Meatpacking union fights to vaccinate more Kansas workers
DAVID CONDOS, Kansas News Service
May 13, 2021
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The union that represents Kansas meatpacking workers has launched a nationwide push to convince more of its members to get vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus. The campaign teams virtual town halls with in-person outreach targeting Latino workers.
The first town hall features a one-hour conversation in Spanish between the union’s local district president, Martin Rosas, and two Hispanic medical doctors, Fabian Sandoval and José Romero, emphasizing the risks of remaining unvaccinated.
“The COVID vaccines offer us a glimmer of hope,” Rosas said. “This is why (the union) wants to make sure all our members know the facts.”
The union that represents Kansas meatpacking workers has launched a nationwide push to convince more of its members to get vaccinated against the COVID-19
Prince William plans vaccination town hall
On Thursday, March 4, from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., the Prince William Health District (PWHD) will host a virtual COVID-19 Vaccination Town Hall.
Dr. Alison Ansher, director of the PWHD, and Dr. Fabian Sandoval, CEO and research director of the Emerson Clinical Research Institute, will share important information about the vaccines.
To submit questions in advance, send them to EOCJIC@pwcgov.org by Tuesday, March 2.
To attend the virtual town hall, use this WebEx link.
To learn more about the vaccine, visit the Prince William Health District Vaccine Page or the Prince William County Vaccine Page.
Gail Daumit, MD, MHS, FACP
Dr. Gail Daumit is the Samsung Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Vice Chair for Clinical and Translational Research in the Department of Medicine. She is the director of Johns Hopkins NIMH ALACRITY Center for Health and Longevity in Mental Illness, as well as a practicing general internist, epidemiologist and mental health services researcher whose work is devoted to improving physical health and decreasing premature mortality for people living with serious mental illnesses. Her current projects the ALACRITY Center and a newly-funded NIH project named DECIPHeR focus on testing implementation strategies to scale up evidence-based interventions to decrease cardiovascular risk for people with serious mental illness in community mental health settings. Dr. Daumit’s clinical trial of a behavioral weight loss intervention for persons with serious mental illness, the ACH
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