From left to right: Jackie French, Housing Authority Birmingham District; Jefferson County Commissioner Sheila Tyson and Tiffany Osborne (at mic), UAB Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Center director of community engagement in the Smithfield community during a canvassing event to increase awareness about the COVID-19 vaccines. (Erica Wright, The Birmingham Times) Times Staff Report Door knockers about the COVID-19 vaccine hung on over 3,000 doors around the Smithfield community on Monday thanks to the work of some local entities. Jefferson County Commissioner Sheila Tyson, the Housing Authority of the Birmingham District (HABD) and the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s (UAB) Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Center (MHRC) partnered in an effort to help decrease vaccine hesitancy and increase vaccine awareness.