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Friday, December 18, 2020
Vol. 5, No. 51
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Vaccines arrive; deaths rise BY R O S E WELDON AND ROBERT PELAEZ New York state’s largest health system, Northwell Health, made history on Monday by vaccinating the first person in the United States against COVID-19. In a Zoom conference with Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Dr. Michelle Chester, director of employee health care, injected Pfizer Inc.’s vaccine into Sandra Lindsay of Port Washington, an intensive care nurse at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park. Northwell President and CEO Michael Dowling was also present. “Today is V-Day in our fight against COVID-19,” Dowling told the governor. “This truly is a historic day for science and humanity, one in which we here in New York and across the United States have been waiting for quite some time.” The system said Lindsay’s PHOTO BY SCOTT HEINS, COURTESY OF THE OFFICE OF GOV. ANDREW CUOMO participation kick-started a longanticipated vaccination deploySandra Lindsay, a registered nurse and director of critical care at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park, Continued on Page 44 receives the COVID-19 vaccine during a live conference with Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Port nurse Lindsay receives 1st vaccine BY R O S E W E L D ON
country, when she received the coronavirus vaccine on Monday. Sandra Lindsay, an intensive It was one small pinch for a registered nurse from Port Wash- care nurse at Northwell’s Long ington, and one giant leap for the Island Jewish Medical Center in
New Hyde Park, received the vaccine, developed by Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech, from Dr. Michelle Chester, director of employee health services for Northwell. She was the first person in the United States to receive the long-awaited vaccine, according to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office and Northwell Health.
Northwell CEO and President Michael Dowling stood by and Cuomo participated in the livestreamed event. “This is a special moment, a special day,” Dowling said. “This is what everybody has been waiting for to be able to give the vaccine.” Lindsay said she felt “great” after receiving the vaccination, and thanked her colleagues for
their hard work, adding that she felt “relieved” and “hopeful.” “It didn’t feel any different than when receiving the annual influenza vaccine,” Lindsay said. “I would like to thank all the frontline workers, all my colleagues who’ve been doing a yeoman’s job to fight this pandemic all over the world.” Continued on Page 52
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