Hawkeye, Mel’s Closed For Now Cases Surge; Vaccinations, Too By CHRYSTAL SAVAGE & LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The good news: Residents and staff at Cooperstown Center are receiving the Pfizer vaccine, as have 900 Bassett Healthcare Network employees, who have so far received the Moderna vaccine. The bad news: Five more people have died from COVID-19 this week, a weekly record, bringing the year-end toll to 17 deaths in the largest spike this month. “They have all been…
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LETTER from RICHARD STERNBERG Vaccines, Part II: They Arrive I wish I had the time, stamina, and column inches to write an article daily. That’s how fast the news is coming. Since last week, Pfizer has begun distribution and vaccinations around the nation, the Moderna vaccine has been approved and it will start distribution by the time you read this, with inoculations going into arms probably by Thursday the 24th. The 350 Tier One healthcare workers from Bassett Healthcare will…
Hospital Awaits 1st Vaccine By LIBBY CUDMORE • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com With the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine just days away from a likely approval, Bassett Hospital is prepping to give the first vaccination to one of its healthcare workers as the New Year starts. “It will be a celebration by our organization,” said Dr. Kelly Rudd, Clinical Pharmacy technician. “It’s a way to celebrate the beginning of the end of the pandemic.” Though 170,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine were shipped…