Boys & Girls club hosting COVID-19 vaccination clinic this weekend
April 28, 2021 11:00 AM Logan Rude
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FILE - In this April 8, 2021 file photo, the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is seen at a pop up vaccination site in the Staten Island borough of New York.
MADISON, Wis. The Boys & Girls Club of Dane County is hosting a COVID-19 vaccination clinic this weekend to increase access to the vaccine within local communities.
The clinic will run Saturday from 10 a.m. to noon at the Northport Community Learning Center located at 1740 Northport Dr. in Madison. The Boys & Girls Club is hosting the clinic with help from Fitchburg Family Pharmacy and the UW-Madison School of Pharmacy.
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MADISON, Wis. As the verdict was read in the Derek Chauvin murder trial, so too came the reaction from prominent Wisconsin leaders of color.
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Tuesday night at Boys & Girls Club of Dane County s downtown location, nearly two dozen top-ranking minority individuals from law enforcement, nonprofits, and area businesses came out to watch the decision.
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MADISON, Wisconsin (madison.com/Wisconsin State Journal) For Mao Lor, 65, getting a COVID-19 vaccine was painless and will make her feel safer leaving home, she said.
“There’s no hurt,” the resident of the Bayview apartments in Downtown Madison said after receiving a shot Wednesday. “I need to protect (myself) so I can go to the store.”
Ana Rios, 63, who also lives at Bayview, said she’ll keep wearing her mask even after getting her first dose of COVID-19 vaccine. “We have to protect each other,” she said through interpreter Yenny Juarez.
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MADISON, Wis. – Organizations across the state are receiving financial help to get underserved communities a fair shot at COVID-19 protection.
Health officials have noted disparities in vaccine distribution in groups such as some living rurally and communities of color.
As of Thursday, Wisconsin Department of Health statistics show 29.4% of white people in the state have gotten at least one shot compared to 19.6% of American Indian people, 19.2% of Asian people and 12.2% of Black people. The data shows 30.1% of non-Hispanic people have gotten one dose, while 14.1% of Hispanic people have.