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Advertisement: Health officials said the biggest hurdle to a wider rollout may not be logistics but hesitancy among some groups to get the vaccine. Alexandra Fischer, senior communications manager for Coconino County, said that while vaccine hesitancy has not been a widespread issue, it could be a concern in communities of color who may distrust health officials due to a history of medical mistreatment. “We know there can be hesitancy, we know there is trauma, so we have to be able to address that,” Fischer said. That issue was cited Friday morning during a White House briefing on the administration’s COVID-19 plans. Dr. Marcella Nuñez-Smith, senior White House adviser, said during the call that the administration is keenly aware of the distrust and was working to heal the divide.
WASHINGTON â Arizona health officials said the state is already on track to meet President Joe Bidenâs challenge of allowing all adults to register for COVID-19 vaccinations by May 1.
The directive came Thursday night, the anniversary of the declaration of a COVID-19 pandemic, during Bidenâs first nationally televised address as president. He mourned the loss of more than a half-million Americans to the disease but also painted an optimistic picture of the future â including his call for all states to throw open vaccine eligibility by May 1.
âLet me be clear: That doesnât mean everyoneâs going to have that shot immediately, but it means youâll be able to get in line beginning May 1,â Biden said.
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March 12, 2021
Copper Rim Elementary School paraprofessional Chelsea Holyoak waits to get her second dose of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine at Cobre Medical Valley Regional Medical Center on Feb. 26. Gila County became one of the first in the nation to open vaccine registration to any adult resident – something President Joe Biden wants states to do by May 1. (Photo by Juan Arredondo)
Globe Mayor Al Gameros gets his second dose of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine at Cobre Medical Valley Regional Medical Center on Feb. 26. Gila County made all county adults vaccine-eligible last month, weeks ahead of President Joe Biden’s call for all adults nationwide to be eligible by May 1, a deadline state officials expect to easily meet, (Photo by Juan Arredondo)
“It has been a nightmare. I’ve called up, it has taken so long to get through, and then you go on the computer. And everything is fine, and then all of a sudden you’re back on another page again. And I had help too,” said LaPlante.
But when she heard about Vernon’s program, she gave their regional hotline a call and on Friday got her vaccine.
Two hundred people received their shot at the clinic, and the town’s vaccination program is doing up to 10 clinics a week all over the region. Friday was the first time they administered the new one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine.