Assisted Living Communities in NY Region Are on Their Way to Herd Immunity

New York State Department of Health statistics indicate that nearly 90 percent of nursing community residents are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and 60 percent of staff are also vaccinated throughout the Syracuse region, reports CNY Central . This rate of vaccination could mean a return to normalcy is on the horizon. At the Buckley Landing community, 96 percent of residents and 75 percent of staff are vaccinated, and the effect has been profound. Vaccinations have cleared a path for family visits and more freedom for residents. "From the very, very beginning we used to see quite a few nursing community patients coming to the hospital because they were ill," said St. Joseph's Health Chief Medical Officer Philip Falcone. "We're seeing very few of them now. I really do believe that's because the majority of them have been vaccinated."