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As supply of vaccine begins to exceed demand, Ochsner Health is making every possible effort to increase vaccine confidence and ensure doses are easily accessible to all residents. The New Orleans-based health system’s Innovation Health Podcast series provides in-depth discussions to address safety concerns among minority groups and specific patient populations.
In the podcast, “COVID Vaccines and the African-American Community,” Obinna Nnedu, M.D, an infectious disease specialist at Ochsner Medical Center, acknowledges the long-standing mistrust among the African-American community of the health care system and the federal government and its contribution to vaccine confidence. “One important thing is to understand the distrust, not to minimize it, not to downplay it … have a conversation with individuals,” Nnedu said. It’s important to respect people’s feelings and offer correct, accurate information to them about the vaccines, he added
Vaccinated parents with young children continue Covid precautions Currently, Pfizer’s vaccine is the only one that the FDA has approved for teenagers age 16 or older. (Source: Tayler Davis/KSLA News 12) By Nicondra Norwood | April 19, 2021 at 5:05 PM CDT - Updated April 20 at 8:28 AM
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - With more people vaccinated and the economy opening up many households with young children navigate a new phase in the pandemic.
The Pfizer vaccine is available to teens as young as 16, but many households with young children won’t be fully vaccinated for a while.
Local doctor Maurice Sholas says that means families just need to be patient a bit longer staying the course with Covid precautions particularly in public. Sholas said, “If you have children in your house that are not vaccinated use the same precautions you’ve been using. Wear a mask, socially distance, stay in your bubble in your pod.”
There have been many loaded, anti-Black discussions about personal responsibility and how Black people manage our Black lives, including our health, during the COVID-19 pandemic; however, not nearly as much collective concern and judgment has been expended to call out white supremacist institutions and instructors that pathologize Blackness without examining the structural unwellness of this nation.
During the course of producing this series on COVID-19 and its impact on Black America, I’ve had the opportunity to speak with and be in (socially-distanced) community with some of the sharpest minds, biggest hearts, and committed organizers of this generation. However, it was the words of Mr. Robert Taylor of Reserve in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, that have resonated with me for months and will do so for a lifetime.