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Cuomo Creates New COVID Vaccination Obstacles To Help Fight Racism

Gov Andrew Cuomo's push to make New York's vaccination effort truly stand out is at risk of backfiring spectacularly, as new rules imposed by the governor create risks that are already slowing down the process.

The governor is issuing an executive order making it a crime for health-care providers to "intentionally disregard prioritization" while also making "eligibility certification by recipients a mandatory part of the vaccination process."

If you wanted to make sure that rapidly expiring vaccines distributed in 10-dose vials end up in the trash, this is how you'd do it pic.twitter.com/kBt5JqDmlD

— Mason 🏃‍♂️✂️𐃏 (@webdevMason) January 2, 2021

Here's more from the governor in his own words.

COVID showed that racism is a public health crisis, too.

Until the vaccine is available in the South Bronx, and the East Side of Buffalo, and Wyandanch, and South Jamaica, and Edgerton and East Utica, our health care deserts, our job is not done. pic.twitter.com/oOkErcyVpN

— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) January 3, 2021

Should a clinic administer the vaccine to somebody before their turn, they could face a fine of up to $1MM.

The reasoning behind the executive order appears to be preventing a "black market" for vaccines, or otherwise tying the system to wealth

Instead, Cuomo is creating another obstacle to swift distribution of vaccines, which could risk more of them possibly spoiling. He has also prioritized addicts in state rehabs for vaccination.

At this point, distributing vaccines to people out of turn hasn't emerged as a problem. Instead, 3 weeks into the most ambitious vaccination campaign in modern US history, far fewer people than expected are being immunized against the virus as the process moves slower than officials had projected and has been beset by confusion and disorganization in many states. Of the more than 12 million doses of vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech that have been shipped, fewer than 3MM have been administered, per data from the CDC. As of Sunday, the state of NY has doled out roughly 1/3rd of the nearly 775K doses that have been distributed.

While reporting delays have been blamed, other issues have emerged, like news of several shipments of vaccine doses spoiling on its way to hospitals in Texas.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/cuomo-creates-new-covid-vaccination-obstacles-help-fight-racism