Lynchburg leaders push vaccine through faith circles in communities of color COVID-19 continues to affect communities of color at a disproportionately high rate Updated: Tags: LYNCHBURG, VA. – On Wednesday night, faith and health leaders in Lynchburg hosted a virtual town hall for communities of color and the COVID-19 vaccine. These communities continue to be hard-hit by severe cases, and work is being done to keep people safe. Five faith and health leaders from Lynchburg gathered together to share the facts. Starting with what the COVID-19 vaccine is, and is not. “Vaccines were developed essentially to rev up that immune system and enable our bodies to fight infection,” Dr. Winifred Agard of Lynchburg General Hospital said.