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Native Americans take steps to vaccinate and reduce COVID-19 spread

Wed, 2021-02-17 10:38 — mike kraft

Native Americans embrace vaccine, virus containment measures CHEROKEE, N.C. (AP) — Joyce Dugan did not hesitate before sitting down inside the Cherokee Indian Hospital for her second and final dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. “I’m proud of our hospital,” the... AP NEWS

...While minority communities across the United States have struggled to trust the vaccine, the opposite is true for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, a Native American tribe of 16,000 in western North Carolina, and other tribes across the country, which were also quick to adopt coronavirus prevention measures.

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False vaccine claims plague Latino immigrant community, inhibit vaccinations

Fri, 2021-02-12 10:49 — mike kraft

Among Latino immigrants, false vaccine claims are spreading as fast as the virus Just like in the 2020 election, experts say, misleading social media posts and videos in Spanish are less likely to be flagged than those in English. Teo Armus Washington Post

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U.S. to start sending COVID-19 vaccines directly to community health centers

Tue, 2021-02-09 18:01 — mike kraft

U.S. to start sending COVID-19 vaccines directly to community health centers The U.S. government will begin shipping COVID-19 vaccines directly to community health centers next week in an effort to speed vaccinations and ensure doses are reaching vulnerable people, U.S. health officials said on Tuesday. Carl O’Donnell, Manas Mishra U.S.

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More megasites are being added to places for COVID-10 vaccinations.

Sun, 2021-02-07 12:06 — mike kraft

More COVID vaccine megasites open nationwide, including at Yankee Stadium More than 36 million vaccine shots currently on the market have been administered nationwide, and 7.5 million people are now fully vaccinated. YahooNews

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Calls grow for US to rely on rapid tests to fight pandemic

Sat, 2021-02-06 13:49 — mike kraft

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WASHINGTON (AP) — When a Halloween party sparked a COVID-19 outbreak at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, school officials conducted rapid screening on more than 1,000 students in a week, including many who didn’t have symptoms.

Although such asymptomatic screening isn’t approved by regulators and the 15-minute tests aren’t as sensitive as the genetic one that can take days to yield results, the testing director at the historically Black college credits the approach with quickly containing the infections and allowing the campus to remain open.

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