Officials for vaccine sites at Hard Rock Stadium and Miami-Dade College’s North Campus expect large crowds this week with several changes going into effect starting Monday. “It’s gonna be busy,” said Mike Jachles with the Florida Association of Public Information Officers. “We’re asking for everyone’s patience.” Starting Monday April 5th, anyone 16 and older can get vaccinated at Hard.
She was joined by local pastors, the NAACP chapter president, the teachers union president, and a group of educators, all preaching the gospel of vaccination as a way to beat the pandemic.
“This makes good sense to receive the vaccine,” said Pastor Carl Johnson of the 93rd Street Baptist Church. “God has given you a sound mind, the services are here, let’s take advantage of it.”
To set an example, a group of six educators who help run the 5,000 Role Models of Excellence program in Miami-Dade County Schools rolled up their sleeves and received the Moderna vaccine.
“We are here to tell our community, Black and brown communities, we need you all to get vaccinated, said Karla Hernandez-Mats, president of the United Teachers of Dade. If you have the opportunity, come to one of the centers, go to a FEMA center, get vaccinated, we believe that this is the way to bring us back to a recovery, back to normalcy.