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the New York National Guard struck a

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big blow to the pandemic with the

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arrival of the first cove . It 19

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vaccines at Camp Smith's training site .

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Currently , we're going through the

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cove in 19 vaccine produced by Pfizer .

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So soldiers and Airman coming across

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the state are gonna be screened for

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that . And as long as we have in

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communications , we're gonna safely

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administer this vaccine to kind of make

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amore medically ready force for deploy

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ability and safety across the state way .

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Thes New York National Guard Soldiers

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and Airman are among the first medical

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and essential personnel to receive the

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vaccine , an important occasion to keep

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themselves safe and mission ready . All

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done . E think it's extremely important

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for soldiers and airman to get this

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vaccine just based on the on the fact

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of the nature that you know , they're

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out in these communities working in the

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warehouse missions , aiding and food

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distribution and sanitizer missions .

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They're working at testing sites ,

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they're exposing themselves , and

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they're being protected with p p . But

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by then receiving the vaccine , adding

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a tertiary level of protection on top

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of that PPE , right ? Yep . For first

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Sergeant side Einstein being the first

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New York Army National Guard soldier

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vaccinated is important because it sets

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an example . Alright , I think it shows

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first of all leadership that there's

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absolutely nothing to be afraid of ,

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the whole thing . I think that the fear

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is worse than anything else and

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throughout this entire process , even

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while having cove it , I try to show my

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soldiers that you know fear is worse

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than anything else that you can , you

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know , overcome everything . And this

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is absolute , especially with the shot .

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This process has been great . Army

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Sergeant Michael Bazaar is Courtland

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Manor , New York .