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Brown County Minority Leaders Speak on Vaccine Efforts

By Rob Sussman May 20, 2021 | 5:58 PM GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) There’s a local effort to get the COVID-19 vaccine to minority communities. State and national health agencies say that COVID-19 disproportionately affects people of color. On Thursday, leaders from minority communities in Brown County spoke. “Black, Latinx and Native American communities have had higher cases, higher hospitalizations and higher rates of death from COVID-19 that have to do a lot with underlying conditions,” Shiva Bidar-Sielaff said. “It really has to do with a long history of structural and systemic racism and barriers to optimal care.” In Northeast Wisconsin, state Department of Health Services data shows vaccination rates in communities of color lag behind those of white residents.

Cultural Groups Assisting in Vaccine Process for Non-English Speaking Residents

By Casey Nelson Feb 18, 2021 5:46 PM NORTHEAST WISCONSIN (WTAQ-WLUK) Getting an appointment to get the COVID-19 vaccine can be difficult, especially when you don’t understand the language of the people who are communicating with you. “They don’t even know how to do it because of the language barrier. They don’t know what to do,” interpreter Patricia Bos said. Bos is an interpreter, as well as a member of the HCC Hispanic Community Council of Northeast Wisconsin. “Many times, language is a problem because if they tried to contact them or talk to them, it’s not possible if they don’t have an interpreter,” Bos said.

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