SYRACUSE, N.Y. (NCC News) – Healthcare workers across central New York is ready to start distributing a second booster shot to people over the age of 50. It is a change from the former policy only allowing those who are severely immunocompromised to receive the shot. COVID-19 numbers are currently low in the area, but a new strain of the virus in Europe is causing some to worry. If the area reaches a point where another booster becomes mandatory, second year student Michael McElroy would not be happy.
“I sure hope not, but I see it as a possibility, when numbers start to rise in the winter. I really hope it is just treated as a flu-like disease, ” McElroy said.
An employee at WellNow on Erie Blvd. Luke McCarthy, is expecting a wave of people to begin making appointments for their vaccine.
“I am expecting a lot of people to be getting the new vaccine once it is available,” says McCarthy.
There has been lots of controversy about being vaccinated. Being forced to receive booster shots has left a sour taste in the mouths of many. If the county returns to a point where a second booster vaccine is mandatory to work, or attend school many expect this to once again become a highly controversial topic.
The second booster is currently only available to those over the age of 50.