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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. A Florida group of pastors, lawyers, physicians, educators, lawmakers, and legislators aims to ensure that people of color get vaccinated, and it’s involving churches and maybe even the White House to see that it happens.
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Task force eyes 156 Florida sites including churches as vaccination centers
Task force goal: “to make sure that all people of color are vaccinated”
Data from Florida: Blacks are 2½ times less likely than whites to get vaccinated
The Statewide Coronavirus Vaccination Community Education and Engagement Taskforce says it has established a preliminary list of 156 churches and community centers that want to help administer COVID-19 vaccinations in underserved communities, said Rev. R.B. Holmes, the head of the task force and the pastor of Bethel Missionary Baptist Church in Tallahassee.
Overcoming vaccine doubts, fears requires outreach and education, experts say Hanna Hyland, 18, isn t getting vaccinated right now. I think getting fully vaccinated is important to personal safety and to protect those around you, but I am skeptical about this vaccine for many reasons. (Source: Cronkite News) By Jamie Landers | February 5, 2021 at 12:05 PM MST - Updated February 5 at 12:05 PM
PHOENIX â As the daughter of a medical technician, Hanna Hyland was raised to put her faith in science. But Hyland, 18, also was raised as a person of color in a country with a health care system marred by historic instances of racism.
PHOENIX â As the daughter of a medical technician, Hanna Hyland was raised to put her faith in science. But Hyland, 18, also was raised as a person of color in a country with a health care system marred by historic instances of racism.
When it comes to deciding whether to get vaccinated against COVID-19 or not, the latter is winning out â for now.
âAs an Asian American, I know the United States has had no issue with lucrative testing in marginalized groups,â said Hyland, a freshman at Mesa Community College. âI have never had an issue with getting any sort of vaccination. In fact, I think getting fully vaccinated is important to personal safety and to protect those around you, but I am skeptical about this vaccine for many reasons.â
Nervous about getting COVID-19 vaccination, or what if you re a cancer patient?
As two new COVID-19 vaccines become more widely available, patients with cancer and cancer survivors may wonder if it s safe to be vaccinated.
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Staff member Renee Meyer receives the first dose of the Modern COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday, January 12, 2021, at The Waters on Mayowood in Rochester. (Traci Westcott / twestcott@postbulletin.com)
If you are unsure about whether you ll be vaccinated for COVID-19, you are not alone. It s natural to have reservations about something so new.
Dr. Ivan Porter II, a Mayo Clinic nephrologist, was among the first to roll up his sleeves to be vaccinated for COVID-19 at Mayo Clinic in Florida. Dr. Porter says that he hopes others who are eligible will be inspired to be vaccinated for COVID-19.