Ohio native stuck here because she canât get COVID-19 shot to return home to the Sunshine State
Former Ohio native stuck in Ohio because she canât get COVID 19 shot to return home to the sunshine By Harry Boomer | February 4, 2021 at 9:52 PM EST - Updated February 4 at 10:48 PM
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) -âIâve been a resident of Florida for 35 years. I used to live here in Ohio.â
Eugenia Seidel feels trapped in Northeast Ohio because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 73-year-old has been living here since last February.
âIt started a year ago on Valentineâs Day.â
Right around then, the warnings started trickling in about COVID-19.
Of the 83,000 people that have been vaccinated in Duval County, only 11% were Black. Author: Briana Ray-Turner Updated: 9:52 PM EST February 2, 2021
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. As of Tuesday, Duval County has vaccinated over 83,000 people. Of that number, only about 11% were Black.
“The majority of the vaccines were given in white neighborhoods not in the Black neighborhoods, and that’s why there’s a difference, said Rose Wilson of Duval County.
However, some are also concerned about the safety of the vaccine, especially with the speed that pharmaceutical companies produced the vaccine. However, doctors in minority communities are hoping that residents will trust them that the vaccine is indeed safe.
State Treasurer Dale Folwell has inserted himself into the COVID-19 vaccine distribution discussion by urging state health officials to add more site options for the public.
A Cooper administration commitment to providing a guaranteed weekly minimum amount of COVID-19 first doses for the next three weeks appears to have mollified â for now â concerns about wide distribution gaps among vaccine providers.
However, Novant Health Inc. officials said Friday they continue to advocate for additional first doses for its mass-vaccination site at Hanes Mall and those planned in the Charlotte area.
Cone Health officials have made a similar plea after being shut out of first doses this week.
Meanwhile, as state health officials have pivoted to emphasizing using up all first doses each week, they have placed their COVID-19 contact tracing efforts on the backburner.
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WVU Medicine Camden Clark Medical Center is now offering the two leading monoclonal antibody therapies, Bamlanivimab and Casirivimab/Imdevimab, in the treatment of COVID-19. The I.V. treatment is being offered through an infusion clinic at the hospital, based the referral of a primary care physician. (File Photo)
PARKERSBURG – WVU Medicine Camden Clark Medical Center is now offering the two leading monoclonal antibody therapies in the treatment of COVID-19.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization for the investigational monoclonal antibody therapies Bamlanivimab and Casirivimab/Imdevimab. These are in addition to the vaccines that have begun to be administered nationwide.