‘You need somebody who’s at the table’: Black leaders discuss vaccination disparities

Two Black health care leaders with Tupelo-based nonprofit Project ELECT believe accessibility and trust are key to addressing current vaccination disparities in Mississippi. As of Friday, the Mississippi State Department of Health reported that only 15% of the COVID-19 vaccines distributed throughout the state have gone to Black people, far below their 37.8% share of the population.Daily Journal, Read More.

Mississippi continues pause on Johnson & Johnson vaccine as most states resume use

At least 32 states have resumed the use of Johnson & Johnson’s one-shot COVID-19 vaccine, but Mississippi is not one of them. “As of now, the Mississippi State Department of Health continues to pause Johnson and Johnson vaccine. Mississippi Today, Read More.
COVID vaccine doses are going to waste on the MS Coast. ‘I don’t know what else to do.’

Last week, Hancock County pharmacist Rudy Letellier was desperate to use more than 100 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine before they expired. He called several employers and local government agencies asking if they’d like his staff to come vaccinate employees on-site. Most never got back to him. The Harrison County Sheriff’s Department did, but when pharmacists spent several hours there on Tuesday afternoon, only eight employees wanted the shot. Sun Herald, Read More.