‘It’s Time To Get Back To Things’: Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium Helping Families Vaccinate Their Children

‘It’s Time To Get Back To Things’: Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium Helping Families Vaccinate Their Children

November 4, 2021 | Philadelphia is making strides to get more people vaccinated, and now that also includes young children. CDC officials said the vaccine mini doses for children could prevent up to 600,000 new cases by next March. So the race is on by vaccine providers to get the mini shots – into mini arms. It ramped up into full operation Thursday morning at the Kidvaxx clinic hosted by the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium.

Vaccine efficacy, fighting misinformation after Colin Powell’s death due to COVID complications

Vaccine efficacy, fighting misinformation after Colin Powell’s death due to COVID complications

October 25, 2021 | The death of Colin Powell due to COVID-19 complications caused a lot of confusion because he had been double-vaccinated. The 84-year-old Powell died of complications related to COVID, despite being double vaccinated. That is fact. But opportunists used that fact to promote their anti-vax stance, while failing to mention Powell had been treated for prostate cancer, and had suffered from multiple myeloma, a blood cancer that weakens your immune system.

Neil Cavuto talks battle with COVID, urges vaccinations: ‘Take the political speaking points and toss them’

Neil Cavuto talks battle with COVID, urges vaccinations: ‘Take the political speaking points and toss them’

October 24, 2021 | Fox veteran Neil Cavuto opened up about his current battle with COVID-19 on “MediaBuzz” Sunday, telling host Howard Kurtz how thankful he was that he’s been vaccinated and urging skeptics to “toss the political speaking points” and get their shots as well. Cavuto, host of “Your World with Neil Cavuto,” tested positive for the coronavirus last week yet credited his vaccination with having made the battle more bearable. Cavuto was a vulnerable candidate for the virus, having faced cancer in the 1980s, a multiple sclerosis diagnosis in 1997 and an open heart surgery in 2016. “While I’m somewhat stunned by this news, doctors tell me I’m lucky as well,” Cavuto said in a statement released by Fox News. “Had I not been vaccinated, and with all my medical issues, this would be a far more dire situation.”

Pa., NJ and Philadelphia leaders prepare for rollout of COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5-11

Pa., NJ and Philadelphia leaders prepare for rollout of COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5-11

October 20, 2021 | The White House has unveiled its plan to get vaccines into the arms of kids ages five to 11. The plan hinges on the FDA and CDC signing off on authorizing Pfizer’s vaccine for kids in that age group in about two weeks. “I think it’s better for them to also get them, for everybody to be safe,” grandparent Adelaida Santiago stated.