• Get in Touch
  • Get in Touch with our Support!
  • Privacy Policy
Sunday, February 5, 2023
OvaNewsBlast.com
  • Home
  • News
  • African Americans
  • Business
  • Sports
  • Technology
  • Entertainment
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • African Americans
  • Business
  • Sports
  • Technology
  • Entertainment
No Result
View All Result
OvaNewsBlast.com
No Result
View All Result

Shawnee Co. Health Department unveils PSA for minorities; local black health advocates working to change distrust

March 10, 2021
in Sports
Reading Time: 2min read
A A
Shawnee Co. Health Department unveils PSA for minorities; local black health advocates working to change distrust
0
SHARES
0
VIEWS
Share ShareShareShareShareShare

TOPEKA, Kan. (KSNT) – A new PSA is going out in our area urging minorities to get their COVID-19 vaccine.

While the data on vaccination rates isn’t always complete, there is one alarming fact about vaccinations for the Black community. While the pandemic has hit them particularly hard, they’re being vaccinated at a much slower rate than white people. There is a myriad of reasons for this.

Alonzo Harrison is a Topeka business owner. His family moved to Topeka in 1952, before he was born.

“When it was time for me to be born, my mom told her sister ‘I want to be around someone I’m comfortable with,’” Harrison said.

Even though his parents lived just blocks from the Santa Fe Railroad Hospital, his parents drove to Hughes, Arkansas out in the country and his aunt acted as the midwife. Back then, Black Americans felt they were guinea pigs of new medicines. Some people point to the Tuskegee experiment as the main reason, a fear that’s been carried through generations.

Harrison and Pamela Johnson-Betts are now trying to educate Black people on why and how they can get their COVID-19 shot.

“One of the many things that covid has done, is illuminate that many African Americans have trust issues with our health system,” Johnson-Betts said.

It also highlights the need for more Black health care workers and physicians. She has spoken to many elderly people through her efforts, some of whom have even come down with COVID-19.

“They believe that home remedies make a difference. They might put Vicks in a vaporizer,” Johnson-Betts said. “And because some of them have healed on their own, those people may believe the vaccine is unnecessary or that COVID-19 is a hoax.”

There are a few places this group of leaders will focus on to get the word out, the first of which is sports teams. Harrison hopes to have coaches approach their players about the vaccine. In fact, he was a young Black athlete himself at Washburn University.

“Getting the information about covid to the young athletes quite simply because that’s where they are. Where the young Blacks are is generally in athletics,” Harrison said.

The group also wants to focus on staple places like churches and barbershops. After all, many people are part of churches and everyone gets their hair cut.

This group will lead by example and get their shots. But they say they will respect the decision of other black Americans if they choose not to.

Credit: Source link

ShareTweetSendSharePinShare
Previous Post

Black clergy offer testing and vaccines to bridge COVID-19 disparity

Next Post

Kyle Larson Won, But NASCAR Goes In Circles

Next Post
Kyle Larson Won, But NASCAR Goes In Circles

Kyle Larson Won, But NASCAR Goes In Circles

  • Trending
  • Comments
  • Latest
Inherited risk of early-onset cancer is higher among minority families — ScienceDaily

Scientists discover White-handed gibbons that have been evolving in the south of Malaysia – ScienceDaily

December 22, 2021
Ranking the best halftime shows

Ranking the best halftime shows

February 2, 2023
SZA, Kendrick Lamar, Gabrielle Union Part of Ghana Travel Boom – The Hollywood Reporter

SZA, Kendrick Lamar, Gabrielle Union Part of Ghana Travel Boom – The Hollywood Reporter

December 29, 2022
“They Saw Mike and Threw Us Out”: Michael Jordan Was Once Chucked Out of a Pool for Being African American

“They Saw Mike and Threw Us Out”: Michael Jordan Was Once Chucked Out of a Pool for Being African American

October 1, 2022
From mean streets to Grand Slam tennis queen

From mean streets to Grand Slam tennis queen

August 28, 2022
MFAH Gordan Parks’ Stokely Carmichael and Black Power Exhibit

MFAH Gordan Parks’ Stokely Carmichael and Black Power Exhibit

February 5, 2023
Xavier Houston Alumni Mardi Gras Gala

Xavier Houston Alumni Mardi Gras Gala

February 5, 2023
Emmett Jay Scott

Emmett Jay Scott

February 5, 2023
Meet the Young Black Nurse Whose Platform Gives 1,000’s of Nursing Students a New Interactive Way to Study

Meet the Young Black Nurse Whose Platform Gives 1,000’s of Nursing Students a New Interactive Way to Study

February 4, 2023
HBCU Grad, Founder of Largest Black-Owned Payroll Company Celebrates 6 Years in Business

HBCU Grad, Founder of Largest Black-Owned Payroll Company Celebrates 6 Years in Business

February 3, 2023

Recent News

Keith Beauchamp drops by Staples to talk about ‘Till’ – Inklings News

Keith Beauchamp drops by Staples to talk about ‘Till’ – Inklings News

February 2, 2023
Highlighting Black sports journalists – The Prospector

Highlighting Black sports journalists – The Prospector

February 1, 2023
Emmett Jay Scott

Emmett Jay Scott

February 5, 2023
Mayor Ken Welch, St. Petersburg, Florida

Mayor Ken Welch, St. Petersburg, Florida

February 1, 2023
OvaNewsBlast.com

A reliable source for African American news, from a different lens. Yours. News about us, by us.

Follow Us

Recent News

MFAH Gordan Parks’ Stokely Carmichael and Black Power Exhibit

MFAH Gordan Parks’ Stokely Carmichael and Black Power Exhibit

February 5, 2023
Xavier Houston Alumni Mardi Gras Gala

Xavier Houston Alumni Mardi Gras Gala

February 5, 2023

Topics to cover !

  • African Americans
  • Business
  • Entertainment
  • News
  • Sports
  • Technology
  • Get in Touch
  • Get in Touch with our Support!
  • Privacy Policy

© 2020 ovanewsblast.com - All rights reserved!   Download Our App   Read News on odbnewsblast.com

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • African Americans
  • Business
  • Sports
  • Technology
  • Entertainment

© 2020 ovanewsblast.com - All rights reserved!   Download Our App   Read News on odbnewsblast.com