MADISON, Wis. New research from the Wisconsin Policy Forum shows the rate of Wisconsin students that are fully vaccinated still aren t back to pre-pandemic levels.
UW School of Pharmacy focused on equitable COVID-19 vaccine access For news media
PharmD student Janvi Shah administers the vaccine during the clinic in Sun Prairie.
On Wednesday, June 16, the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Pharmacy’s Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives, Lisa Imhoff, will join the U.S. Surgeon General, Vivek Murthy; the CEO of the Boys and Girls Club of Dane County, Michael Johnson; and others in a national panel discussion centered around vaccine access in vulnerable communities.
Lisa Imhoff
Imhoff’s participation is just one of several efforts at the School of Pharmacy aimed at addressing COVID-19 vaccine equity and reducing racial disparities in care. The event, which requires registration, will take place at 1 pm ET. A link to registration and more information can be found here.
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School of Pharmacy Volunteers Help Vaccinate Underserved Communities in Vaccine Equity Effort 2021 PharmD students Janvi Shah (left) and Kathryn Freitag (right) give the COVID-19 vaccine to a couple at the vaccine clinic held at the McKenzie Family Boys & Girls Club in Sun Prairie. Photo by Paul L. Newby II 18 May
The School of Pharmacy, Fitchburg Family Pharmacy, and the Boys and Girls Club partner to increase COVID-19 vaccine access and address hesitancy among BIPOC communities
By Katie Ginder-Vogel
As pharmacists and healthcare providers rallied to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, the race to vaccinate the public opened a different battlefront addressing vaccine equity. Although people of color have been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic in coronavirus cases, hospitalizations, and deaths, these communities of color have lower rates of vaccination. In Wisconsin, the COVID-19 vaccination rate for Black patients is about half the rate of white patients.
Last week, on a phone call with Tom Cox, a former representative in the Kansas state Legislature who now works in government relations, I told him I was soon to get my first dose of the Pfizer vaccine.
“Welcome to the ruling class,” he replied. Cox had also gotten the Pfizer shot, and with it, he has lately developed facetiously, he swears a sense of Pfizer superiority.
It started after he, his closest friends, and his immediate family all happened to get the Pfizer vaccine. “We started calling ourselves ‘double-dosed Pfizer elites,’ ” Cox said. “I will refer to anyone who’s had one dose as a ‘one-doser.’ Like, ‘Oh, you’re a one-doser? OK, well, you’ll reach this enlightened plane soon enough.’ ”