The Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium in Philadelphia

These doctors are doing a great job getting people vaccinated in Philadelphia. I donated to them and encourage you to support them, too.

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At Philadelphia's first walk-up vaccination clinic, the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium vaccinated 4,000 people in 24 hours. The daily average of vaccinations in February from all Philadelphia providers is 3,300. https://t.co/lHgRGPCttu
— John Duchneskie (@jduchneskie) February 20, 2021

Look at this line. “Vaccine hesitancy” is clearly not the problem. Accessibility is. The Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium are trusted messengers embedded in the community. Philly, give them more funding. https://t.co/BIYwk3UVSG
— uché blackstock, md (@uche_blackstock) February 20, 2021

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One woman came to get vaccinated by the Black Doctors Consortium the same night her mother died from COVID. "We put a circle around her, and we talked to her, and we prayed with her, and we gave her the vaccine." https://t.co/7WAUmIdrdn
— Billy Penn (@billy_penn) February 28, 2021

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Virus vaccine news 2/8/21

“…that hope was mixed with frustration, then anger, as it became clear that getting the potentially lifesaving vaccine would not be easy…” A deep look at the rollouts in DC, MD & VA by ⁦@JulieZauzmer⁩ ⁦@ErinatThePost⁩ ⁦@SchneiderG⁩: https://t.co/7AdkUd3JPS
— Jenna Johnson (@Jenna_DC) February 8, 2021

Seems like less attention should be paid to the idea that Black people don’t want to get vaccinated and more attention to the fact that the ones that do are having a hard time doing so … https://t.co/rm8xYv6oWa
— Eugene Scott (@Eugene_Scott) February 6, 2021

A Covid-19 vaccine does not provide full or immediate protection, which means it's still possible to get infected and test positive for the virus https://t.co/jKtMBPpArt
— CNN (@CNN) February 7, 2021

Misleading and fearmongering content about the Covid vaccines continues to spread at a time when the stakes couldn't be higher: misinformation about the vaccine can mean life or death https://t.co/sZQFzfbP8c
— CNN (@CNN) February 8, 2021

Muscles turn out to be well-suited to taking up vaccine at the right rate, reducing chances of an adverse reaction, and increasing the desired immune response.

Therefore most modern vaccines are been designed to be delivered this way.https://t.co/1O0Q5ExVse
— Daniel Lenski 🌻 (@moxfyre) February 6, 2021

💉VACCINE DATA UPDATE (Feb. 6)💉

…🚨U.S. posts *first* 2M+ doses daily total…

🇺🇸US: 40.5M doses total
📈2.1M doses today; 7-day avg=1.43M/day
🧑‍🤝‍🧑31.1M people w/ at least 1 dose, 8.81M completed vaccinationhttps://t.co/0eOgSRgh2J pic.twitter.com/4i5u0Xt6P5
— Drew Armstrong (@ArmstrongDrew) February 6, 2021

How much of a risk is reinfection? How long will my antibodies last?
Do I need to get the vaccine if I've had Covid-19? Here are answers to the questions doctors say Covid-19 survivors should know. https://t.co/VBZQKUC5KD
— CNN (@CNN) February 6, 2021

Retailers are taking extraordinary measures to convince employees to get vaccinated, experts weigh in on whether they'll work https://t.co/UbqebiA1V7
— Business Insider (@BusinessInsider) February 5, 2021

In Opinion

“Disinformation about the coronavirus and vaccines has pervaded social media, feeding on long-held and absolutely warranted distrust of health institutions in Black communities,” write Thomas LaVeist and Georges Benjamin.https://t.co/LeU6A7Gq7x
— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 8, 2021

Here are our answers to readers’ most frequently asked questions about the COVID-19 vaccines.https://t.co/Wm2op4lhqi
— The Baltimore Sun (@baltimoresun) February 8, 2021

Mayor Brandon Scott is asking vaccine manufacturer Johnson & Johnson to sell 300,000 doses of its coronavirus vaccine directly to the city, circumventing the federal distribution system.https://t.co/jpNgxKbgj2
— The Baltimore Sun (@baltimoresun) February 8, 2021

Vaccine news 02/01/21

These are bad peoplehttps://t.co/8pjoHHQge1
— Chris Cillizza (@ChrisCillizza) February 1, 2021

How soon can we achieve immunity through vaccinations? This calculator can help answer the question. https://t.co/QsWHBLtpPN
— Eugene Scott (@Eugene_Scott) February 1, 2021

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There’s some confusion about the meaning of the word “effective” in the vaccine trials. I tried to clear it up in today’s edition of The Morning.https://t.co/CMqh6qmXc4

(1/n)
— David Leonhardt (@DLeonhardt) February 1, 2021

SCOOP: The Biden admin and COVID-19 vaccine producers are discussing ways to ramp up manufacturing over the next several months, including partnering with additional pharmaceutical firms to help bottle the vaccine for distribution.https://t.co/g45Y2kaUkh
— Erin Banco (@ErinBanco) February 1, 2021

"I want the elderly to get it because I know they're in need of it," says a grocery worker who doesn't know when she will get her covid vaccine. "But we also need to get it, because we're out there serving them. @bylenasun @isaacstanbecker @akjohnson1922 https://t.co/EV48ISooC1
— Laurie McGinley (@lauriemcginley2) February 1, 2021

New: For the newly vaccinated, another round of difficult risk-benefit decisions on how to live their lives. @lauriemcginley2, @LennyMBernstein: https://t.co/k4HMIeZAZD
— Lenny Bernstein (@LennyMBernstein) February 1, 2021

I’m proud to announce another Blackstock-squared production.

In today’s @washingtonpost, my twin sister Dr. @oni_blackstock and I outline the four things the Biden admin must do urgently to ensure Black Americans are not left out of the vaccine rollout.https://t.co/BuXXNlYsbu
— uché blackstock, md (@uche_blackstock) February 1, 2021

The White House warns health providers that holding back Covid-19 vaccine doses for second shots that could be used for initial shots "should not happen"https://t.co/yGGVDgYwcC
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) February 1, 2021

Al Sharpton asks Mayor Bill de Blasio on MSNBC about racial disparities in New York City’s vaccine rollout.

Here’s our story on how Black and Latino New Yorkers are getting left behind: https://t.co/d1mezt3tCR
— Emma G. Fitzsimmons (@emmagf) February 1, 2021

William Haseltine, a former Harvard Medical School professor, says he doesn’t believe coronavirus vaccines will make the virus “go away, any more than the flu vaccines make flu go away.”

“We have got to prepare ourselves for a long battle.” https://t.co/cMoAW7x7TT pic.twitter.com/jCFvMsLmGt
— CNN (@CNN) February 2, 2021

New York officials have acknowledged there's a clear racial disparity among the people who have received vaccine doses to date and the city needs to redouble its efforts to address inequitable access https://t.co/BBXBug8qlp
— CNN (@CNN) February 2, 2021

New York has vaccinated more nonresidents than it has Black, Latino and Native American people who live in the five boroughs combined.

New York needs to fix this. One solution: prioritize vaccinations by the hardest hit zip codes.

https://t.co/COoUppyUrI
— Mara Gay (@MaraGay) February 2, 2021

A national demographic breakdown of administered COVID-19 vaccines is the first step towards making sure everyone is vaccinated, and that communities of color have equal access. https://t.co/WKtOtaPY4O
— Grace Meng (@Grace4NY) February 2, 2021

Undocumented immigrants should get coronavirus vaccines, the Biden administration said, adding that federal authorities won't conduct immigration enforcement operations at vaccine distribution sites or clinics https://t.co/oqKYJqbWU3
— CNN (@CNN) February 2, 2021

"Watching history repeat itself is just too hard. I can’t simply roll up my sleeve and show my vaccination card as some trophy afterward," @gregggonsalves writes: https://t.co/kuEfaiTgom
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) February 2, 2021

@DrChrisMD on getting more Black and brown people vaccinated: “We have to go block by block…to ensure that vaccinations are delivered and that vaccines are explained and spoken about in plain, spoken terms.” pic.twitter.com/XaNE4fbXLn
— Zerlina on Peacock (@ZerlinaShow) February 1, 2021

The Howard County Health Department is set to receive 2,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine this week from the state, a 66% reduction from the previous week, according to Maura Rossman, Howard County’s health officer.https://t.co/ViurILAuHF
— The Baltimore Sun (@baltimoresun) February 2, 2021

🚨The U.S. hit a milestone tonight: More people have been vaccinated with at least one dose than have tested positive for Covid

💉VACCINE DATA UPDATE (Feb 1)💉

🇺🇸32.8M doses admin
➕1M doses today; 7-day avg=1.34M/day
🏅6.08M completed vaccinationhttps://t.co/5Of3UY74wf pic.twitter.com/bKuKg3Tmlj
— Drew Armstrong (@ArmstrongDrew) February 1, 2021

Here are the 5 trials for which we have phase 3 data to date. I took @ashishkjha columns and put them with columns reminding you how each work. Important- never forget your T cell response to vaccines (and natural infection) when starting too hard at antibody titers! pic.twitter.com/JlFq61o5IY
— Monica Gandhi MD, MPH (@MonicaGandhi9) February 2, 2021

This is unacceptable. We’ve known for months that COVID has disproportionately affected those who can least afford to fall ill. Ohio needs to ensure that access to vaccines is equitable and begin the work to end the disparities in our public health system.https://t.co/SLYODnZ1vf
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) February 2, 2021

.@NBCNews | 'It's public service': U.S. nurses are coming out of retirement to administer vaccineshttps://t.co/ycAnNSKJqI
— Governor Larry Hogan (@GovLarryHogan) February 1, 2021

How quickly are people getting vaccinated for Covid-19?

Track the progress of vaccine delivery and administration.
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) January 25, 2021

Anti-vaxxers shut down vaccine site in LA

Sounds like cancel culture to me. If they don’t want a vaccine, they shouldn’t prevent others from getting one.

Anti-vaccine protest at Dodger Stadium was organized on Facebook, including promotion of banned "Plandemic" video https://t.co/e44mh6ZzLD
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) February 2, 2021

Anti-vaccine protesters temporarily shut down major coronavirus vaccine site at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles https://t.co/rkHjPk6xCC
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 31, 2021

Anti-vaxxers and right-wingers shut down Dodgers Stadium vaccine site https://t.co/HzqpebzIJf
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) January 31, 2021

30 anti-vaccine protestors have shut down the largest vaccination site in the US. https://t.co/7nLqXJCx8e
— Chad Loder (@chadloder) January 30, 2021

Dodger Stadium's #COVID19 vaccination site shut down after far-right, antivaxx protesters gather at entrance https://t.co/upSd3KKsy6
— Crawford Kilian (@Crof) January 30, 2021

Vaccine news 1/31/21

SCOOP: Trump officials spent the fall actively lobbying Congress not to give states the money health officials insisted they need to vaccine some 300 million Americans. At that time the Trump admin had only provided states $200 million. (Thread) https://t.co/u3ZiUuoqfE
— Nicholas Florko (@NicholasFlorko) January 31, 2021

A single dose that doesn’t need intense refrigeration is something to celebrate. https://t.co/yWIi8zLj3K
— Slate (@Slate) January 31, 2021

NEW: A racial gap has opened up in the nation’s COVID-19 vaccination drive, with Black Americans in many places lagging behind white people in receiving shots, an @AP analysis found. It’s a troubling trend given COVID-19’s impact on Black Americans. https://t.co/Per7bNx7EB
— Kat Stafford (@kat__stafford) January 30, 2021

Pain relief medications like Tylenol and Advil are 'perfectly fine' – but only after COVID-19 vaccine, experts say https://t.co/HbGSBrDv6b pic.twitter.com/vuDHpUklfG
— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) January 30, 2021

Beggars can't be choosers.

//Which Covid Vaccine Should You Get? Experts Cite the Effect Against Severe Disease https://t.co/gPy7E0Iszb
— Annie Karni (@anniekarni) January 29, 2021

Here's a video @mhc205 made of me explaining how leading COVID-19 vaccines work. https://t.co/WkCzeFNtRt
— Jon Cohen (@sciencecohen) January 29, 2021

How can vaccine resistance be overcome with design? Why do some locations offer psychological advantages?

We explore the architecture of mass vaccination: https://t.co/52vnchtVCR
— Bloomberg CityLab (@CityLab) January 29, 2021

Moderna says laboratory tests have shown its COVID-19 vaccine could protect against the U.K. strain but that it is less effective — while still meeting efficacy benchmarks — against the strain identified in South Africa. https://t.co/HeRTPOhFnC pic.twitter.com/8Z41HulpzS
— WebMD (@WebMD) January 28, 2021

How ethical has the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine been? WebMD Chief Medical Officer @drjohnwhyte speaks with @ArthurCaplan, Professor of Bioethics at @nyulangone. https://t.co/xMFKt8KgnB
— WebMD (@WebMD) January 28, 2021

How to prepare for the COVID-19 vaccine

The coronavirus is mutating, writes John M. Barry. Will our vaccines keep up? https://t.co/ebVERPf1OH
— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) January 28, 2021

Some LA city firefighters are still opting out of the COVID-19 vaccine despite being among the first in line. An LAFD fundraising org is trying incentives like a raffle and gifts, including bikes, gift cards and home security cameras https://t.co/pUgV4KYP7R
— LAist (@LAist) January 27, 2021

Health officials are racing to keep up with a pair of mutated Covid strains — further complicating a pandemic response already likely to consume most of Biden’s first year https://t.co/P4yzH7TCLP
— POLITICO (@politico) January 26, 2021

Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine works against the new mutant strains. Is that enough?https://t.co/GmeRKDAXIN
— TIME (@TIME) February 1, 2021

Virus vaccine news 1/26/21

Are you wondering if you or a loved one is eligible for a COVID vaccine? The @nytimes has been tracking the ever-changing rules in all 50 states and updates this tool daily. It is free and not behind the paywall. You can look up rules in your state, here: https://t.co/01gDgOLYvX pic.twitter.com/4XfgcSQSVF
— Danielle Ivory (@danielle_ivory) January 28, 2021

6 reasons America's vaccination mess is about to get better — my optimistic take on where the rollout is heading in the next few weeks: https://t.co/omKc20JbQa
— Andrew Romano (@AndrewRomano) January 28, 2021

Here's how to debunk myths, ease concerns and spread accurate information about the Covid-19 vaccines, according to CNN Medical Analyst @DrLeanaWen. https://t.co/W4V1MGn2a9
— CNN (@CNN) January 26, 2021

Like all new drugs, Covid vaccines come with some safety concerns. Here's what you need to know about the vaccine-linked deaths and allergies. https://t.co/tZQdGa7StR
— Bloomberg (@business) January 26, 2021

New via WaPo: WH Covid coordinator Zients is expected to inform Governors this afternoon that the weekly federal allocation of vaccines is forecast to go from about 8.6 million doses to about 10 million doses. https://t.co/sDYb5aDV7q
— Michael Del Moro (@MikeDelMoro) January 26, 2021

More than 9% of people in West Virginia have received at least their first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, according to data published by the CDC. Nationally, that number stands at less than 6%. https://t.co/zjksthbWK3
— CNN (@CNN) January 26, 2021

As it happens, I just finished a Conversation with @scottlincicome in which Scott cited this as an example where private sector expertise could have been–and could still be–used for vaccine distribution.
Should be up in a day or two on @KristolConvos.https://t.co/LYLm5FM7oX
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) January 26, 2021

The newest vaccine twist: States desperate for more Covid shots are rerouting unused doses earmarked for nursing homes and assisted living facilities.

But states stress the move won't hamper vaccinating vulnerable residents and staff.https://t.co/ZqIaqSmOJX
— POLITICO (@politico) January 26, 2021

White people are getting vaccinated at higher rates than Black and Latino Americans. A CNN analysis of data from 14 states found vaccine coverage is twice as high among White people.

From @NTerryEllis @priyakkumar and @Deedrah: https://t.co/VZuiUCgT8K
— Omar Jimenez (@OmarJimenez) January 26, 2021

We’re probably not hearing enough about how vaccine reluctance is complicating institution-based vaccination.

Every school and nursing home I have visibility into has tons of staff who don’t want the vaccine and administrators who want them to take it.
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) January 26, 2021

"America’s vaccine rollout underscores the many shortcomings of the nation’s healthcare system, which segregates people into two broad categories — those with easy access to care and those without."

Column by @hiltzikm: https://t.co/4NxWysfegt
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) January 26, 2021

Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine works against the new mutant strains. Is that enough?https://t.co/jqhO2cP5MO
— TIME (@TIME) January 26, 2021

i wonder if there isn't some (perhaps inadvertent) course correction where journalists who feel they missed seeing the pandemic coming are framing pieces around vaccines/variants more grimly than perhaps is warranted. not nefariously, just reflexively https://t.co/RjMVJtpQj8
— Charlie Warzel (@cwarzel) January 26, 2021

Unequal access to vaccines could cost trillions in global losses, says report https://t.co/hoeVGhnyJX
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 26, 2021

Johnson & Johnson plans to report out Phase 3 Covid-19 vaccine trial results by early next week, Chief Financial Officer Joseph Wolk says. https://t.co/aISPGDDI0I
— CNN (@CNN) January 26, 2021

A group of live entertainment businesses and organizations have sent President Biden a letter, offering to help with vaccine distribution https://t.co/LKc6Y6CUxN
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) January 26, 2021

CDC says 2nd coronavirus vaccine shot may be scheduled up to 6 weeks later https://t.co/TUDdRDImVN
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 23, 2021

Wow. Walgreens says up to 80% of staff at some long-term care facilities declined #COVID19 vaccines.
— Ana Cabrera (@AnaCabrera) January 22, 2021

Dr. Offit told me we should be greeting the Covid vaccines with the same enthusiasm that greeted the polio vaccine: “It should be this rallying cry.”

Here’s my attempt at summarizing what we know – and don’t yet know – about the vaccines. (fin)https://t.co/7Te4p4aR4y
— David Leonhardt (@DLeonhardt) January 18, 2021

Staggering stat: The White House Council of Economic Advisers estimates every day the vaccine can be accelerated is worth ~$10 billion to society.
— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) January 16, 2021

As of now, Publix is only offering vaccine in Florida counties won by Republicans https://t.co/A3IYjqtfCM
— Daniel Uhlfelder (@DWUhlfelderLaw) January 15, 2021

A Biden official said that federal planning and infrastructure for mass vaccinations was much worse than the incoming team had expected

with @jimtankersley https://t.co/qpkZgMvHD9
— Michael Crowley (@michaelcrowley) January 14, 2021

For all of Los Angeles’s mishaps in rolling out coronavirus shots, it has a higher vaccination rate than other large cities and counties.

We spent a day in the parking lot of Dodger Stadium, one of the largest U.S. vaccination sites. Here’s what we saw. https://t.co/rPq0GCkpOk
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 28, 2021