Vaccine site draws crowds for ‘shot of hope’
BY DEAN MOSES
Brooklynites lined the streets on
Jan. 11 outside vaccine distribution
centers, including Bushwick High
School, where individuals outside
the healthcare fi eld could receive the
COVID-19 vaccine for the fi rst time.
Jan. 11 marked another historic
day in the fi ght against the novel coronavirus,
ushering in the Phase 1B dispersal
of the vaccine, nearly a month
after the shot was made available to
high-priority healthcare workers and
nursing home residents and staff.
Throughout the tristate area, NYC
COVID-19 vaccine hubs opened their
doors to those in Phase 1B priority
Monday. These inoculation sites aim
to serve thousands of eligible patients
who fall under the following categories:
People ages 75 and older, teachers,
education staff, fi rst responders,
public safety employees, public transit
workers, grocery workers, fi re service,
police and investigations, public
safety, corrections, schools, child
care, and homeless shelters.
At the Bushwick Campus on Irving
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Avenue, lines were broken up into
two sections in order to prevent a sea
of people from clustering around the
block. Wait times were amended for the
elderly over 75 and those with disabilities,
allowing the vulnerable to skip the
wait.
Reminiscent of the early voter lines
the city saw in October and November,
the winding Bushwick vaccine hub
lines may have been long, but spirits
were high. Many left the campus
breathing a sigh of relief — the vaccine
had fi nally been administered.
Elderly couples like Bill and Lucy
Friedman made sure to bundle up in
preparation for long wait times. Due to
their age they were swiftly inoculated.
“I got it because I want to live, and
I want everyone to get out of lockdown
and end the problems we are facing
while fi ghting the pandemic,” Bill
Friedman said.
The couple, both aged 77, trekked
from Manhattan to their early morning
appointment at the Bushwick
Campus with aid from their son, who
registered them online.
A man receives the COVID-19 vaccine at Bushwick High Schoo on Jan. 11l. Photo by Dean Moses
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