Large-scale study will track virus spread, vaccination rates in D.C. region
Lola Fadulu, The Washington Post
Dec. 22, 2020
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Nurse Janelle Roper, left, administers the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine to Kristin Ta, a doctor at the Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, last week.Washington Post photo by John McDonnell
A massive study announced Tuesday may help local health officials better track the spread of the novel coronavirus in the region and identify pockets of vaccine hesitancy.
The two-year study, led by researchers at MedStar Health and sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, appears to be one of the largest of its kind, health officials said. Researchers aim to recruit 60,000 participants, including those who haven t contracted the virus or received the vaccine.
Upon seeing the photo of the Alexandria Adult Detention Center on the front page of last week s Alexandria Gazette, one could assume something newsworthy had recently occurred at the jail. But being the Sheriff, I knew that was not the case. The article ( Absurd Leverage, Dec. 10) did not mention the Alexandria jail or our Sheriff’s Office, and although the article never identified where or when this event occurred, I want it to be clear that it was not in Alexandria.
Dana Lawhorne,