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WNC COVID-19 Updates: Week Of April 5

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/ Blue Ridge Public Radio
Do you have a question about the COVID vaccine? We want to hear from you! Record your question as a voice memo on your cell phone and email us at voices@bpr.org or use the "talk to us" feature on the free BPR mobile app
Looking for information about where to get vaccinated near you? North Carolina Health News has a comprehensive listing of county vaccines sites, which will be updated often. Find it here.
Need a ride? NCDOT and NCDHHS have distributed funding to help pay for transportation. Check with your local transit agency for more details. You can find your agency online NC_public_transit.pdfOpen PDF

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Talk To Us: COVID Questions

Talk to Us: COVID Questions. BPR’s Helen Chickering brings us this week’s answer.
This week's question comes from Edward Hupe of Haywood County. “Hi NPR, I have a question. Why does the second COVID vaccine have more side effects than the first?”
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THE FIRST SHOT “So, anyone who's taken the shingles vaccine, will tell you it is no walk in the park, especially the second shot,” says Wohl. “So you take a shingle shot and you don't feel good for a day or longer. The same sort of thing here (COVID-19 vaccine). The first shot is just introducing your body to this spiky protein and saying, ‘Here's a spiky protein. I want you to see this because if you ever see it again, I want you to make a reaction’ “.

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WNC COVID-19 Updates: Week Of Mar. 15

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COVID-19NC: New Priority For People With Disabilities

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This week North Carolina health officials announced that people with intellectual and developmental disabilities will be given higher priority for receiving COVID-19 vaccines. North Carolina Health News editor Rose Hoban has been following this story and shared details with BPR’s Helen Chickering during their weekly check-in.
HC: I'd like to start by talking about an article you penned about people with disabilities during the pandemic along with the people who care for them. This week those groups were bumped up on the vaccine priority list and in some cases recategorized. Here's health secretary Dr. Mandy Cohen during the coronavirus task force briefing.

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COVID in Appalachia: Teachers Share Their Pandemic Journey

Alicia Kilby: laughing
John Kilby: Oh, gosh. As a teacher, I feel like the best learning experience is going to be actually attending a classroom. The quality of that one-on-one, you know, being in front of someone while they’re giving instruction-you’re just trying to learn things. It’s hard to do in a virtual setting. Some people can handle it, but…
Alicia Kilby: I will openly admit that I struggled because you guys know as my past students, I’m super social. It was very hard for me to be in a virtual classroom and not have that interaction where I can tell you, like, check your attitude Zain, like, I really did miss that face-to-face interaction. I think our house is probably more organized than it’s ever been, just because I start on one side and go to the other side just waiting on someone to tune in and need something on the computer, it was-I didn’t like it. I personally struggled with it.

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Talk To Us: COVID Questions

Talk to Us: COVID Questions. BPR’s Helen Chickering brings us this week’s answer.
This week's question comes from Jeremy DeJournett who lives in Buncombe county.
“Are there any plans in Buncombe for making sure unused doses get into arms at the end of the day, regardless of group? For example, if one of the vials has 50 doses left at 5pm, will it get tossed, or are vaccination sites allowing walk-ins to wait for that? If so, where can we find information about this?”
Good question. We did some digging and found all vaccine providers have a plan to get those extra doses to eligible individuals. To find out how Buncombe County handles COVID vaccine extras, we checked in with Buncombe County Health and Human Services Public Information Officer Stacey Wood.

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WNC COVID-19 Updates: Week Of Mar. 1

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WNC Data Hunt Provides COVID Death Toll Preview

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As the country watches the COVID death toll cross the half million mark, a Western North Carolina official has been taking inventory of the local impact. As BPR’s Helen Chickering reports, he ended up with a snapshot for the entire state.
“We were trying to close out our 2020 numbers and we came across this statistic that was pretty jaw-dropping,” says Buncombe County Register of Deeds, Drew Reisinger. “For the first time in recorded history in Buncombe County, we had more deaths than births.”
Reisinger says in 2020 Buncombe County recorded 4,098 deaths and 4,050 births. “So, it took a pretty substantial event to create that.”

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WNC COVID-19 Updates: Week Of Feb. 22

Matt Bush
/ Blue Ridge Public Radio
Looking for information about where to get vaccinated near you? North Carolina Health News has a comprehensive listing of county vaccines sites, which will be updated often. Find it here.
Need a ride? NCDOT and NCDHHS have distributed funding to help pay for transportation. Check with your local transit agency for more details. You can find your agency online NC_public_transit.pdfOpen PDF
Do you have a question about the COVID vaccine? We want to hear from you! Record your question as a voice memo on your cell phone and email us at voices@bpr.org or use the "talk to us" feature on the free BPR mobile app.

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In-Person Classes Also Means In-Person Meals At Buncombe County Schools

Schools in Buncombe County welcome students back this week for the first time since December. Those who have not opted for all remote instruction will be

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