And we have two people who are familiar with organ transplants. There are 1600 people waiting here for all kinds of organs. Of both groups. Half are minorities. We have a predid i liks for high Blood Pressure and diabetes. Why are we so disproportionately affected in the face of a barrage of information, campaigns, education efforts, beatings from our doctors and family members about changing our diets, lifestyles . Loving yourself and taking care yourself is what we preach and thats not what we practice, somehow we have to get those closer together so we actually walk the walk. Rg list still only 20 are donors. How much progress are you making in getting those numbers up . Weve come a long way. For example, i can tell you we per million were africanamerican. The problem is were so disproportionately zpkcafflicte. Our campaign is to get it up to 40 . Thats asking a lot, but something we need to do because it will save live. David, i want to go to you and alyssa ill come to you next. Da
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The ministry has been in the city for almost two centuries and is a big part of its history. First African Baptist Church is home to one of the oldest Black congregations in the Commonwealth.
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In October 1918, as the influenza epidemic gripped the United States, Roanoke pharmacists sold out of a serum advertised to prevent pneumonia infections. Even as demand soared, Dr. Brownlee Foster, Roanokeâs Health Officer, offered âno positive recommendationâ on a treatment declared âreputableâ by the Virginia State Board of Health.
The desperate search for a vaccine in 1918 is suggestive of our experience in 2020. Both epidemics have seen a remarkable number of cases, hospitalizations, and deaths, while public health measures have constrained normal behaviors, produced economic distress, and generated considerable anxiety. Whereas health officials, physicians, and pharmacists in 1918 endorsed unproven treatments, we should be reassured by the regulation, transparency, and consistency that have characterized vaccine development in 2020.