Dominicans living in New York City trust the efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccine and they assure that they will go to be vaccinated in the period that corresponds to them. This is confirmed by a survey of readers of Diario Libre USA residents of that city.
The long-awaited vaccine against COVID-19 from the pharmaceutical company Pfizer/BioNTech, arrived in the Big Apple a few weeks ago, this is the first state where it was applied for the first time in the entire United States.
Days later, the FDA approved the Moderna dose, which shows “high effectiveness” for critical cases.
In a state where coronavirus cases continue to rise and hospitals are overcrowded, the Latino community has been the minority hardest hit by the health crisis. According to the New York Fiscal Policy Institute, for the month of November the unemployment rate increased to a 19 %, due to the closure of restaurants, bars and entertainment centers, where the staff is mostly Hispanic.
Meanwhile he US Department of Health. reported in July that the 35% of coronavirus deaths in NY were Latino and the numbers continue to rise.
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But despite the controversy that the vaccine has generated in different sectors of the New York population, Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Wednesday that 89 thousand people residents of that state have already received the first dose, and it is expected that the general population will begin to be vaccinated in February.
On several occasions, Cuomo mentioned that he himself will be in charge of getting the doses of the vaccine to the Latino, African-American and Asian minorities.
However, due to the haste with which it has been approved, there are those who have appropriated theories far from science and have disproved the recommendations of the FDA and other organizations, and flatly refuse to go to vaccination centers and receive the necessary doses to obtain immunity to the virus.
However, in a survey conducted among readers of Diario Libre USA residents of New York City, where the 52.50 % they are women and he 45 % The remaining are men, between the ages of 30 to 45 years, born mostly in the Dominican Republic (95%), 52.5% are willing to be vaccinated against COVID-19, either with the dose of Pfizer or Moderna.
He 70 % of those interviewed were delighted with the announcement of the approval of the vaccine, while the 27.50 % said they did not care and the other 2% had not found out about their authorization.
He 57.50 % said they had never been infected with COVID-19, while 42.50% had already been infected at the time of responding to the survey.
However, although the 52.50 % He replied that he would be vaccinated, when and how they will do it had divided reactions. He 42.5 % said to wait to see how the vaccine reacts in others before doing so, 15% said they do not want to be among the first, the 35% said they would get vaccinated immediately and 7.50 % They said they will not be vaccinated.
Regarding the measures imposed by the city authorities to stop the contagion and future outbreaks of COVID-19, the 65 % considers that the measures are good, 27.5% expressed that they are not working and the 7.5 % remaining said the measures are very strict.
Finally, the majority of the Dominicans who accessed the survey live in the Bronx (45 %), in Manhattan (5%), Upper Manhattan (7 %), Brooklyn (5 %), and the 30 % in other counties.
This survey conducted from 13 al 20 December 2020 to a total of 100 readers from Diario Libre USA.
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Contagions and positivity continue to rise
New York is immersed in a second coronavirus outbreak and authorities have taken extreme measures to curb this new wave of contagion, which, according to the mayor of the city, Bill de Blasio, dates back to the festivities of the day of action of thanks.
The authorities have recommended that New Yorkers stay in their homes this Christmas, and to dine with other relatives who do not live within the same home, to maintain the use of the mask and a minimum distance of six feet.
For now, the restaurants are closed and can only receive take-out or pick-up orders.
According to data from the Johns Hopkins Hospital Coronavirus Center, New York has a total of 828 thousand accumulated cases and 6,864, with a 6.29% positivity.
In the last 24 hours they have been reported 2,890 new cases and 201 new hospitalizations.
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