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Efforts ramp up to vaccinate people of color against COVID-19
MADISON, Wisconsin (madison.com/Wisconsin State Journal) For Mao Lor, 65, getting a COVID-19 vaccine was painless and will make her feel safer leaving home, she said.
“There’s no hurt,” the resident of the Bayview apartments in Downtown Madison said after receiving a shot Wednesday. “I need to protect (myself) so I can go to the store.”
Ana Rios, 63, who also lives at Bayview, said she’ll keep wearing her mask even after getting her first dose of COVID-19 vaccine. “We have to protect each other,” she said through interpreter Yenny Juarez.
UW Health, Wisconsin Latino Chamber of Commerce partner for vaccine clinic
MADISON (WKOW) UW Health teamed up with the Wisconsin Latino Chamber of Commerce to vaccinate essential workers.
Latinx-owned businesses, like restaurants and markets, were able to get their workers vaccinated at a clinic on Monday.
Nearly 200 people got their shots. It means everything because my job, my business depends on me being well, and being able to be there to open my store, and take care of my customers who happen to be health care workers seeking to purchase their scrubs, said Eleana Rodriguez who was vaccinated at the clinic.
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UW Health partners with community orgs to vaccinate vulnerable populations
MADISON, WI (365 Media Foundation, Inc) To help equitably vaccinate the public against COVID-19, UW Health is partnering with community organizations serving communities of color for population-specific vaccination clinics, the health system announced Tuesday.
On Monday, the health system partnered with The Wisconsin Latino Chamber of Commerce to vaccinate almost 200 essential workers in Dane County.
“It was extremely successful,” said Shiva Bidar-Sielaff, vice president and chief diversity officer, UW Health.
Bidar-Sielaff said in an interview Tuesday that COVID-19 has disproportionately affected communities of color, and communities of color are least likely to be vaccinated.