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Jacksonville NAACP, other minority groups request more vaccine sites

Jacksonville s COVID-19 vaccine rollout has failed to address the needs of Black and other people of color, many of whom are suspicious of the rapidly developed drug because of long-held mistrust of the health care system, according to local Black leaders.
In a recent letter to Mayor Lenny Curry, they asked that the number of vaccination and testing sites be expanded, ensuring that communities of color within the city are adequately covered. They also requested more vaccine-related education and a panel of public and community leaders to set local vaccination priorities, among other things.
We are confronting the most challenging public health emergency of our lifetime. … The COVID-19 pandemic continues to expose the failures of our public health systems, the pervasive structural and institutional racism that permeates our community and the inequities that confront us, according to the letter. ....

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Jacksonville NAACP president outlines vaccine rollout concerns in letter to mayor

Jacksonville NAACP president outlines vaccine rollout concerns in letter to mayor
Mayor’s office says letter contains ‘many inaccuracies’
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville Branch of the NAACP sent a letter to Mayor Lenny Curry, outlining the civil rights group’s concerns about COVID-19 vaccine distribution.
Isaiah Rumlin, president of the NAACP’s Jacksonville branch, writes in the letter, dated Jan. 22, that the group is not confident in the city’s vaccine rollout in the African American community.
In the letter also signed by the presidents of the Jacksonville Urban League, Northeast Florida Medical Society Foundation and First Coast Black Nurses Association Rumlin calls on the city to provide a comprehensive plan. ....

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