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The Rachel Maddow Show

safe. and that's what the people of this -- of st. louis city and st. louis county elected myself and dr. page to do. and it should be noted that dr. page is an anesthesiologist. he works in hospitals. i have a ten-year career working in hospitals and health centers, as a health administrator. so, i think we know what we -- what we're talking about. but we're, also, following the guidance of the st. louis metropolitan pandemic task force made up of the leaders of our fqhcs as well as our local flagship hospitals. they have been recommending that we go back to a mask mandate for about a week now. >> you and i talked right after you got into office. you've been in office for about a hundred days now. have you had to sort of do a little bobbing and weaving and changing how you're -- you're dealing with this? because 100 days ago, three and a half months ago, we were getting these vaccines out. we assumed that, you know, a lot of people would -- would take them. there was difficulty getting it. and now, you have got an entirely different problem to solve. >> yes, absolutely. we thought that people would -- that vaccination rates would be higher. we thought that our leaders would be more bold and forceful

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The Rachel Maddow Show

and in your city. um, and it'd be one thing if you just had a serious issue, and you put in the mask mandate and you encouraged people to get vaccinated and we would get to the end of it. but you're actively fighting people, as this covid virus is -- is, once again, attacking your state. >> yes, we're fighting people, on two fronts. we are trying to get people vaccinated, and to keep them safe. and that's what the people of this -- of st. louis city and st. louis county elected myself and dr. page to do. and it should be noted that dr. page is an anesthesiologist. he works in hospitals. i have a ten-year career working in hospitals and health centers, as a health administrator. so, i think we know what we -- what we're talking about. but we're, also, following the guidance of the st. louis metropolitan pandemic task force, made up of the leaders of our fqhcs, as well as our local flagship hospitals. they have been recommending that we go back to a mask mandate for about a week, now. >> you -- you and i talked, right after you -- you got into

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Data: Mass COVID vaccination sites not reaching vulnerable areas they are supposed to target

Data: Mass COVID vaccination sites not reaching vulnerable areas they are supposed to target
Dave Altimari, CTMirror.org
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Aerial images show the 10-lane set up for Covid-19 vaccinations on the former Pratt & Whitney Runway at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Conn. March 1, 2021.Patrick Sikes / For Hearst Connecticut Media
When Yale New Haven Hospital officials opened their first mass vaccination clinic at the Floyd Little Athletic Center, they thought they had found the perfect site — near the center of the city and accessible by multiple bus lines for the residents it hoped would come there.
But it didn’t take long for hospital officials to realize that while they were vaccinating lots of people at Floyd Little, few of them were from New Haven.

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Vaccine equity for people of color should be a priority in California

Vaccine equity for people of color should be a priority in California
Public Health Advocates for Anti-Racism in COVID-19 Response
March 3, 2021
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Health care workers line up to get a COVID-19 vaccine at a Vaccination Super Station which opened at Tailgate Park, providing large-scale COVID-19 vaccinations to San Diego's health care community on on Jan. 11 in San Diego.K.C. Alfred / San Diego Union-Tribune / TNS
COVID-19 has disproportionately affected people of color in case rates, hospitalizations and deaths. Despite this, people of color are getting vaccinated at significantly lower rates. Structural racism and COVID-19 are, together, creating a syndemic for Blacks, Latinos and Native Americans. On top of that is a justifiable lack of trust among the communities most at risk stemming from racist practices and policies in our public health and health care delivery systems.

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DHEC leaders focused on making sure rural communities aren't overlooked in vaccine rollout

DHEC leaders focused on making sure rural communities arenât overlooked in vaccine rollout
DHEC leaders focused on making sure rural communities arenât overlooked in vaccine rollout
By Miranda Parnell | February 1, 2021 at 11:13 PM EST - Updated February 2 at 8:50 AM
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - As scientists detect both the UK and South African variants of COVID-19 in South Carolina, health leaders from DHEC are focused on how to improve the vaccine rollout.
âThe difficulty as always is the very limited supply of vaccines we have right now. We donât have enough vaccines right now for everyone whoâs in Phase 1A, currently,â said Dr. Michael Kacka from DHEC.

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20170806:20:53:00

dr. marc siegel, professor of medicine at nyg-langone medical center, has this story. >> hooked on drugs -- >> heroin, cocaine, crack, whatever -- >> and in and out of prison, jorge rivera hasn't held a steady job since 1987, yet he's had quality care available to him since 1989 thanks to a little known creation by congressional democrats, signed into law by president george h.w. bush, it's called a federally-qualified health center. rivera credits one of those so-called fqhcs near buffalo, new york, with saving his life. >> if it weren't for the clinic, i'd be dead right now. >> there are 1300 fqhcs serving people regardless of ability to pay. but clinic ceo mike peas worries

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