New effort launched to raise vaccination awareness among African Americans in metro Detroit
There s a newly-launched campaign to increase vaccination awareness in metro Detroit among African American residents.
Posted at 6:31 PM, Aug 02, 2021
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(WXYZ) â There s a newly-launched campaign to increase vaccination awareness in metro Detroit among African American residents.
The effort is being led by Dr. Steve Bland Jr. of the Council of Baptist Pastors of Detroit and vicinity and he s joining us to talk about it the 7 UpFront segment.
You can see the full interview in the video player above. We ve taken 50 of our churches and, even though we ve done pop-up clinics in the city, we re now every week having a clinic open in every community where our churches are located all the way up and through the end of 6 weeks, that we might be able to push back against this viral spread and help people to know that they can have a safe place that th
Detroit ministers launch campaign to increase vaccinations among African Americans in Metro Detroit
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DETROIT, MI (WXYZ) â The Council of Baptist Pastors of Detroit & Vicinity launched a #TakeTheShot campaign Thursday to increase the number of African Americans who receive the vaccine.
According to the city of Detroit, only 40% of the Black community has been vaccinated.
âWhat weâve seen is multigenerational: A grandparent may be hesitant to get vaccinated and that influences everyoneâs decision about the shot. Unfortunately, the result is deadly, president of the council Dr. Steve Bland Jr. said. The persons who are gravely sick and dying are primarily those who are unvaccinated.â
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