County partners with Woodland Memorial to vaccinate underserved populations
The challenges of vaccinating the county’s underserved populations against COVID-19 were evident last week when appointments intended for those 75 and over, without health insurance and living in the county’s lowest socio-economic geographic areas went largely unfilled.
To insure shots got into arms, the county quickly opened up appointments at four clinics held last week to anyone over 65 living anywhere in the county with any insurance provider.
The announcement filtered out to the community on Tuesday evening, largely over social media, and open appointments were filled online within hours. But not necessarily by those from underserved populations.
Frontline Healthcare Workers Say COVID Vaccine Is the Light We Finally Get to See
On 12/19/20 at 6:28 AM EST
Following months of treating the coronavirus pandemic and putting themselves at risk to help others, medical professionals have spoken of their relief in finally getting the COVID-19 vaccine.
With hospitalizations across the U.S. hitting record levels, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized a vaccine developed by Moderna for emergency use the second COVID-19 vaccine to get such approval.
The FDA commissioner, Stephen Hahn said that the availability of a vaccine in addition to the one developed by Pfizer, was another crucial step in the fight against this global pandemic.