The city of Dallas and Dallas County are opening a mega vaccination site at Fair Park on Monday, where the county health department hopes up to 2,000 people will be vaccinated each day. This will be for our most vulnerable residents vaccinated at Fair Park this next week with well over 100,000 people on the… Read more »
Relatives of one of the men who was a victim of the Tuskegee syphilis study says that the will will take the COVID-19 vaccine as soon as it becomes available to the general public. The egregious experiment that went on for 40 years staring in 1932 left hundreds of Black men infected with syphilis, when… Read more »
As the first dose of newly approved coronavirus vaccine hit the United States, nearly one third of Black Americans remain hesitant to get the covid-19 vaccine. According to a survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation, their study has found that 35% of Black Americans would probably not consider taking the vaccine if it is widely… Read more »
President Barack Obama is delivering a message to the Black community: The coronavirus vaccine will not only be safe, but it will also save lives. The former commander-in-chief’s comments, which he made yesterday, came in response to growing backlash against the vaccine — especially in communities of color. “I understand, historically, everything dating back all… Read more »
As the COVID-19 cases increase in Texas, the next question is who will be taking the vaccine first? Advisors with the CDC made a recent vote in allowing all health care personnel and residents at long-term care facilities to be the first population to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, once FDA approved. Recently our Dallas Mayor… Read more »
Pfizer announced last week that it’s COVID-19 vaccination has shown to be 90% effective in early trials. Four states selected to launch it’s pilot delivery program are: Texas, Rhode Island, New Mexico and Tennessee. This week the pharmaceutical company said no state will receive preferential treatment and each state participating would receive the vaccinations at the… Read more »
