See subject. I don’t know if that declaration is a statewide thing.
My quick scan, in NYC, is that pharmacists can now give vax to children. True? There must be other things that kick in.
Also, “pandemic” is such a shit-scary word. Perhaps it applies. Epidemiological term of art?
In Massachusetts it is.
We also had a state of emergency in the hospital where I work. Apparently we were overrun with sick people.
The proper use of “pandemic” is when a disease affects large areas, multiple countries or even the globe (e.g. AIDS); “epidemic” would be a more precise term to use here. As Wikipedia puts it: