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Gov. Roy Cooper announced via Twitter on Tuesday that he was mobilizing the National Guard to help with COVID-19 vaccinations across the state. This comes as the CDC announced that NC had one of the worst vaccine rates in the country.

The Tennessee Department of Health has updated the Tennessee COVID-19 Vaccination Plan and its phased approach to administering COVID-19 vaccines to Tennesseans. “COVID-19 vaccines remain limited at this time, and Tennessee’s allocation plan prioritizes those most at risk of illness and death from COVID-19,” said Tennessee Health Commissioner Lisa Piercey, MD, MBA, FAAP. “The plan also prioritizes critical infrastructure workers who have direct public exposure or work in environment...

"Im super concerned. Weve got a surge from Thanksgiving that were honestly just dealing with now," said Dr. Joanne Fruth with Avance Care in Raleigh, about the rising number of cases and hospitalizations. Mass vaccinations will take months to implement. State health officials urge people to continue wearing masks, avoid gathering with people outside their homes, social distance, and frequently hand-wash. 5:54 p.m. The Moore County Health Department provided its first doses of COVID-19 vaccine t...

Tennessee Dept. of Heath updates COVID-19 vaccination plan Tenn. updating COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution plan By WMC Action News 5 Staff | December 30, 2020 at 10:36 AM CST - Updated December 30 at 12:43 PM MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - The Tennessee Department of Health has updated the COVID-19 vaccination plan. The updated plan will focus on frontline healthcare workers, protecting the most vulnerable Tennesseans first, and preserving the workforce in the highest risk areas. Here’s a chart bre...

When the government decides who gets to live or die based on race. Wed Dec 23, 2020 Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the Freedom Center, is an investigative journalist and writer focusing on the radical Left and Islamic terrorism. Before the coronavirus pandemic, the CDC was too busy fighting racism to do its job. As the vaccine rolls out, the CDC decided to build the vaccine waiting list around affirmative action Who gets to live or die? Much like in Nazi Germ...

Tool tells when you may be able to get a COVID-19 vaccine ABCNews With the U.S Food and Drug Administration authorizing the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine and likely authorization of Modernas on the horizon, the first vaccines are being delivered to medical providers and long-term care facilities in states across the country and starting to be administered this week. But most people wont be able to get a shot right away. Many states are prioritizing groups such as health care and other esse...

The Vaccine Tool Calculator was developed by Adriane Labs and the Surgo Foundation Users are asked to enter which state and county they live in, what their age is, what job they have and if they have any pre-existing conditions The tool reveals how many people are head of the user in their city and state and how many Americans are in their priority group It comes as Bidens nominee for surgeon general Dr Vivek Murthy says he doesnt believe the U.S. general public will receive vaccines before su...

Roy Exum: Yarbro Adds Nothing Thursday, December 17, 2020 - by Roy Exum Roy Exum I am as sorry as I can be that the State of Tennessee now ranks No. 2 in the nation as the coronavirus has reached record stages. I am also among those who are praying most fervently for God’s mercy and grace as we fight to endure this epic pandemic. But my prayer is also one that implores the Master to never allow me to fall into the midst of the Legion of the Miserable. The Legion has never done one thing...

How can the world allocate COVID-19 vaccines fairly? It’s an ethical question many Penn experts are contemplating. One fact is certain, they say: Distribution must not exacerbate disparities and inequities in health care. On Dec. 11, the FDA granted an Emergency Use Authorization for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, with similar authorization for the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine coming a week later. Frontline health care worker...

Updated on December 21, 2020 at 5:36 pm NBC Universal, Inc. What to Know A nationwide vaccination effort entered its third day Wednesday, with nurses and doctors primarily receiving the first doses. Federal health officials have designed a four-phase inoculation strategy, which is outlined below. It will be months, not weeks, before the COVID-19 vaccine is available to the general public. Putting an exact timeframe for vaccinating the entire population of the United States -- the third-largest ...