10 ON YOUR SIDE IS
HOSTING A SPECIAL
STREAMING REPORT.
A CORONAVIRUS
DIGITAL DISCUSSION.
EVERY MONDAY AT THIS
TIME, WE HAVE AN
EXCLUSIVE WEB-ONLY
NEWSCAST DEDICATED
TO THE PANDEMIC.
TODAY, WE HAVE TWO
GUESTS WITH US TO
TALK ABOUT HEALTH
DISPARITIES IN THE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN
COMMUNITY.
JOINING ME NOW ON
ZOOM IS KELLY PARKER,
DIRECTOR OF
EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS
VIRGINIA HOSPITAL &
HEALTHCARE
ASSOCIATION
AND DR. LIND
CHINNERY, CEO
HAMPTON ROADS
HEALTHCARE
SOLUTIONS.
THANK YOU BOTH FOR
JOINING ME TODAY.
-LET ME START WITH
YOU DR. CHINNERY --
WE KNOW THAT
PEOPLE OF COLOR
HAVE EXPERIENCED
HIGHER RATES OF
SERIOUS ILLNESS AND
DEATH FROM
CORONAVIRUS -- AND
NOW SOME HEALTH
EXPERTS WANT TO
PRIORITIZE PEOPLE OF
COLOR FOR A COVID-19
VACCINE. ARW YOU
AMONG THOSE WHO
THINK THIS IS A GOOD
IDEA AND DO YOU THINK
IT'S ETHICAL?
-
MS. PARKER -- I'M SURE
THE STATE IS ALREADY
PLANNING FOR COVID
MS. PARKER -- I'M SURE
THE STATE IS ALREADY
PLANNING FOR COVID
VACCINATIONS WHEN
THE TIME COMES ---
HOW WILL THIS BE
DONE- HOW DO YOU
ENSURE EQUITABLE
ACCESS?
IF PEOPLE OF COLOR
ARE GIVEN PRIORITY
HOW HOW DO YOU
ADDRESS THE
SKEPTISIM OF SOME
WHO MAY FEEL LIKE
THEY'RE BEING
TREATED AS GUINNEA
PIGS?
ACCORDING TO THE
PEW RESEARCH
CENTER, ONLY 35% OF
AFRICAN AMERICANS
HAVE RCONFIDENCE
IN MEDICAL SCIENTISTS
TO ACT IN THE BEST
INTEREST OF THE
PUBLIC.
HEALTH EXPERTS HAVE
ALSO IMPLOREDUS ALL
TO GET THE FLU
VACCINE THIS YEAR
THAT TOO IS A
CHALLENGE WITHIN
THE BLACK COMMUNITY
AS STATISTICS SHOW
THEY GET THE VACCINE
LESS THAN WHITES.
HOW DO YOU CHANGE
ATTITUDES - BUILD
TRUST?
(STEPHANIE)
THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US THIS
AFTERNOON.- AND I
WANT TO LET
EVERYONE KNOW THAT
DR. CHNNERY AND MS
PARKER WILL BE PART
OF A WEBINAR- PANEL
DISCUSSION TONIGHT
NAVIGATING THE
TWINDEMIC OF FLU AND
COVID -19 IT IT'S
SPONSORED BY
CELEBRATE
HEALTHCRE AND
BEGINS AT 7;00. WE
HAVE MORE
INFORAMTION FOR YOU
WITH A LINK HERE ON
THE WEBISTE.
BE SURE TO JOIN US
ON-LINE AT THIS TIME
EVERY MONDAY FOR
MORE CORONAVIRUS
DIGITAL DISCUSSIONS.
REGINA MOBELY AND I
WILL SEE YOU FOR
WAVY NEWS 10
STARTING ON 4:00
I'M STEPHANIE HARRIS-
HAVE A GREAT