Wednesday, February 10, 2021
Yankee Stadium begins mass vaccinations for Bronx residents. Man tried for months to get vaccination, heard about Yankee site on “Michael Kay Show,” called up, got an appointment instantly
“I’ve been trying for the last couple of months to make an appointment,” Ralph Davis, a 69-year-old semiretired sanitation worker, told The Post at 8:15 a.m., saying he heard about the site on the “Michael Kay Show.”"
“I just called up, got the appointment instantly,” he added.
Added: 2/5/21, "Spike Lee chats up COVID-19 vaccine seekers at Yankee Stadium," NY Post
"Spike Lee on Friday morning made a surprise visit to Yankee Stadium
on Opening Day--of New York City’s newest COVID-19 vaccination
mega-site.
The “Do the Right Thing” director--who was there for a film shoot, not a vaccine shot –looked unassuming in a gray Yankees bomber jacket, khakis and baseball cap as he chatted with people queued up to get their first jab.
The Bronx Bombers mecca opened up for the first time Friday as a vaccination mega-sites after weeks of delays due to vaccine shortages.
The borough has posted one of the highest coronavirus positivity rates. Only Bronx residents will be able to be vaccinated there.
Several hundred people were lined up early to get the first shot of the two-dose vaccine.
Officials said they’d already administered jabs to a couple hundred people before mid-morning at the stadium, where appointments are fully booked for at least the next five days.
On Thursday, there were still thousands of open timeslots for appointments, City Councilman Mark Levine said, as he questioned whether the Big Apple has conducted enough outreach to drum up interest in the shots.
Two lines stretched from Gate 4, with one line was for people with appointments and the other for those without.
“I’ve been trying for the last couple of months to make an appointment,” Ralph Davis, a 69-year-old semiretired sanitation worker, told The Post at 8:15 a.m., saying he heard about the site on the “Michael Kay Show.”
“I just called up, got the appointment instantly,” he added.
Two restaurant workers, Jennifer Andon, 27, and her father, Ruben, 50, also were waiting on line after signing up on the Somos Vaccinations website.
“My dad had an appointment at 8:10, it just needs to be more organized, especially in temperatures like these,” Andon said.
“It’s wintertime, it’s unorganized, but we’re more than grateful to
have the vaccine either way. I got the notification through the Citizen app. I literally went right away, I saw the link, I made the
appointment,” she said."
Above, 2/5/21, Screen shot, Cuomo, Mariano, Levine, and Aaron Boone, video below:
Mariano speaks from about 7:22-8:34. Mo wore a mask, removed it for the minute he spoke, then slipped it back on.
Fri., February 5, 2021 - "Earlier today, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, New York Yankees President Randy Levine, New York Yankees Manager Aaron Boone and Mariano Rivera announced the opening of the mass vaccination site at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx."
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Added: Fri., 2/5/21, Long lines at Yankee Stadium to get vaccine
Screen shot, Yankee Stadium, Ruptly tv, You Tube. Ruptly tv is based in Berlin, Germany, was founded in 2013 and is a division of television news network RT (Russia Today)
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Added:
2/9/21, "Yankee stadium hosting mass vaccination site in the Bronx," Legislative Gazette, Ariana Jimenez
"Opening day at the Stadium in the Bronx came early this year.
The mass vaccination site at Yankee Stadium is now open, providing up to 15,000 appointments for Bronx residents in an area that is grappling with the highest COVID-19 positivity rate in the five boroughs.
According to news reports, 13,000 appointments had been reserved by the time the site opened on Friday, Feb. 5.
"This effort to open the vaccination site was coordinated with SOMOS Community Care, a network of 25,000 physicians across the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan, the National Guard, New York City, and the New York Yankees....
Yankees President Randy Levine joined Cuomo at the Stadium on Friday, along with Yankees Manager Aaron Boone and Hall-of-Fame pitcher Mariano Rivera.
“I consider this my house,” Rivera said Friday. “I used to pitch here and save games, now this is about saving lives.This is greater than baseball. We’re talking about thousands and millions of people, and I walk around people there getting the vaccine, and I see so many smiles on faces, that’s what it’s all about. Hope is the name of the game right now.”
The mass vaccination campaign at Yankee Stadium will run from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. seven days a week. Appointments are required to receive vaccination and it is exclusive for Bronx residents who are qualified Phase 1a and 1b New Yorkers.
Bronxites who qualify are allowed to make their appointment by calling 1-833-SOMOSNY (766-6769), or visiting somosvaccinations.com."
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