RALEIGH (WTVD) When WakeMed pediatrician Rasheeda Monroe volunteered as a COVID-19 vaccinator last month, she saw something was missing. I noticed that it was an amazing event, over 1,100 people got vaccinated. But, I thought where are the people of color, she said.
As North Carolina grapples with data showing inequities in its vaccine rollout, Dr. Monroe and a group of Black Raleigh physicians hatched a plan to do something about it. She started brainstorming with her WakeMed colleagues who call themselves the sister circle. They re all friends; they re all black; and they re all doctors: a psychiatrist, gynecologists, obstetricians, pediatrician and family med physician.