Reaching vaccine holdouts brings Pa.’s acting health secretary to Lehigh Valley
Updated Apr 07, 2021;
Posted Apr 07, 2021
Pennsylvania Department of Health Acting Secretary Alison Beam speaks Wednesday, April 7, 2021, at St. Luke’s Hospital-Sacred Heart Hospital in Allentown about vaccine hesitancy among minority groups across the state.Courtesy photo | For lehighvalle
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It’s no secret that demand for coronavirus vaccines continues to outpace supply, nearly four months after the first shots went into Lehigh Valley arms in mid-December.
But as eligibility opens this week ahead of April 19, when all Pennsylvanians 16 and older can get the vaccine, the state’s acting health secretary on Wednesday visited Allentown to help win over those who are hesitant to join the ranks of the inoculated.
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Waiting until the peak of the third wave has passed before vaccinating essential workers doesn t make sense, says an expert. Patricia Treble, Maclean s Updated
April 7, 2021
An essential worker gathers shopping carts in a grocery store parking lot in Toronto on Wednesday, March 17, 2021. (Photo: Frank Gunn, The Canadian Press)
As Ontario’s third wave intensifies on April 6, it posted 3,065 new cases of COVID-19, an average increase of more than 30 percent in a week the question is being asked: Should the province change course when it comes to its vaccine rollout and prioritize essential workers who can’t work from home and who are now being infected with COVID-19 in increasingly high numbers?