Miami Black leaders launch vaccine campaign to counter hesitancy after J&J pause
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Miami Black leaders launch vaccine campaign to counter hesitancy after J&J pause
By Ben Conarck
May 04, 2021 04:59 PM, Updated May 04, 2021 05:38 PM
The impact of the two-week pause by federal health officials of the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine is still being felt in the Liberty City area, where Congresswoman Frederica Wilson spoke Tuesday at the site of a makeshift cemetery memorializing the lives of Black Miami-Dade residents lost to COVID.
The “Get out the Vaccine” rally at Simonhoff Park, 1850 NW 54th St., was the congresswoman’s fourth press conference at the memorial, which she views as a collective grieving site. After her remarks, Wilson said the Johnson & Johnson hiatus dealt a blow to efforts to convince hesitant Black Miami-Dade residents to get vaccinated.
“I think it hurt a lot,” Wilson said. “That’s why you hear me saying, ‘Moderna,’ and I’ll say it with conviction. I think that was a huge, huge hiccup, in the whole rollout for President Biden.”
Overall, Wilson praised Biden’s efforts to vaccinate the country quickly. She told the Miami Herald that a mix of hesitancy, lack of access to transportation and some degree of procrastination is partly to blame for lingering disparities in vaccination rates between majority-Black ZIP codes and other parts of the county.
Read more here: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/coronavirus/article251139159.html#storylink=cpy
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On Tuesday, May 4, 2021, Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson speaks at a press conference to announce Get out the Vaccine Week in District 24 at the makeshift Memorial Cemetery at Simonhoff Park in Miami, Florida. Throughout the week, she will team up with local pastors, civic and service organizations, and community health centers to provide constituents with opportunities to get free COVID-19 vaccines. It is part of a nationwide Congressional Black Caucus initiative, which runs from May 1-8, to raise awareness, educate, and encourage constituents to get vaccinated.
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