Jon Pannell
This letter was submitted by Jon Pannell, a local attorney with Gray Pannell & Woodward LLP and the current chair of the Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce.
Over the past several weeks, whenever I have been asked whether I plan to get the COVID-19 vaccine, my answer has been a resounding, Yes! In fact, I received my first vaccination on March 29, and I am proud to say that I received my second vaccination this week.
As a member of the business community, my message to you today is to please encourage your employees, your friends, and your family to get vaccinated.
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Two days after a parade-less St. Patrick s Day in Savannah last year, Mayor Van Johnson declared a local state of emergency because of COVID-19. The next day, March 20, the Georgia Department of Public Health reported the first two cases of COVID-19 in Chatham County. In the year since, Chatham County has lost more than 350 people to the virus. This article is one in a series that examines how individuals have dealt with a year-long crisis and have helped pull the community through the pandemic.
Rachel Greiner remembers when the reality of COVID-19 truly hit home for her.
In June, Greiner, the director of Memorial Health University Medical Center’s Pastoral Care team, found herself making arrangements for a mother and daughter, both sick in the hospital with COVID.
Taylor Blue, 6, warmed up for an at-home dance lesson Wednesday, stretching her foot behind her head so far it nudged her hair out of its bun. After a quick hair fix, she pliéd and twirled, pointed and flexed for 45 minutes, easily keeping pace with her cousins and with the directions from her aunt and dance instructor Rachael Jones.
Taylor looked like the budding ballerina she is.
But watching from the doorway, Taylor s mom, Teresa Blue, predicted that her normally active and athletic first-grader would be wiped out from this lesson, one of the first since Taylor was released from the hospital last month.
The Savannah Morning News, The Savannah Tribune and radio stations E-93 and Magic 103.9 hosted the panel The COVID Vaccine and You: What Black and Latino Communities Need to Know Feb. 11 at St. Philip AME Church in Savannah. The panel was livestreamed at savannahnow.com and on Facebook to allow broader participation.
Panelists included Dr. Bonzo Reddick, a primary care physician at JC Lewis Health Center; Beatriz Severson, a registered nurse and advocate for Hispanic communities in Savannah; Tammi Brown, Chatham County Nurse Manager; and Karla-Sue Marriott, Interim Chair of the Chemistry and Forensic Science Department at Savannah State University.
Here are some frequently asked questions along with the with panelists answers. Their responses have been edited for clarity.