Miami-Dade’s Black Communities Lag in Vaccination Rates
Vaccination rates were lower in communities where people lack access to vehicles and health insurance. Overall, vaccination rates were 30 percent lower in ZIP codes where more than a quarter of residents live in poverty.
April 27, 2021 •
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(TNS) - Roselle Monestime Noel, a 68-year-old home healthcare aide from North Miami, tried to get a coronavirus vaccine for two months.
It shouldn t have been so hard, Noel thought. Her age and job made her among the first group eligible under Florida s vaccine roll-out. But the odds were against her from the start. Information was limited, and mostly in English, which, even after 40 years in Miami, was still something of a barrier for the Haitian immigrant.
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Show Transcript WHAT ABOUT OTHER KIDS? I THICK IT’S IMPORTANT TO START LETTING KIDS HAVE SOMETHING CLOSER TO NORMAL ACTIVITIES. BE IT RETURNING IN PERSON TO SCHOOL, DOING SPORTS AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES AS LONG AS THEY ARE CAREFUL. KIM: CDC GUIDELINES ARE CLEAR FOR THOSE VACCINATED. THEY CAN BE INDOORS IN SMALL GROUPS WITH NO MASKS. BUT THERE IS NO VACCINE APPROVED FOR KIDS UNDER 16. SO WHAT ABOUT INDOOR PLAY DATES? IT’S PROBABLY STILL A GOOD IDEA TO KEEP THE KIDS MASKS MASKED INSIDE. OUTSIDE IS THE SAFEST BET. DOCTORS SAY IT’S OK TO TAKE YOUR KIDS TO STORES AS LONG AS EVERYONE IS WEARING MASKS. I WOULD CONTINUE TO BE CAREFUL INSIDE OF RESTAURANTS, ESPECIALLY CROWDED RESTAURANTS, BECAUSE THERE COULD BE THE POTENTIAL OF DISEASE. THE KEY TO BEING OUT AND AB
Dr. Sherman James is a native of Hartsville, S.C. He graduated from Butler High School, in Hartsville, in 1960. He was Valedictorian of his class, and president of the student body.
A social epidemiologist, Dr. James is the Susan B. King Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Public Policy at Duke University. He taught at Duke from 2003-2014. Before this, he taught at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill (1973-1989), and the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor (1989-2003). Dr. James earned an AB degree in Psychology and Philosophy, in 1964, from Talladega College in Alabama; he earned a PhD degree in Social Psychology, in 1973, from Washington University in St. Louis.
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