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Governor Andrew Cuomo made a big announcement on vaccine eligibility in New York State.
Starting on Tuesday, residents ages 50 and up will be eligible to get the COVID vaccine. The governor made the announcement as he kicked off his “Roll Up Your Sleeve” campaign on Monday.
He was joined by religious leaders of many different denominations at his press conference.
He is asking the faith-based community to partner with a vaccine provider to help get people past vaccine hesitancy and also to offer the vaccines at their places of worship.
The governor added that he thought that having religious leaders promote the vaccine would help with equity and getting it to minorities.
“That’s what ‘Roll Up Your Sleeves’ is all about. Ask the faith-based community, partner with the health care operator, perform the vaccines in your facility and we will provide the vaccines to any facility that participates. Invite your congregation, invite your neighborhood, use your trust, use your relationship to get past this hesitancy, etc. We still have not reached fairness and equity in the vaccines.”
After Closing down our shuls in tishrei he wants help from them now. He really thinks hes G-ds gift to humanity. (Nothing new)
These “faith based” community “partners” are NOT my personal personal medical care provider. NO medical procedure is a one-size-fits-all ! Partnering up with spiritual leaders is an attempted coersive method of compliance..”roll up your sleeves or your a heathen” . This is from the same person who shut down houses of worship for MONTHS, our sleepaway camps , targeted our community unfairly with excessive fines and said publically that we “never complied” while showing a picture from 10yrs ago. This is who I should leaving the hands of my medical choices to!