Amarillo Branch NAACP conducts COVID-19 forum
On Saturday afternoon, Amarillo city officials joined the Amarillo Branch NAACP during a virtual discussion regarding a range of topics related to the local COVID-19 response, including vaccine access, contact tracing and the low level of trust in the vaccine among people of color.
Mayor Ginger Nelson, Amarillo City Council member Freda Powell and Amarillo Public Health Department Director Casie Stoughton participated in the discussion, and Amarillo Branch President Patrick Miller directed a series of questions related to the pandemic. One of the things that has been important to Casie and to the elected officials from the beginning, is that the clinic would be open, accessible and messaged out to everyone in the city - that includes all of our communities of color, Nelson said in response to a question about vaccine access. They chose the Civic Center, partially because it is a large building in the city. It was vac
Many involved in behind the scenes working to help vaccinate residents in Amarillo
VIDEO: Many involved in behind the scenes working to help vaccinate residents in Amarillo By Allisa Miller | January 29, 2021 at 9:26 PM CST - Updated January 29 at 10:29 PM
AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - The Amarillo walk-in vaccine clinic has been successful getting people vaccinated against the virus as quickly as possible.
From Amarillo police and fire departments to employees at the Amarillo library, many in Amarillo and around the country are helping with vaccinations.
Despite the uncertainty, some say they are loving what they do.
“I absolutely love my job, I love what I do and I lover serving our community. I think this is just a testament of what we do and how we like to do things,” said Marcus Nerios, prevention program coordinator, Amarillo Public Health.
INSIGHT-Personal touch, word of mouth: How U.S. rural communities succeed getting COVID-19 shots into arms Reuters 1/29/2021
By Tina Bellon, Nick Brown and Lisa Baertlein
Jan 29 (Reuters) - When Juan Carlos Guerra got the call on Jan. 12 that his county would receive 300 COVID-19 vaccine doses the following day, he went straight to work.
Guerra, the top elected official in rural Jim Hogg County, Texas, got together with local school superintendent Susana Garza, who was helping him lead vaccination planning. They called hundreds of vaccine-eligible residents to schedule appointments, in stark contrast to big cities, where locals report struggling through maddening online registration processes.
Myrna Warrington, 72, receives the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination from nurse Stephanie Ciancio at Menominee Indian High School in Menominee county, Wisconsin, U.S., January 28, 2021. REUTERS/Lauren Justice
(Reuters) - When Juan Carlos Guerra got the call on Jan. 12 that his county would receive 300 COVID-19 vaccine doses the following day, he went straight to work.
Guerra, the top elected official in rural Jim Hogg County, Texas, got together with local school superintendent Susana Garza, who was helping him lead vaccination planning. They called hundreds of vaccine-eligible residents to schedule appointments, in stark contrast to big cities, where locals report struggling through maddening online registration processes.
City and medical officials took the majority of Wednesday’s COVID-19 news conference to address the continued success of local vaccination efforts through both area providers and the city’s walk-in clinic at the Amarillo Civic Center Complex.
According to previous Globe-News reports, Amarillo was recently named the nation’s leader in COVID-19 vaccinations by COVID Act Now, vaccinating nearly 30,000 individuals in the Phase 1A and 1B categories. These groups consist of frontline healthcare workers, residents of long-term care facilities, community members 65 and older, and people 18 and older who have at least one chronic medical condition that puts them at increased risk for severe illness if they contract COVID-19.