COVID-19
The COVID-19 Vaccine
Children 6 Months — 5 Years Old Can Now Receive COVID-19 Vaccines!
Visit our COVID-19 Vaccine page for more information about the vaccines, including how to schedule an appointment for a child between the ages of 6 months – 5 years or ages 5 – 12, the difference between booster shots and third (or additional) doses, how to schedule a booster for children aged 5 – 12, and more.
It is important to understand that the vaccine will not give you COVID-19. Both the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine and the Moderna vaccine use a small, harmless part of the virus’s genetic material called mRNA. mRNA vaccines teach our bodies to create virus proteins. Our immune systems develop antibodies against these proteins to help us fight the virus that causes COVID-19, if we become exposed to it.
The Johnson & Johnson (J&J / Janssen) vaccine is a viral vector vaccine. Rather than mRNA, it uses the harmless "adenovirus" as a vehicle to introduce the coronavirus's genetic material to your immune system. The adenovirus inserts the material into your cells to produce the distinctive coronavirus protein, much like the mRNA vaccines. This again creates the coronavirus protein to be shown to your immune system, triggering the immune response that teaches your body to create antibodies to help us fight the virus that causes COVID-19, if we become exposed to it.
COVID-19 Testing
If you believe you have symptoms of COVID-19 and need to be tested, please contact your primary care practitioner or visit https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/find-test-site-near-you.
For important mental health information, watch our “Coping During COVID-19” video.
Pre-Procedural COVID-19 Testing
For the safety of our patients, and as encouraged by the NYSDOH, Bassett Healthcare Network continues to require mandatory COVID-19 testing for all patients with upcoming surgeries and procedures that will require anesthesia. Patients undergoing a procedure who have an active COVID-19 infection are at a higher risk of serious complications, which is why this precaution is taken. If you have an upcoming procedure and have questions about COVID-19 testing, talk to your surgeon ahead of time.
New York State Department of Health Breakdown of Positive COVID-19 Cases
The New York State Department of Health has created a COVID-19 tracking system that breaks down the number of positive cases of COVID-19 in NYS daily, and lists other important information. Click here to learn more.
Local COVID-19 Resources
Emotional Support with Regional "Warm Line"
Need emotional support during the pandemic? Call the “warm line” for confidential peer support and self-help at (607) 433-0661 or 1-800-377-3281 (Note: The “warm line” is NOT a crisis hotline). The regional warm line is available 12:00pm — 10:30pm, seven days a week.
The “Warm Line” Offers:
- Isolation reduction
- Open sharing of feelings
- Non-judgmental listeners
- Confidential peer self-help
- Awareness into ways to help yourself
- Time to talk to someone who has ‘been there’
- Community service referrals and other means of finding growth and health
- Prearranged outreach calls to your home by peer workers, if this is requested
- Outreach call referrals, which can come from care managers, therapists, MCAT, or be self-referrals
The “warm line” is NOT a crisis hotline. For any crisis support, call the Mobile Crisis Assessment Team (MCAT) at (844) 732-6228. MCAT provides help during a crisis to children and adults in Oneida, Herkimer, Schoharie, Otsego, Delaware, and Chenango Counties.
Community Support Services
Click here to view a list of local and national community support services.
Setup & Use Instructional Videos for Respiratory Equipment
The FCC of Bassett has produced the following videos to assist patients in the proper setup and use of respiratory devices. To view these videos, please click on the following links:
