suffered a massive setback during the lockdown in the early months of the pandemic.
A full job recovery is still several years away and the major problems that predated COVID-19 and persisted through it — poverty, homelessness, affordable housing, unemployment and under-employment — are still with us in the City and across the nation. Nonetheless, the drive to vaccinate the residents of the City is showing substantial success. If this achievement continues, the City’s ability to control the harm from this deadly disease will give the local economy a real chance to recover and, along with it, a chance for the City to get on top of its many problems, especially compared to many other jurisdictions in this country.
NYC Vaccination Program Outpaces the Nation
The facts are that the residents of New York City are making major progress on getting vaccinated against COVID-19; better progress, in fact, than the rest of the nation. The city’s Department of Health COVID vaccine tracker reports that 84.7% of the city’s adults have gotten at least one dose of the vaccine and 77.3% are fully vaccinated as of October 18. By contrast, the CDC is reporting as of that same date, 78.9% of U.S. adults had gotten at least one dose of the vaccine, and 68.4% were fully vaccinated. New York City is doing especially well vaccinating adolescents. Mayor de Blasio stated on October 1 that nearly 75% of 12- to 17-year-olds had gotten at least one dose of the vaccine, substantially better than the national rate of 58% as of October 12 (my calculation using the CDC website data). The City’s decision to use schools as vaccine sites undoubtedly contributed to this success.
https://jimbrennanscommentaries.com/2021/10/28/new-york-city-has-outpaced-the-nation-in-vaccinations-offering-a-foundation-for-economic-recovery/
A full job recovery is still several years away and the major problems that predated COVID-19 and persisted through it — poverty, homelessness, affordable housing, unemployment and under-employment — are still with us in the City and across the nation. Nonetheless, the drive to vaccinate the residents of the City is showing substantial success. If this achievement continues, the City’s ability to control the harm from this deadly disease will give the local economy a real chance to recover and, along with it, a chance for the City to get on top of its many problems, especially compared to many other jurisdictions in this country.
NYC Vaccination Program Outpaces the Nation
The facts are that the residents of New York City are making major progress on getting vaccinated against COVID-19; better progress, in fact, than the rest of the nation. The city’s Department of Health COVID vaccine tracker reports that 84.7% of the city’s adults have gotten at least one dose of the vaccine and 77.3% are fully vaccinated as of October 18. By contrast, the CDC is reporting as of that same date, 78.9% of U.S. adults had gotten at least one dose of the vaccine, and 68.4% were fully vaccinated. New York City is doing especially well vaccinating adolescents. Mayor de Blasio stated on October 1 that nearly 75% of 12- to 17-year-olds had gotten at least one dose of the vaccine, substantially better than the national rate of 58% as of October 12 (my calculation using the CDC website data). The City’s decision to use schools as vaccine sites undoubtedly contributed to this success.
https://jimbrennanscommentaries.com/2021/10/28/new-york-city-has-outpaced-the-nation-in-vaccinations-offering-a-foundation-for-economic-recovery/