After flood destroyed vaccines, southwest Detroit clinic reopens for shots Emma Stein, Detroit Free Press © Mary Alice for the Detroit Free Press The back area of American Indian Health and Family Services was damaged from Detroit’s June Flooding on July 19, 2021.
Detroit s June flooding overtook highways, hurt small businesses and seeped into every nook and cranny of residential basements. It also ruined COVID-19 vaccine doses at the American Indian Health and Family Services clinic in southwest Detroit.
Three weeks later, it s back up and running.
As of Monday, the clinic had a full stock of Pfizer vaccine and is open for walk-ins and appointments. No one will be turned away, said Jennifer Oprisiu, director of development at AIHFS.
American Indian Health s vaccines ruined in floods, clinic reopens
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about participating in its COVID-19 vaccine trial.
Tribal officials asked the company to go through its media team, meet face-to-face or arrange an online video meeting, Hualapai Chairman Damon Clarke said. The small community of 2,300 registered members was fearful of becoming mere test subjects in a larger experiment.
In the end, Moderna representatives did nothing outside of email and, with so little information and no trusted relationship with the company, Clarke said Hualapai leaders declined to participate. It s just like being hesitant about having someone come in and saying, Can I borrow your vehicle for a week? I mean that s how we take it, he said. We re protective of our nation.