Pop-up vaccine clinics hope to ease racial disparities in distribution
Researchers found that African American residents in Hamilton County have a higher death and illness rate, and that those seeking an appointment for the vaccine are among the least likely to get it.
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CINCINNATI â Cincinnati Health Commissioner Melba Moore said her department is mapping where to set up vaccine distributions throughout the city to specifically counterbalance racial disparities in vaccine administration that were revealed by a study from the Center for Closing the Health Gap.
In the study, researchers found that African American residents in Hamilton County have a higher death and illness rate, and that those seeking an appointment for the vaccine are among the least likely to get it.
Keith E. (Pete) Owen
Butler County Times Gazette
Keith E. (Pete) Owen, loving husband, father, and grandfather, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, December 10, 2020. He passed away at the VA hospital in Wichita, KS after a short illness. His daughter was in attendance.
Keith was born in Havana, KS on October 19, 1925, to Lewis and Ruth (Stringer) Owen. The family relocated to Lamont, KS shortly after his birth. He attended school in Lamont, graduating high school in 1943 and joined the Army in 1944. In the Army, Keith was a member of a mortar squad stationed in France and later became a driver for his company commander. His unit fought in France, Germany, and Austria, where he remained until 1946 as part of the occupation force.
The Nation s New President Mon, 12/14/2020 - 3:46pm Vic MacDonald
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Vic MacDonald/Editor
When you make voting simpler, More People Vote. The 2020 voter turn-out is expected to be at a 50-year high. Most of those people did not think Trump deserved four more years.
COLUMN: Invalidating The Election.
It’s a good bet that 81,056,268 United States voters will not go to the polls again to vote for President Joe Biden, once the Republicans are successful in nullifying the Constitution and declaring the General Election of 2020 invalid.
But, in my view, a pretty good number of those ARE going to vote again even braving the hazards of COVID-19 because state election offices will not be allowed to offer mail-in or absentee ballots.
Avondale residents say rioting has repercussions for families and generations to come.
Posted: 11:46 AM, Dec 10, 2020
Updated: 2020-12-14 17:52:23-05
African Americans who lived through Cincinnatiâs riots in the late â60s have strong opinions over whether they should be used alongside peaceful protest to advance civil rights.
CINCINNATI â The history of Avondale is known for a number of things in the Cincinnati area, but perhaps one of the most notorious, impactful and memorable chapter in the neighborhoodâs history are the race riots that occurred there in the late 1960s.
The grainy, jarring images of past uprisings are eerily similar to the visuals America has been confronted with from this yearâs race riots, and those similarities have uniquely resonated with the local residents who experienced the earlier scenes of unrest firsthand. The very same Black people of Cincinnati who took part in or passively watched the riots of 67 and 68 have strong op