Between memorials, mentoring, and working with other community groups, Trojan4Life organization members hope to make theirs and surrounding communities a better place.
I was 100% sure that I was not getting the vaccine at all, said Dean, 18.
But then Shantel Reed, her teacher in Central s pre-med studies program, assigned Dean and other students to research the new COVID-19 vaccines, and Dean said she quickly changed her mind as she learned about the science behind them. Now and I am fully vaccinated and very proud, Dean said.
Dean and three of her classmates spoke at a news conference Wednesday to announce the storied school on West Chestnut Street will be the site of a one-day vaccine clinic Saturday open to anyone 16 or older.
A joint effort with University of Louisville Health and Jefferson County Public Schools, the clinic will be what Dr. Edward Miller, a U of L physician, says is the beginning of efforts to reach deeper into the community to serve people who have been unable or unwilling to get vaccinated against COVID-19.