The Hmong Institute hosts COVID-19 vaccination center for Hmong, Southeast community
April 17, 2021 6:00 PM Grace Houdek
MADISON, Wis. The Hmong Institute is hosting a COVID-19 vaccination center to provide easy access to the shot for Hmong and Southeast Asians.
Since the start, the pandemic has brought to light the healthcare disparities and inequities people of color experience. Now, challenges are showing up in vaccine administration.
“We recognize that the COVID-19 pandemic has really had an impact on our community. Health disparities were amplified because of that,” according to Peng Her, CEO of The Hmong Institute. “We want to do our part and make sure everyone is vaccinated, really our Hmong and Southeast Asian community members.”
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ERFURT, GERMANY - APRIL 08: Medical Staff prepares a vial of the Pfizer/BioNTech Comirnaty vaccine against Covid-19 at a vaccination center at the Messe trade fair grounds during the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic on April 8, 2021 in Erfurt, Germany. German authorities are expecting a strong increase in the volume of inoculations in April as vaccine supplies stabilize. Germany began vaccinations in late December and authorities predict as many vaccine doses to arrive in April as in the three months before. So far about 13% of people in Germany have received a first dose. (Photo by Jens Schlueter/Getty Images)
Barbara felt ecstatic in January when a Wisconsin Department of Health Services letter confirmed that she and her parents were eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations.
The 28-year-old education student lives with her parents in Milwaukee. All three share caretaking duties for Barbaraâs young child, who is on the autism spectrum. That unpaid work qualifies them as frontline health care personnel in Wisconsinâs vaccine rollout.
Wisconsin Watch is withholding Barbaraâs last name to avoid repercussions for her parents, who are living in the country without legal authorization. The family arrived in Wisconsin from Mexico about two decades ago. Barbara is currently protected from deportation under the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy, which grants some rights to eligible immigrants who came to the United States as children.
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MADISON, Wisconsin (madison.com/Wisconsin State Journal) For Mao Lor, 65, getting a COVID-19 vaccine was painless and will make her feel safer leaving home, she said.
“There’s no hurt,” the resident of the Bayview apartments in Downtown Madison said after receiving a shot Wednesday. “I need to protect (myself) so I can go to the store.”
Ana Rios, 63, who also lives at Bayview, said she’ll keep wearing her mask even after getting her first dose of COVID-19 vaccine. “We have to protect each other,” she said through interpreter Yenny Juarez.