Overview
According to the MDHHS, the COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted communities of color in Michigan. African Americans represent nearly 14 percent of the state’s population, yet represent 40 percent of the deaths from coronavirus. (Source: https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/0,5885,7-339-71551 5460 99929 -,00.html)
Recent findings about the effects of COVID-19 on the human body, and how it spreads, are highlighting another reason Black Americans are disproportionately at risk: environmental racism. The interlocking harms of environmental racism and residential segregation, the health effects of those systems, and the particular way that COVID-19 spreads and affects individuals are likely combining to contribute to racial disparities in COVID-19 cases and deaths. (Source: directly quoted https://tcf.org/content/commentary/environmental-racism-left-black-communities-especially-vulnerable-covid-19/?session=1)
Washtenaw County, St. Joe’s Ann Arbor open mass COVID-19 vaccination site at Eastern Michigan University
Meredith Bruckner, Community News Producer, All About Ann Arbor
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People sit in the waiting area at EMU s Convocation Center at 799 N Hewitt Rd. in Ypsilanti. (Jeremy Borton | St. Joe s)
YPSILANTI, Mich. – The Washtenaw County Health Department and St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor hospital have partnered to staff a new COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Eastern Michigan University.
The purpose of the clinic is to vaccinate large numbers of people in one central location. While the establishment of the new site does not mean more appointments are currently available, it allows the county to position itself to provide more vaccinations once supply is increased by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.
211 lines tied up after MDHHS recommends calling for vaccine help
Michigan health director says to call 211 for vaccine appointments, but callers say it’s not working
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LANSING, Mich. – Friday brought even more confusion for Michiganders attempting to schedule a coronavirus vaccination appointment particularly over the phone.
Elizabeth Hertel, the new director of the Michgan Department of Health and Human Services, recommended Friday morning that senior citizens call 211 to schedule an appointment. The Local 4 newsroom was then flooded with phone calls from residents who were unable to get through.
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Michigan’s senior citizens are frustrated and many feel there is nowhere they can turn.