"The bad news is that it's about two months before Joe Biden takes over and that means this administration is going to be implementing a vaccine plan," Cuomo explained.
He added that he's been talking to other governors to either fix President Donald Trump's policies for private providers to distribute the vaccine or to "stop it before it does damage."
"They're basically going to have the private providers do it and that's going to leave out all sorts of communities that were left out the first time when COVID ravaged them," Cuomo said.
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Cuomo added that the news about the vaccine is also good because the tests are showing results and a vaccine will be out soon.
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Still, Trump's plan for private businesses like Walgreens and CVS to offer the vaccine to seniors or employees of long-term healthcare centers could cause "trouble" for populations that don't have those businesses, said Cuomo. "That's what happened the first time with COVID ... some communities don't have the same access to healthcare."
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Cuomo added he indeed feels good about the COVID-19 numbers in his state while cases and deaths endure and even climbing nationwide.
"New York is third lowest in the nation," he said. "We learned over the past seven months. We're not in denial. We get it. Out infection rate is very, very low nationwide. Only Vermont and Maine, I think, have a lower infection rate, and they're more rural states."
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Cuomo further called for a national mask command and for clamping down on microclusters when they are seen in particular neighborhoods.
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"I understand that politically it's difficult, but that's what you have to do," he said. "You see a little flame, you stamp it out, and we're doing that all across the state."
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"Why do we have such a disparity in the infection rate and the mortality rate in COVID? Because some communities don't have the same access to health care.” said Cuomo, “ I'm sure the Biden administration is going to address that. I think his first step saying let's focus on the science, let's depoliticize testing data. Listen to the science is the exact opposite of Trump, but you have 2 months and we can't let this vaccination plan go forward the way the Trump administration is designing it. Biden can't undo it 2 months later. We'll be in the midst of it."
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