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Dr. Jasmine Zapataâs mother and husband werenât sure they wanted to get the COVID-19 vaccine, but after talking with her about their concerns they got immunized in March.
Zapata, a UW Health pediatrician who is Black, is having similar conversations with patients, before church groups, at school forums and with friends and other family â pretty much anyone she knows who wants help making a decision.
Sometimes it takes multiple discussions, but Zapata said thatâs OK.
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âYes, there is urgency. Yes, we want everybody to get it right away,â said Zapata, who this week will become chief medical officer for community health at the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. âBut we need to also be patient and continue having conversations.â
Apr 13, 2021
The daughter of an internist in the Bronx, the father of a nurse practitioner in Southern California and the son of a nurse in McAllen, Texas, share how grief over their loved ones’ deaths from covid-19 has affected them.
These health care workers were profiled in KHN and The Guardian’s yearlong “Lost on the Frontline” project.
Dr. Reza Chowdhury was a with a private practice in the Bronx and a trusted voice in New York’s Bengali community. His daughter, Nikita Rahman, said that despite underlying health issues putting him at higher risk of developing covid complications, he saw patients through mid-March last year, when he developed symptoms. He died on April 9, 2020.
Efforts ramp up to vaccinate people of color against COVID-19
MADISON, Wisconsin (madison.com/Wisconsin State Journal) For Mao Lor, 65, getting a COVID-19 vaccine was painless and will make her feel safer leaving home, she said.
“There’s no hurt,” the resident of the Bayview apartments in Downtown Madison said after receiving a shot Wednesday. “I need to protect (myself) so I can go to the store.”
Ana Rios, 63, who also lives at Bayview, said she’ll keep wearing her mask even after getting her first dose of COVID-19 vaccine. “We have to protect each other,” she said through interpreter Yenny Juarez.
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