Lee DeVito Detroit s Ford Field is now a large-scale FEMA-operated COVID-19 vaccination site through mid-May. My experience getting vaccinated here was easy. The trucks that rolled out of the Pfizer facility near Kalamazoo in December carrying the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines offered one of the first tangible symbols that this pandemic could eventually end, and like many people eager to survive it, I wanted to register to get one as soon as possible. I knew that frontline workers, the elderly, and the immunocompromised would be prioritized, and as a man in my 30s with no health conditions, I was prepared to wait a while. So I waited. Vaccination clinics started to become available through local health departments, as well as retail pharmacies like Meijer, CVS, and Rite Aid. Finally, as eligibility and availability expanded in early Marc
Around 70% of those getting vaccinated at God’s Path’s event were Detroit residents, according to Turner. The rest were Turner’s patients or their family members.
Lorie Turner is using her entrepreneurial experience and 30-year nursing career to get vulnerable Detroiters on the east side vaccinated for COVID-19.The 57-year-old nurse practitioner opened a nonprofit medical clinic called God's Path Community Services in September — a life decision made…