Westchester County Health Commissioner: ask about COVID-19 vaccine.

https://health.westchestergov.com/

Nope. Won't find the commissioner there.

Try this:

https://www.westchestergov.com/commissioners-and-directors

I count 34. Do you think that Westchester County has too many commissioners and directors?

Health Commissioner
Dr. Sherlita Amler
(914) 864-7292
saa5@westchestergov.com

John Califano: Department of Health, Westchester County contact.

John Califano

Application Support Administrator at Westchester County Department of Health.

Email: jjcg@westchestergov.com

Somewhat involved in COVID-19 vaccination scheduling by Westchester County, such as it is.

County Center has vaccine but Westchester County clinic does not. Huh?

Email:

Subject: COVID vaccine mess in White Plains, New York.

from: Ken
to: Chris Burdick <burdickc@nyassembly.gov>
cc: George Latimer <ce@westchestergov.com>,
Benjamin Boykin <Boykin@westchesterlegislators.com>,
Alfreda Williams <awilliams@westchesterlegislators.com>,
digital@lohud.com,
letters@lohud.com,
news12wc@news12.com

To: Chris Burdick, new member State Assembly District 93

From:

Ken

White Plains, NY 

https://health.westchestergov.com/

COVID-19 Vaccination Clinics Cancelled on Thursday February 18 and Friday February 19

Due to historic weather conditions across the country affecting the delivery of COVID vaccine, the Westchester County Department of Health must postpone the following vaccination clinics:
• Thursday, February 18 at 134 Court Street, White Plains
• Friday, February 19 at 134 Court Street, White Plains

• Friday, February 19 at Westchester Community College

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I'm scheduled for Moderna dose two 2/18/21 at the Westchester Dept. of Health office in White Plains at 134 Court Street. This morning I received a message from New York State confirming my appointment tomorrow. In the 27 days since my first vaccination I have not received any electronic message from Westchester County. I learned from friends that tomorrow's appointments have been cancelled. I later found that information on the county web page above.

Moderna is in Texas, so that may be why the vaccine did not arrive but where did New York State get its supply and why did the state send confirming email messages this morning? There is a big disconnect between Westchester County and the state. BIG!

Apparently the Westchester County Center building will be open tomorrow for vaccinations. The capacity there could be much bigger if the four huge tents had been left operational.

Vaccine for COVID-19: County Executive favors teachers (union). Friday, January 15, 2021

Why is Westchester removing HUGE unused tents that could be COVID-19 vaccination sites? Sunday, January 24, 2021

$43 million County Center emergency hospital included those four HUGE unused tents being dismantled. Tuesday, January 26, 2021

Westchester County disabled but did not dismantle those four HUGE tents at the County Center. Thursday, February 11, 2021

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Westchester County disabled but did not dismantle those four HUGE tents at the County Center.

Since the County Center building is still the primary building in White Plains used to vaccinate people against COVID-19, the adjacent tents could have provided much additional space for that purpose. But rather than use them to vaccinate, Westchester County removed the tops in January supposedly to make room for additional parking, which was not needed. Then rather than complete the removal of the tents, they sit there as of February 11, 2021: unusable and still occupying possible parking spaces.

What the heck? How does that make any sense? The following post contains more detail:

$43 million County Center emergency hospital included those four HUGE unused tents being dismantled. Tuesday, January 26, 2021

Those tents have large steel structures and external equipment for plumbing and heating/cooling. People could live in them in an emergency.

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The tents were intended for COVID patients, so they should easily be useful for simple vaccination. No COVID patients ever used those tents. They were created when Westchester County and New York panicked rather than planned a year ago. Now Westchester County is further wasting the many millions of dollars spent on these tents.

Who is responsible for these decisions?

Where is the oversight?

Where is the media attention to this?