“It’s the flu to the 12th power,” remarked Ivory Payne, a Baton Rouge publisher who is urging Black Louisianans to get COVID-19 vaccines.
“I couldn’t breathe,” Payne said, describing his own experience with the virus in early February. “I think the shortness of breath was the worst thing. It was a terrible experience.”
After his doctors told him to go home and quarantine for 14 days, Payne, 60, found that his fight against the respiratory illness had just begun. He said that after a difficult two weeks in isolation, his condition only got worse.
Payne described a litany of troubling COVID-19 symptoms, including not being able to smell or taste, body aches that prevented him from lifting everyday items and nausea. He spent three distressed weeks in the hospital, where he was forced to consider his chances of survival.
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EBR Council on Aging to bring vaccine to homebound residents and caretakers
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BATON ROUGE - A group effort was led across agencies today to bring vaccines to those who cannot leave their homes.
As part of the Council on Aging, Meals on Wheels currently serves thousands of homebound clients.
“We have about 4,500 seniors that have been waiting and calling and asking when is it our turn? Well, today it is your turn!” said director Tasha Clark-Amar.
A pressing issue as some were not clear on when their turn would be, taking the dangerous move of leaving home.
Andrew Jacobs, The New York Times Published: 08 Mar 2021 02:34 PM BdST Updated: 08 Mar 2021 02:34 PM BdST People wait to receive the COVID-19 vaccine at the East Baton Rouge Council on Aging in Louisiana, March 4, 2021. Even as vaccine supplies become more plentiful, African-Americans are being inoculated at half the rate of whites, according to an analysis by The New York Times. (Abdul Aziz/The New York Times) Rashelle Green, left, a caregiver, talks with Dorothy Walls after they both received the COVID-19 vaccine in Baton Rouge, La., March 4, 2021. Even as vaccine supplies become more plentiful, African-Americans are being inoculated at half the rate of whites, according to an analysis by The New York Times. (Abdul Aziz/The New York Times)