COVID ALERT
“The Transylvania NAACP is very concerned with the threat of Covid in our community. Across the country people of color are dying three times faster than whites of Covid, partly due to underlying medical conditions, but also because people of color make up a disproportionate number of front-line workers, and risk exposure more than others.
All people in Groups 1 and 2.
Eligible: Anyone over 65 and health care workers. Note: Healthcare workers must present documentation.
Update: Gov. Cooper, on Feb 24th, will make vaccines available to anyone working in childcare or PreK – 12 schools. However, Transylvania County Commissioners will NOT make this change due to the number of people over 65 still needing the vaccine.
Transylvania Health Department Update:
- Tomorrow, Monday March 1st, you can make an appointment online for a shot of the next shipment of vaccine.
- Second dose appointments filled for Thursday Mar 4th will take place as scheduled.
Questions?
Contact the Transylvania County COVID-19 Call Center at 828-884-4007.
Transylvania County Alerts <– Online signup for TEAM text alerts.
Blue Ridge Community Health: Sign up for email alerts. No appointments available this week.
Cashiers-Highlands Hospital: Call (828)-526-1310 to request placement on wait list. Expecting vaccine shipment. Online form to be on waitlist –> Click Here
Athena Health in Buncombe County: Appointments may be available in Clyde.
CVS in South Carolina ONLY: Increasing availability in some counties.
UNC-Pardee Hospital in Hendersonville: No appointments available. Keep checking.
Walgreens: No appointments available. Keep checking. Walgreens Text Alerts now possible.
Henderson County: Has a wait list.
Atrium Health (Charlotte): Keep checking.
Prisma Health (SC) Only offering limited second dose walk-ins.
Buncombe County: Currently has around 52,000 people on waitlist and scheduling only in the 10,000 – 20,000 range.
More from the Board: We can be proud of these heroes, and we owe them our best efforts to help them contain the virus – by wearing a mask, social distancing, washing our hands, and by getting vaccinated.
- the Covid vaccines were developed by teams of researchers, doctors, and nurses of color, who stand behind it
- the trials which were performed, involving a total of more than 70,000 patients, included more than 10% of subjects from minority communities
- this included people with pre-existing conditions including sickle-cell anemia and diabetes, typically found in higher concentrations in African-Americans.”
ADVOCATE for MORE VACCINE locally!
- Send EMAIL: Gov. Cooper
- CALL Gov. Roy Cooper: (919) 814-2000
- CALL NC State Department of Public Health: (919) 855-4800
Covid-19 Link Section
“The task force reviewed the clinical trial data in search of differences in health outcomes that would place the Black community at higher risk of unfavorable outcomes from the vaccine and determined the following:
– Ten percent of people who enrolled in both the Pfizer and Moderna clinical trials were Black, equaling more than 4,400 and 3,000 people, respectively.
– Both the percentage and number of Black people enrolled are sufficient to have confidence in health outcomes of the clinical trials.
– Persons receiving the vaccine were > 94% less likely to develop COVID-19 infection as compared to the placebo group.
– Efficacy and safety were observed and consistent across age, gender, race, ethnicity and adults over 65 years of age…”
To read the whole article, Click Here
* The National Medical Association (NMA) is the collective voice of African American physicians and the leading force for parity and justice in medicine and the elimination of disparities in health.
The National Medical Association (NMA) is the largest and oldest national organization representing African American physicians and their patients in the United States. The NMA is a 501(c) (3) national professional and scientific organization representing the interests of more than 50,000 African American physicians and the patients they serve. NMA is committed to improving the quality of health among minorities and disadvantaged people through its membership, professional development, community health education, advocacy, research and partnerships with federal and private agencies. Throughout its history the National Medical Association has focused primarily on health issues related to African Americans and medically underserved populations; however, its principles, goals, initiatives and philosophy encompass all ethnic groups.
