Implicit bias and its impact on Black, brown Americans amid pandemic
Health experts call it a âcrisis within a crisis.â It s the disparities between Black and brown Americans, white Americans and the coronavirus.
and last updated 2021-03-09 18:22:06-05
TAMPA, Fla. â Health experts call it a âcrisis within a crisis.â It s the disparities between Black and brown Americans, white Americans and the coronavirus.
âThe virus is disproportionality impacting our people. We take this very seriously,â said Dr. Bartholomew Banks.
Doctors said this issue is a direct result of implicit bias within the American healthcare system. Itâs an unconscious prejudice against groups of people based on a past interaction, or learned opinion.
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For Lolita Johnson, 70, the coronavirus vaccine is a way to protect herself so she can stay healthy and spend time with her grandkids.
The county hosted another community vaccination event, this time at a Baptist church in downtown Tampa. The goal is to make the vaccine more accessible in underserved communities.
Hillsborough County is continuing to partner with Black churches to distribute coronavirus vaccines to seniors.
County health workers administered shots to about 600 seniors on Sunday at Greater Bethel Missionary Baptist Church in downtown Tampa.
Lolita Johnson, 70, of Progress Village attended after her church leader, whom she trusts, recommended she get the vaccine.
For Lolita Johnson, 70, the coronavirus vaccine is a way to protect herself so she can stay healthy and spend time with her grandkids.
The county hosted another community vaccination event, this time at a Baptist church in downtown Tampa. The goal is to make the vaccine more accessible in underserved communities.
Hillsborough County is continuing to partner with Black churches to distribute coronavirus vaccines to seniors.
County health workers administered shots to about 600 seniors on Sunday at Greater Bethel Missionary Baptist Church in downtown Tampa.
Lolita Johnson, 70, of Progress Village attended after her church leader, whom she trusts, recommended she get the vaccine.
Black churches play a key role in coronavirus prevention, vaccination
After years of working to address health gaps, many congregations are already set up to address COVID-19.
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Dr. Glenn B. Dames, Jr., is senior pastor of the Allen Temple African Methodist Episcopal Church in Tampa. The church has a health commission that works to address disparities. âWe try to be proactive, not only reactive,â Dames said. [ SCOTT KEELER | Times ]
Updated Jan. 23
Mind, body and soul. Those are the pillars of a âholistic ministryâ as Bishop Adam J. Richardson calls it â one that teaches the gospel, promotes education and boosts the physical health of the congregation.
Getting her first dose of the coronavirus vaccine meant a lot to Lelia Clark, 77. She is one of the 55,916 Black people who have been vaccinated in Florida as of Wednesday, compared to 710, 885 white people.
Lelia Clark, 77, sat smiling in her car on a recent morning at the Strawberry Festival Fairgrounds in Plant City.
Clark, a resident of the nearby historic African-American neighborhood Bealsville, had just received her first dose of a coronavirus vaccine at the drive-through site run by Hillsborough County.
She had arrived an hour ahead of her appointment to try to get farther up in the line of hundreds of people eagerly waiting for their shots, and was parked in the monitoring area where people linger to make sure they respond to the vaccine smoothly.