Health care worker in New York is among 1st to receive a coronavirus vaccine
A New York health care worker, Sandra Lindsay, is among the first people in the U.S. to receive a vaccine for the coronavirus. Speaking to her virtually, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the vaccine is “the weapon that will end the war” against the pandemic.
Video Transcript
DR. MICHELLE CHESTER: Good morning.
SANDRA LINDSAY: Morning.
DR. MICHELLE CHESTER: How are you feeling today?
SANDRA LINDSAY: [? Fine. ?] Let's do this.
- Woo-hoo!
[APPLAUSE]
DR. MICHELLE CHESTER: How are you feeling?
SANDRA LINDSAY: I feel great.
ANDREW CUOMO: I know how horrific it was. It was a modern-day battlefield. And that's why the word heroes is so appropriate for what you do. You put your fear aside, and you stepped up every day to serve others. And you did it magnificently well. So I can't thank you enough.
This vaccine is exciting, because I believe this is the weapon that will end the war. It's the beginning of the last chapter of the book. But now we just have to do it. Vaccine doesn't work if it's in the vial, right?
SANDRA LINDSAY: Governor Cuomo, I'm feeling well. I would like to thank all the frontline workers-- all my colleagues who've been doing a [? yeoman's ?] job to fight this pandemic all over the world. I am hopeful. I feel hopeful today. I'm relieved.
I feel like healing is coming. I hope this marks the beginning to the end of a very painful time in our history. I want to instill public confidence that the vaccine is safe. We're in a pandemic, and so we all need to do our part to put an end to the pandemic.
