Active COVID-19 cases rise amid vaccine hesitancy in Arkansas Share Updated: 8:13 PM CDT Jul 8, 2021 Share Updated: 8:13 PM CDT Jul 8, 2021
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Show Transcript Well, pharmacists, I talked to say the most common reasons they hear from people who don t want the vaccines are they think they re not safe or they ve already had COVID-19. I had covid back in january. So I had antibodies. But now with the new strain of Covid coming out, I was really concerned. Today. Sherry Weaver received the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine. She says she never wants to experience Covid 19 again. But I went about four days. I didn t eat or drink anything. I did a little hallucinating. Um, I had 100 and three fever, uh, even bathing, hurt, washing my hands, hurt. The water just hurt pharmacist, daniel Lunsford s says the most common reason he hears for not getting coronavirus vaccines are not safe since right now. They re only proved through emergency use authori
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Believe in Fort Smith and The River Valley Economic Development Council will co-host a virtual Zoom townhall panel discussion with Q&A focusing on “COVID Vaccines in the Fort” and what is being done to ensure River Valley residents’ access to vaccines ASAP. This event will be free and open to the public on Thursday night.
The Virtual Zoom Townhall will focus on COVID vaccines in the city of Fort Smith and be held on 7-8 p.m. Thursday. The Zoom sign in is https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87647797952?pwd=bmhTZnBERGVDekxkK3Ezc1ZLbkxnUT09
George McGill, mayor of Fort Smith, will be the moderator with panelists David Hudson, Sebastian County Judge; Dr. Jennifer Dillaha, Arkansas State Epidemiologist; Amy Fore, chief operating officer at Mercy Clinic Fort Smith; John Vinson and Nicki Hilliard, Arkansas Pharmacists Association pharmacists; Kelly Barlow of Pharmacy Express; Jeff Fenwick of National Family Pharmacy; John Hall of Health Depot Pharmacies; Joe Korkame