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Due to a successful COVID-19 vaccination rollout by the Biden administration, the country is well on its way to completely reemerging. However, due to substantiated mistrust stemming from historical medical abuse, the Black community is lagging behind other ethnic groups in vaccination numbers. This month, the CDC reported 60% of white people have been given at least one vaccine dose. Black people are at 9%.
To combat this, Facebook recently announced its new ambitious initiatives to combat the barriers some communities face and help them get vaccinated.
On June 30, Facebook’s Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sanberg announced new efforts to drive vaccine equity, including a mobile vaccine truck, popup mobile vaccine clinics in cities across the country, and more.
First $1 million to cover Lyft rides to and from vaccination appointments
Target Corp. has earmarked $5 million to support global, national and local efforts to help boost community access to COVID-19 vaccinations.
Minneapolis-based Target said Monday that, to start, the company is contributing $1 million to nonprofits offering access to free and discounted rides to coronavirus vaccine appointments via the Lyft Universal Vaccine Access campaign. Under the program, the rideshare company and a coalition of partners provide underserved communities access to rides to and from immunization sites.
Target noted that the donation, expected to fund tens of thousands of rides, expands its existing partnership with Lyft to provide all U.S.-based Target employees with free roundtrip Lyft rides to vaccine appointments, up to $15 each way.
CHICAGO (WLS) Organizations in Little Village teamed up to offer the COVID vaccine for community members aged 18 and older this week. The two-day vaccine clinic was held Wednesday and Thursday. I know its been hard on a lot of families. I know personally its touched mine so it s nice to have this center here where we can get vaccinated, said Brian Rodriguez, Little Village resident.
Rodriguez and his mother Lucinda Rodriguez both got their first COVID-19 vaccines at Enlace Chicago, a non-profit. Rodriguez said his family has felt the pain of a COVID-19 death, losing a close family member to the virus. He said his family, who are all essential workers, are relieved to be getting vaccinated.