As eligibility expands, doctors help patients overcome anxiety about vaccine
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Share: The next group of people in California who will be eligible to get the COVID-19 vaccine will be adults with various health conditions such as chronic heart disease and those with disabilities.
But as many doctors are finding out, not everyone in this group is ready to get the vaccine.
This past year has been nerve-racking for heart-failure patient Reggie Allen. I knew that if I got COVID. I would be in serious trouble, he said.
Before the pandemic, the Loma Linda resident needed a device to keep his heart beating and medications to keep it in check.
Answering your COVID questions: Is it safe to get a vaccine if I m expecting?
HCPH director says vaccine can benefit mother and child
Hamilton County Public Health medical director Dr. Steve Feagins said there s evidence that expectant mothers who receive a vaccine could pass along its protection to their child.
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Is it safe to get a COVID-19 vaccine shot if you re expecting? One WCPO viewer, a mom-to-be who asked not to be named, wonders if getting the vaccine could have an effect on her or her child s health.
We posed her question to Dr. Steve Feagins, the medical director of Hamilton County Public Health and chief clinical officer at Mercy Health. He says itâs absolutely safe to get a vaccine when youâre expecting, especially since the alternative is possibly contracting coronavirus while pregnant.
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Building It Better Together Town Hall will put a spotlight on the racial inequalities within our healthcare system.
Tamala Edwards moderates this conversation with a panel of local Doctors of color discussing how the COVID-19 crisis has put a spotlight on racial disparities, the issues of implicit bias in treatment, the socio-economic factors leading to sub-par care in underserved communities, and how to increase Diversity and Inclusion advancement in leadership.
Tamala also talks solutions and forward thinking initiatives with two local CEO s of the largest hospital systems in Southeastern Pennsylvania as they signed a pledge with 11 other hospitals stating racism is a health crisis .