Updated: 4:24 PM CDT Apr 22, 2021 FEMA will end its COVID-19 vaccine distribution at the Wisconsin Center next month.Continuing Coverage: Coronavirus in WisconsinThe announcement was made Thursday morning.The last day for vaccines at the Wisconsin Center will be May 28.The Milwaukee Health Department will continue vaccine distribution at the Northwest and Southside Health Centers.The city hopes to continue with mobile vaccination sites to bring the vaccine into the community. There were also plans for drive-thru vaccine distribution.City officials have not yet said where that will be. If the demand is there, we will make sure we have the ability to have vaccinations but I think everyone understands if people aren t coming, those resources should go somewhere else, Mayor Tom Barrett said.FEMA has the capacity to administer as many as 4,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses per day.Officials said about 2,000 doses have been administered each day, on average.FEMA said it would administ
Data shows racial disparity in vaccinations in Wisconsin
Gov. Tony Evers says Milwaukee County needs to ask for more vaccine doses Share Updated: 7:40 PM CST Feb 12, 2021
Gov. Tony Evers says Milwaukee County needs to ask for more vaccine doses Share Updated: 7:40 PM CST Feb 12, 2021
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Show Transcript LIMITED SUPPLY OF COVERED VACCINE IN SELECTED AREAS. PATRIC NUMBERS SHOW THE DISPARITY IN VACCINATIONS. WHITE PEOPLE ARE THREE TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE VACCINATED THAT BLACK AND HISPANIC PEOPLE. IT IS RAISING A RED FLAG. THE VACCINE SHORTAGE HAS BEEN WELL DOCUMENTED, BUT ALSO UNEVENLY DISTRIBUTED RACIALLY. I FELT INVISIBLE. STATISTICS SHOW 3% OF THE BLACK POPULATION AND HISPANICS HAVE BEEN VACCINATED, BUT MORE THAN 10% OF WHITES. IT HAS BEEN ROUGH. I QUALIFIED DR.. I COLD MY CALLED MY DOCTOR. I HEARD NOTHING FROM HIM. THEY ARE USING AN ALGORITHM TO MAKE VACCINE DISTRIBUTION MORE EQUITABLE. WE ARE INVITING THOSE AT HIGHES