COVID-19 Vaccine:Awareness, Education, and Implementation

The COVID-19 vaccines are finally on their way,  providing a much-needed vision of hope and security. There are, however, some concerns about the validity and safety of these vaccines and a hesitancy with some people to take them once they hit the market.  

The leadership at Aldersgate recognizes these disparities and concerns and wanted to address them firsthand. So they assembled an internal task force to answer some of the most important questions about the vaccine and to hopefully alleviate some of these concerns and apprehensions.

Joining president and CEO Suzanne Pugh on the panel was Aldersgate board member and surgeon Dr. Bob Vaughan, who gave an inside perspective directly to members of the black and African American communities while addressing historical injustices carried out by our government that have led to a lack of trust.  We also had medical director Dr. John Gambino, who laid out very clearly the status of the vaccine, its development cycle, misconceptions surround it, the anticipated distribution plan, the differences between the vaccines, and what we can expect the effects of the vaccines to be. We were also fortunate enough to have  Aldersgate’s Director of Health services Brooke Hodge, who gave some up-to date-statistics about Covid-19 and where Aldersgate stands relative to infections and vaccines.