Many eligible to receive the vaccine feel as though they’ve been left in the dark because of a lack of communication and clear direction from health officials.
Johns Hopkins Medicine will start vaccinating some 500 Baltimore City school teachers who are already working at in-person learning sites.|| Coronavirus updates | Maryland s latest numbers | Get tested | Vaccine Info ||According to officials with Baltimore City Public Schools, the partnership with Johns Hopkins Medicine is being met with overwhelming support from school staff.More than 100 people signed up to get the vaccine within the first 30 minutes of a link being sent out.Maryland online vaccination site locatorVaccine Data DashboardMaryland vaccination plan FAQs This collaboration is just an example of Baltimore City at its best, Ctiy Schools CEO Sonja Santelises said. This critical partnership builds upon City Schools comprehensive plan to safely host additional in-person learning opportunities while combating the spread of COVID-19 in Baltimore City. Starting Tuesday, the first wave of vaccinations will go out to up to 500 employees who have already been working with
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Johns Hopkins Medicine to provide COVID-19 vaccines to Baltimore City Public Schools employees
500 doses per week will be administered beginning this week in support of city schools plans to increase in-person learning this semester By Hub staff report / Published Jan 18, 2021
JHM will provide and administer 500 doses per week in support of city schools plans to increase in-person learning this semester. In coordination with the Baltimore City Health Department, priority will be given to staff who have already been working in-person, including meal service workers, teachers, custodians, and administrative personnel. We know how important it is to the long-term health and well-being of our city and our neighbors to see the safe and successful reopening of city schools.
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