DHS Adds COVID-19 Vaccination Data to Existing Racial and Ethnic Disparities Dashboard
Data show higher case rates and lower vaccination rates among Wisconsin’s Black, Indigenous, and people of color
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) announced that the COVID-19 Racial and Ethnic Disparities page has been updated to include vaccination data, in addition to existing data on COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths by group. The data underscore health inequities disproportionately affecting communities of color in Wisconsin.
“This pandemic has highlighted existing gaps in opportunities people across our state and across our nation have to keep themselves and their families safe from COVID-19, including barriers to accessing life-saving COVID-19 vaccines,” said DHS Secretary-designee Karen Timberlake. “The data show that we still have work to do to ensure those Wisconsinites that have been hit hardest by the pandemic have the opportunity and resources to pr
National Month of Action will mobilize national organizations, local government leaders, community-based and faith-based partners, businesses, employers, social media influencers, celebrities, athletes, colleges, young people, and thousands of volunteers
The President will highlight additional efforts by businesses and organizations across the country to advance equity and make it even easier to get vaccinated
The Vice President will lead a National Vaccination Tour to encourage vaccinations in key communities across the country
Today, President Biden will announce a National Month of Action to mobilize an all-of-America sprint to get 70% of U.S. adults at least one shot by July 4
th, so that more people can get the protection they need to be safe from a pandemic that has taken the lives of nearly 600,000 Americans.
#CommunityImmunity campaign offers $5 million in sweepstakes plus free-groceries-for-a-year giveaways
The Kroger Co. is incentivizing Americans to get vaccinated against COVID-19 through the #CommunityImmunity giveaway campaign.
Slated to be launched next week by Kroger Health, the retailer’s health care arm, the #CommunityImmunity campaign will offer customers and associates prizes including five $1 million giveaways and 10 free groceries-for-a-year giveaways each week for five weeks, totaling 50 winners.
In announcing the program late Thursday, Cincinnati-based Kroger said the company aims to encourage more people to receive coronavirus immunizations, in turn helping to speed the nation’s reopening from the pandemic. The effort, too, comes after a collaboration with the Biden administration as part of the national push to get 70% of U.S. adults their first COVID vaccine dose both the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccinations require two shots by July 4.
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As the United States continues the fight against COVID-19, officials are leveraging pharmacies to help administer vaccinations. This is excellent news for anybody who doesn t live near a hospital or clinic. But for 15 million Americans, getting their shots at a pharmacy still puts the vaccination out of reach.
Health Affairs found that 1 out of 3 urban neighborhoods is in a pharmacy desert. Initially coined in 2014 by Dima M. Qato, PharmD, associate professor at the University of Southern California School of Pharmacy in Los Angeles and senior author of this study, a pharmacy desert is an urban neighborhood that is more than a mile away from the nearest pharmacy. The distance is reduced to half a mile for neighborhoods with at least 100 households with no vehicle access or 20 percent of households below the federal poverty level.