Maryland s governor says Black residents do not want to get vaccinated, but thousands seek shots
Rachel Chason and Erin Cox, The Washington Post
March 7, 2021
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1of3Clementine Ruffin, 102, received her first dose of coronavirus vaccine in February, after weeks of trying. Her friend Gail Carter, left, helped her navigate the process to get vaccinated in Prince George s County, Md.Washington Post photo by Jonathan NewtonShow MoreShow Less
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A 94-year-old veteran got so tired of waiting for an appointment that he drove around his Washington suburb at random, hunting for a vaccine.
A partially blind 81-year-old wanted a shot but had no computer or smartphone to register online. Yet another older Black resident of Maryland s hardest-hit county, this one 102 years old, relied on church friends a few decades younger to help her through a distribution system best navigated by Internet-native generations.
Students across Maryland will not be taking standardized tests this spring after the state school board voted Thursday afternoon to delay the tests until fall.
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan. Via Office of the Governor’s Flickr.
Maryland has launched a COVID-19 vaccine equity plan, Gov. Larry Hogan announced at a press conference Thursday.
“Today, to build on all of the months of comprehensive effort, we are announcing the very first vaccine equity operations plan of any state in America to further address health disparities and the issue of equity and to get more vaccines to people in every community who need them most,” Hogan said. He announced the state’s Vaccine Equity Task Force (VETF) in January.
Maryland National Guard Brig. Gen. Janeen Birckhead, who leads the task force, said the operations plan is a partner-focused effort with community-based solutions. VETF will partner with a wide range of public and private entities that want to vaccinate Marylanders, she said. The task force has already connected with a variety of community organizations, like churches, and the task force will serve as a clearinghouse for proposals recei
By: Bryan P. Sears Daily Record Government Reporter March 4, 2021
Maryland National Guard Brig. Gen. Janeen Birckhead has been assigned by Gov. Larry Hogan to lead the state’s efforts to improve vaccine equity. (The Daily Record/File Photo)
ANNAPOLIS Mayor Brandon Scott Thursday blasted Gov. Larry Hogan for what he called misinformation and a “Jedi mind trick” aimed at distracting focus from efforts to provide more equitable access to coronavirus vaccines in underserved minority communities.
The comments from the mayor in a hastily thrown together statement broadcast live on social media followed a news conference in which Hogan intended to focus on efforts to increase access in those communities. But a comment from the governor about transferring doses from the Baltimore City Health Department at the request of the city touched off another round of back-and-forth barbs between the second-term Republican and Scott, a first-term Democrat.