Local pastor to hold health forum featuring prominent vaccine researcher
Pastor Kia Moore will welcome Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett this month to help clear up misconceptions about the COVID-19 vaccine. Author: Rebecca Butcher Updated: 10:11 PM CST January 19, 2021
MEMPHIS, Tenn. One Memphis pastor is providing a health forum with a leading African-American vaccine researcher in a push to dispel fears in the black community about the COVID-19 vaccine.
“So many people have questions and anxieties and fears about the vaccine and I thought what’s the best way to assuage those fears, said Kia Moore, the pastor at The Church at the Well. Bring the person who actually developed the vaccine.”
Memphis church holds forum with leading vaccine researcher
Memphis church holds forum with leading vaccine researcher By Kelly Roberts | January 18, 2021 at 6:58 PM CST - Updated February 2 at 3:01 PM
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - With nearly 400,000 people dead of COVID-19 in the United States, researchers found itâs decreasing Americanâs life expectancy by more than a year, and more than two years for Latinos and African Americans in the country.
One Memphis pastor is trying to expand knowledge of the vaccine to the communityâs African American population.
On Monday, Shelby County logged another 454 COVID-19 cases and 13 deaths.
Less than 2 percent of the countyâs population has gotten the COVID-19 vaccine, according to data from the Tennessee Department of Health.