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Yale to co-host a virtual town hall on what you need to know about COVID-19 and the vaccines
March 2, 2021
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Wednesday, March 3, 2021 - 5:30pm
Yale School of Medicine, along with Yale’s Cultural Ambassadors for Clinical Research, will host a virtual town hall, “What You Need to Know About the Vaccine and COVID-19,” on Wednesday, March 3 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. The event can be joined live on Facebook or via a Zoom link available at COVID Community Connection.
The town hall will provide an opportunity to hear some of the nation’s top experts discuss the most current information on COVID-19 and the various vaccines. Appropriate for all members of the general public, the webinar will highlight the importance of vaccination for the African American and Hispanic communities, which are three times more likely to be hospitalized and twice as likely to die
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