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In the four weeks that have passed since Ford Field s mass COVID-19 vaccine clinic opened, Detroiters have gotten just 7.3% of the 124,087 shots that have been administered at the site far fewer than people who live in neighboring counties, all of which are more affluent and whiter than the city.
When Ford Field opened in late March as Michigan s first federally operated mass vaccination clinic, health officials lauded it as a way to deliver coronavirus vaccines efficiently and equitably into the arms of people living in parts of the country that have been hardest hit by the virus.
Detroit, the nation s biggest majority Black city, was devastated by the virus, especially in the first three months of the pandemic, when its residents were sickened and died at a far higher rate than other Michiganders.
Detroit ‘Neighborhood Vaccine Week’ still on amid J&J vaccine pause
City to administer Pfizer vaccine instead of Johnson & Johnson vaccine
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A nurse injects a patient with a dose of AstraZeneca vaccine in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Friday March 19, 2021. (AP Photo/ Diomande Ble Blonde) (Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)
Appointments must be made in advance at 313-230-0505 to receive a COVID vaccine at one of Detroit s Neighborhood Vaccine Week sites.
DETROIT – The city of Detroit will still be administering coronavirus vaccines to individuals participating in “Neighborhood Vaccine Week” this week amid the nation’s recommendation to pause use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine.
As Michigan COVID cases surge, local leaders focus on getting residents vaccinated
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DETROIT – For the seventh week in a row, the state of Michigan is the worst in the nation in terms of coronavirus cases.
“In the last couple of months, we have seen a rise in hospitalizations and cases in out percent positivity and frankly, we are right back where we were a year ago,” said, Detroit Chief Health Officer Denise Fair. “Right now, the virus is winning and the only way for us to fight back is to make sure that we are following those safety precautions and we’re limiting all our interactions so we can get back to normal.”