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Hospital leaders hope that community-based clinics will eliminate current disparities. Author: Emma Nicolas Updated: 11:34 PM EST February 10, 2021
Mercy Health Saint Mary s says it will hold pop up clinics and make the COVID-19 vaccine more accessible in neighborhood offices to address disparities in dose administration so far.
The Grand Rapids hospital has administered nearly 22,000 shots and of them 3% have gone to Black residents and 3% to Latinx residents, said Dr. Andrew Jameson during a Wednesday press conference. It is a huge priority, said Jameson, who is the medical director of infection prevention and control. It s a huge priority for the health department and us, and we re really open about being transparent about what that data is.
The federal government gave states even more incentive this week to make sure they re getting COVID-19 shots injected into arms as quickly as possible, the Detroit Free Press reports.States that don t efficiently immunize their people — and report the data accurately — won t get as many doses of COVID-19 vaccines as states that do. The change in the way vaccines are being distributed comes as the virus continues to spread across the nation, filling hospital beds and killing people
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The federal government gave states even more incentive this week to make sure they re getting COVID-19 shots injected into arms as quickly as possible.
States that don t efficiently immunize their people and report the data accurately won t get as many doses of COVID-19 vaccines as states that do. The change in the way vaccines are being distributed comes as the virus continues to spread across the nation, filling hospital beds and killing people at a record pace.
The federal government gave states even more incentive this week to make sure they re getting COVID-19 shots injected into arms as quickly as possible, the Detroit Free Press reports.States that don t efficiently immunize their people — and report the data accurately — won t get as many doses of COVID-19 vaccines as states that do. The change in the way vaccines are being distributed comes as the virus continues to spread across the nation, filling hospital beds and killing people