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Urban gun violence disproportionately affects segregated Black neighborhoods. That’s one of the main points that a physician and assistant professor of emergency medicine at the University of Pennsylvania wants to get across.
Dr. Eugenia South, a physician at Penn Medicine was a keynote speaker Thursday at the annual Dr. David Satcher Community Health Improvement Awards, presented by the Center for Community Health & Prevention at the University of Rochester Medical Center.
During her talk, South discussed the root causes of urban gun violence in many cities, including Rochester. And she said those incidents are often tied to structural racism.
“There is this link between structural, historical and structural ongoing aspects of racism that determine the amount of investment that goes into neighborhoods and something like gun violence, which again, I think is a symptom of a lack of investment, South explained at the virtual event.
58% of Bexar County residents 65 or older have received COVID-19 vaccine ksat.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ksat.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
PHOTO BY MAX SCHULTE A group steps off a shuttle bus to Mt. Olivet Baptist Church in Corn Hill to receive a COVID-19 vaccination. The pop-up vaccination clinic there was part of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s plan for “fairness and equity” in vaccine distribution. The church’s congregation is predominantly black.
Racial disparities in health were already a problem before COVID-19 blazed its way through communities across the country. But by grafting itself on the timeworn patterns of inequity, COVID-19 propelled them into the public consciousness like they had never been before.
In Monroe County, the statistics have been alarming. Black and Latino patients have been diagnosed at a rate close to double that of white patients, according to a November analysis by the Center for Community Health & Prevention at the University of Rochester Medical Center.
Feb 12, 2021
San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg and Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff have sent a letter to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) asking for a mass vaccination site to be set up in San Antonio.
The mayor and judge in the letter told the federal government that Bexar County has the capacity for the site and the county is ready to increase vaccination distribution.
The local leaders said one our current vaccination sites, the Alamodome, has not received first new dose allocations in nearly three weeks. They said without many more vaccines, the site may have to close.
The letter written to Regional Administrator Tony Robinson said, Thank you for taking the time to join the call with Dr. Colleen Bridger, Chief Charles Hood and the rest of the City team on February 9, 2021.We are appreciative of the longstanding partnership with you and your team.