1 00:00:11,300 --> 00:00:13,933 >> Renee: EVEN AS MORE AND MORE 2 00:00:12,533 --> 00:00:16,566 KENTUCKIANS GET VACCINATED 3 00:00:13,933 --> 00:00:17,433 AGAINST COVID-19, THERE IS STILL 4 00:00:16,566 --> 00:00:19,400 SOME HESITANCY. 5 00:00:17,433 --> 00:00:22,033 WE TALK WITH THOSE ON THE FRONT 6 00:00:19,400 --> 00:00:23,266 LINES AND ENCOURAGING AND/OR 7 00:00:22,033 --> 00:00:25,633 ADMINISTERING VACCINES, 8 00:00:23,266 --> 00:00:26,500 ESPECIALLY IN THE THE HISPANIC 9 00:00:25,633 --> 00:00:26,900 AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN 10 00:00:26,500 --> 00:00:29,000 COMMUNITIES. 11 00:00:26,900 --> 00:00:29,000 THAT'S NOW ON CONNECTIONS. 12 00:00:37,566 --> 00:00:40,566 >> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR 13 00:00:39,133 --> 00:00:41,533 CONNECTIONS TODAY. 14 00:00:40,566 --> 00:00:45,700 I'M RENEE SHAW. 15 00:00:41,533 --> 00:00:46,833 AS OF MID APRIL, ABOUT 50% OF 16 00:00:45,700 --> 00:00:48,466 KENTUCKY KENTUCKY ADULTS HAD 17 00:00:46,833 --> 00:00:49,733 RECEIVED AT LEAST ONE DOSE OF 18 00:00:48,466 --> 00:00:51,600 THE COVID-19 VACCINE. 19 00:00:49,733 --> 00:00:52,800 VACCINATION RATES THOUGH FOR THE 20 00:00:51,600 --> 00:00:54,633 STATE'S HISPANIC COMMUNITY HAVE 21 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:55,666 REMAINED LOW. 22 00:00:54,633 --> 00:00:56,500 MARCH DATA FROM THE LEXINGTON 23 00:00:55,666 --> 00:01:00,266 HEALTH DEPARTMENT SHOWED THAT 24 00:00:56,500 --> 00:01:02,566 LESS THAN 3% OF LEXINGTON'S 25 00:01:00,266 --> 00:01:03,866 HISPANICS HAD BEEN VACCINATED. 26 00:01:02,566 --> 00:01:09,000 THE LEXINGTON FAYETTE COUNTY 27 00:01:03,866 --> 00:01:10,966 HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS TEAMED UP 28 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:13,033 WITH GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS 29 00:01:10,966 --> 00:01:13,766 AND MEDIA OUTLETS TO FIGHT 30 00:01:13,033 --> 00:01:15,200 DISINFORMATION ABOUT THE VACCINE 31 00:01:13,766 --> 00:01:17,100 IN HISPANIC COMMUNITIES. 32 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:19,033 WE SPOKE TO DIFFERENT COMMUNITY 33 00:01:17,100 --> 00:01:20,266 LEADERS WHO ARE WORKING DIRECTLY 34 00:01:19,033 --> 00:01:21,200 WITH NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING 35 00:01:20,266 --> 00:01:24,933 COMMUNITIES ABOUT SOME OF THE 36 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:26,133 ROOT FACTORS BEHIND VACCINE 37 00:01:24,933 --> 00:01:29,300 HESITANCY IN LEXINGTON'S 38 00:01:26,133 --> 00:01:30,300 HISPANIC COMMUNITIES. 39 00:01:29,300 --> 00:01:30,600 GABRIELLA MARTINEZ TELLS US 40 00:01:30,300 --> 00:01:32,566 MORE. 41 00:01:30,600 --> 00:01:34,300 >> WE ARE FIGHTING A BATTLE 42 00:01:32,566 --> 00:01:35,266 BECAUSE WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH 43 00:01:34,300 --> 00:01:37,566 THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY IS THAT 44 00:01:35,266 --> 00:01:39,700 WE ARE PRETTY MUCH GOING AGAINST 45 00:01:37,566 --> 00:01:41,300 FACEBOOK RIGHT NOW. 46 00:01:39,700 --> 00:01:42,200 >> HEALTH EDUCATOR AT THE 47 00:01:41,300 --> 00:01:43,933 LEXINGTON HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS 48 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:44,800 BECOME ONE OF THE MAIN POINT 49 00:01:43,933 --> 00:01:46,100 PEOPLE FOR VACCINE INFORMATION 50 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:46,633 FOR LEXINGTON'S HISPANIC 51 00:01:46,100 --> 00:01:47,933 COMMUNITY. 52 00:01:46,633 --> 00:01:50,100 >> PEOPLE ARE GETTING A LOT OF 53 00:01:47,933 --> 00:01:52,966 THEIR INFORMATION FROM SOCIAL 54 00:01:50,100 --> 00:01:55,566 MEDIA AND THERE ARE A LOT OF 55 00:01:52,966 --> 00:01:57,000 DOCTORS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES, 56 00:01:55,566 --> 00:02:00,233 EXPERTS SAYING THINGS THAT GO 57 00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:02,733 AGAINST WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO 58 00:02:00,233 --> 00:02:07,766 ACCOMPLISH HERE AND THEN ONE 59 00:02:02,733 --> 00:02:09,266 THING PEOPLE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, 60 00:02:07,766 --> 00:02:10,700 THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY ONLY IN 61 00:02:09,266 --> 00:02:12,566 SPANISH THROUGH THEIR PHONES IS 62 00:02:10,700 --> 00:02:12,966 WHERE THEY GET MOST OF THEIR 63 00:02:12,566 --> 00:02:14,400 INFORMATION. 64 00:02:12,966 --> 00:02:16,600 AND ONE OF THE BATTLES WE ARE 65 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:19,333 HAVING TO FIGHT IS LIKE THEY SEE 66 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:21,000 THIS VIDEOS AND INFORMATION AND 67 00:02:19,333 --> 00:02:22,066 THEN SOMETIMES THEY HAVE AN 68 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:24,333 APPOINTMENT TO GET THEIR VACCINE 69 00:02:22,066 --> 00:02:25,633 AND THEY CANCEL IT. 70 00:02:24,333 --> 00:02:27,300 ONE OF THE THINGS THE HEALTH 71 00:02:25,633 --> 00:02:30,433 DEPARTMENT HAS DONE, WE HAVE 72 00:02:27,300 --> 00:02:32,400 MADE SURE TO TRANSLATE ALL OUR 73 00:02:30,433 --> 00:02:36,000 INFORMATION IN SPANISH WHETHER 74 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:38,400 IT'S OUR WEBSITE OR FLYERS SINCE 75 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:43,333 THE BEGINNING. 76 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:44,366 WE ALSO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD 77 00:02:43,333 --> 00:02:48,033 BILINGUAL STAFF WORKING IN 78 00:02:44,366 --> 00:02:48,666 CONTACT TRACING, IN LOGISTICS TO 79 00:02:48,033 --> 00:02:50,533 DO THE PART. 80 00:02:48,666 --> 00:02:51,566 WE HAVE A LOT OF HISPANICS THAT 81 00:02:50,533 --> 00:02:54,233 ARE ESSENTIAL WORKERS. 82 00:02:51,566 --> 00:02:56,966 THEY'RE THE ONES WHO DO YOUR 83 00:02:54,233 --> 00:03:00,533 SERVICE INDUSTRY OR FACTORIES OR 84 00:02:56,966 --> 00:03:02,266 GROCERIES OR THE FOOD CHAIN AND, 85 00:03:00,533 --> 00:03:03,033 YOU KNOW, AT THE BEGINNING OF 86 00:03:02,266 --> 00:03:05,433 THE PANDEMIC, IT WAS SOMETHING 87 00:03:03,033 --> 00:03:06,166 THAT WAS REALLY AFFECTING OUR 88 00:03:05,433 --> 00:03:07,200 HISPANIC COMMUNITY BECAUSE THEY 89 00:03:06,166 --> 00:03:09,366 HAVE TO GO TO WORK. 90 00:03:07,200 --> 00:03:11,100 THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE LUXURY TO 91 00:03:09,366 --> 00:03:15,700 STAY HOME AND TELEWORK AND 92 00:03:11,100 --> 00:03:17,100 THAT'S WHY WE SAW SUCH A BIG 93 00:03:15,700 --> 00:03:19,933 INCREASE OR DISPARITY IN THE 94 00:03:17,100 --> 00:03:22,233 CASES OF HISPANIC COMMUNITIES, 6 95 00:03:19,933 --> 00:03:24,733 TO 7% OF THE POPULATION OF 96 00:03:22,233 --> 00:03:25,033 LEXINGTON BUT 28% OF ALL THE 97 00:03:24,733 --> 00:03:27,033 CASES. 98 00:03:25,033 --> 00:03:28,300 THAT WAS BECAUSE THE TYPE OF JOB 99 00:03:27,033 --> 00:03:31,966 THAT THEY HAD. 100 00:03:28,300 --> 00:03:33,133 >> DEE ANA IS ONE OF THE 101 00:03:31,966 --> 00:03:35,433 BILINGUAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT 102 00:03:33,133 --> 00:03:36,200 VOLUNTEERS HELPING VACCINATE 103 00:03:35,433 --> 00:03:39,066 VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. 104 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:41,766 >> I STARTED VOLUME VOLUNTEERING 105 00:03:39,066 --> 00:03:43,400 BECAUSE WHEN THE GOVERNOR PASSED 106 00:03:41,766 --> 00:03:45,466 THE EMERGENCY ALERT FOR 107 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:49,066 EVERYBODY TO, IN THE HEALTHCARE 108 00:03:45,466 --> 00:03:51,033 COMMUNITY TO HELP OUT, I'M A 109 00:03:49,066 --> 00:03:52,900 DENTAL HYGIENIST, SO THE 110 00:03:51,033 --> 00:03:54,100 KENTUCKY BOARD OF DENTISTRY 111 00:03:52,900 --> 00:03:58,033 EXPANDED THE SCOPE OF PRACTICE 112 00:03:54,100 --> 00:03:59,766 FOR THE HIGH GENERAL-- 113 00:03:58,033 --> 00:04:02,566 HYGIENISTS WHO CAN APPLIANCE 114 00:03:59,766 --> 00:04:05,266 THESIA TO APPLY TO VOLUNTEER. 115 00:04:02,566 --> 00:04:06,700 I STARTED NOTICING THE BIG HELP 116 00:04:05,266 --> 00:04:09,100 THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY NEEDED. 117 00:04:06,700 --> 00:04:10,533 WE MOVED NOT TOO LONG AGO WITH 118 00:04:09,100 --> 00:04:11,000 MY FAMILY FROM GAINESVILLE, 119 00:04:10,533 --> 00:04:12,433 FLORIDA. 120 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:23,066 I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW BIG THE 121 00:04:12,433 --> 00:04:24,700 HISPANIC COMMUNITY WAS HERE IT 122 00:04:23,066 --> 00:04:25,800 WAS AMAZING HOW MANY PEOPLE 123 00:04:24,700 --> 00:04:27,766 COULD NOT SPEAK ENGLISH. 124 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:28,633 I WAS TOM CLINICIANS WHO COULD 125 00:04:27,766 --> 00:04:30,066 SPEAK SPANISH. 126 00:04:28,633 --> 00:04:31,366 THEY HELPED WITH SOME 127 00:04:30,066 --> 00:04:34,733 INTERPRETERS BUT I'M GLAD I'M 128 00:04:31,366 --> 00:04:36,266 ABLE TO HELP MORE AND EASE THE 129 00:04:34,733 --> 00:04:38,466 MISCONCEPTIONS AND THE FEARS 130 00:04:36,266 --> 00:04:41,866 THAT SOME HISPANICS HAVE TOWARDS 131 00:04:38,466 --> 00:04:43,266 THE VACCINATION AND BE ABLE TO 132 00:04:41,866 --> 00:04:44,866 TELL THEM I GOT THE VACCINE, I'M 133 00:04:43,266 --> 00:04:48,066 ABLE TO GIVE IT TO YOU. 134 00:04:44,866 --> 00:04:49,700 WE ARE IN A SAFE PLACE AND JUST 135 00:04:48,066 --> 00:04:52,766 PRED THE WORD. 136 00:04:49,700 --> 00:04:55,100 WE HAVE A SIMPLE RULE. 137 00:04:52,766 --> 00:04:56,566 WE DON'T ASK ABOUT STATUS OR IF 138 00:04:55,100 --> 00:04:59,200 YOU ARE HERE LEGALLY OR NOT. 139 00:04:56,566 --> 00:05:01,666 ALL WE HAVE TOLD THE HISPANIC 140 00:04:59,200 --> 00:05:02,800 COMMUNITY TOM THING WE NEED TO 141 00:05:01,666 --> 00:05:04,966 VERIFY IS THAT YOU LIVE IN 142 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:07,066 FAYETTE COUNTY OW OR THAT YOU 143 00:05:04,966 --> 00:05:08,200 WORK IN FAYETTE COUNTY. 144 00:05:07,066 --> 00:05:09,933 OTHER THAN THAT WE ARE NOT 145 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:10,666 ASKING FOR ANYBODY'S SOCIAL 146 00:05:09,933 --> 00:05:13,100 SECURITY NUMBER. 147 00:05:10,666 --> 00:05:14,833 WE DO THEM IF THEY HAVE HEALTH 148 00:05:13,100 --> 00:05:19,100 INSURANCE BUT IF THEY DON'T, 149 00:05:14,833 --> 00:05:21,066 THAT'S OKAY AND WE HAVE BEEN 150 00:05:19,100 --> 00:05:22,000 DISSEMINATING THAT ALMOST A 151 00:05:21,066 --> 00:05:25,033 MONTH AGO BECAUSE THAT WAS ONE 152 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:26,066 OF THE FIRST QUESTIONS, I DID AN 153 00:05:25,033 --> 00:05:26,733 INVIEW AND THAT WAS THE FIRST 154 00:05:26,066 --> 00:05:29,366 QUESTION THAT I GOT. 155 00:05:26,733 --> 00:05:36,500 DO I NEED TO BE DOCUMENTED TO 156 00:05:29,366 --> 00:05:37,666 GET THE VACCINE A RESEARCH 157 00:05:36,500 --> 00:05:39,166 PROGRAM AT UNIVERSITY OF 158 00:05:37,666 --> 00:05:41,133 KENTUCKY'S COLLEGE OF NURSING 159 00:05:39,166 --> 00:05:45,200 RECRUITS COMMUNITY HEALTH 160 00:05:41,133 --> 00:05:46,033 WORKERS KNOWN IN SPANISH AND 161 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:47,133 TRAINS TO HELP IN THE 162 00:05:46,033 --> 00:05:48,566 COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE LESS 163 00:05:47,133 --> 00:05:50,733 ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES. 164 00:05:48,566 --> 00:05:52,366 THE RECENT PROGRAM ORIGINALLY 165 00:05:50,733 --> 00:05:55,100 CREATED TO REDUCE HEART DISEASE 166 00:05:52,366 --> 00:05:56,833 AND DIABETES RISK HAS BECOME A 167 00:05:55,100 --> 00:05:58,066 LIFELINE FOR NON-ENGLISH 168 00:05:56,833 --> 00:05:58,433 SPEAKING COMMUNITIES DURING THE 169 00:05:58,066 --> 00:05:59,600 PANDEMIC. 170 00:05:58,433 --> 00:06:01,500 MARTIN SAYS THAT LANGUAGE 171 00:05:59,600 --> 00:06:03,900 BARRIERS AND FEAR ABOUT 172 00:06:01,500 --> 00:06:06,066 DISCLOSING IMMIGRATION STATUS 173 00:06:03,900 --> 00:06:08,033 ARE HURDLES IN THE VEEJ 174 00:06:06,066 --> 00:06:09,466 REGISTRATION PROCESS. 175 00:06:08,033 --> 00:06:15,566 >> FILLING OUT THE FORMS LIKE I 176 00:06:09,466 --> 00:06:18,066 SAID BEFORE, IS ALSO A BARRIER 177 00:06:15,566 --> 00:06:20,700 IT TELLS YOU IN SPANISH TO GO 178 00:06:18,066 --> 00:06:26,700 HERE THEN WHEN YOU GO THERE THEN 179 00:06:20,700 --> 00:06:29,533 THERE IS OTHER FORMS AND THEN 180 00:06:26,700 --> 00:06:33,566 THERE ARE QUESTIONS ASKED, YOU 181 00:06:29,533 --> 00:06:35,633 KNOW LIKE THEY SAY PUT YOUR 182 00:06:33,566 --> 00:06:37,500 SOCIAL SECURITY AND PEOPLE GO 183 00:06:35,633 --> 00:06:39,566 AHEAD AND WHEN THEY SEE THAT, IF 184 00:06:37,500 --> 00:06:42,633 WE SEE PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, IF 185 00:06:39,566 --> 00:06:46,000 SOME PEOPLE SEE THAT AND THEY GO 186 00:06:42,633 --> 00:06:47,766 AHEAD AND JUST GET OUT. 187 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:50,266 THEY DON'T FINISH FILLING OUT. 188 00:06:47,766 --> 00:06:52,000 >> SHE SERVED WHEN SHE LIVED IN 189 00:06:50,266 --> 00:06:53,533 PERU IS CONTINUING HER WORK IN 190 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:55,166 LEXINGTON AS A PART-TIME 191 00:06:53,533 --> 00:06:59,766 COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER THROUGH 192 00:06:55,166 --> 00:06:59,766 THE U.K. PROGRAM. 193 00:07:04,766 --> 00:07:16,933 (SPEAKING SPANISH) 194 00:07:26,733 --> 00:07:29,500 >> IF HAVE YOU HISPANIC FRIENDS 195 00:07:27,900 --> 00:07:30,733 THAT YOU KNOW ARE AFRAID TO COME 196 00:07:29,500 --> 00:07:32,033 FORWARD AND GET THE VACCINE, 197 00:07:30,733 --> 00:07:33,233 TELL THEM, LISTEN, WE ARE NOT 198 00:07:32,033 --> 00:07:34,633 GOING TO BE ASKING FOR ANY TYPE 199 00:07:33,233 --> 00:07:43,033 OF STATUS. 200 00:07:34,633 --> 00:07:43,366 IT'S FREE FOR EVERYONE IT IS NOT 201 00:07:43,033 --> 00:07:44,800 HARMFUL. 202 00:07:43,366 --> 00:07:46,766 BUT THERE ARE SOME SIDE EFFECTS. 203 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:47,733 BUT I GOT VACCINATED OVER A 204 00:07:46,766 --> 00:07:48,600 MONTH AGO AND I WAS FINE THE 205 00:07:47,733 --> 00:07:50,366 WHOLE TIME. 206 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:51,266 BUT JUST TALK TO THEM AND 207 00:07:50,366 --> 00:07:53,400 ENCOURAGE THEY WILL AND IF YOU 208 00:07:51,266 --> 00:07:54,066 CAN HELP THEM OUT IN THE 209 00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:57,133 REGISTRATION PROCESS BECAUSE 210 00:07:54,066 --> 00:07:59,966 THEY MIGHT NOT BE GOOD IN 211 00:07:57,133 --> 00:08:02,200 ENGLISH, WE HAVE IT IN SPANISH. 212 00:07:59,966 --> 00:08:04,166 IF THEY'RE NOT GOOD WITH THE 213 00:08:02,200 --> 00:08:07,200 INTERNET, THEY CAN CALL OUR HOT 214 00:08:04,166 --> 00:08:08,733 LINE 859-899 HF 2222. 215 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:09,833 AND THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT SPEAK 216 00:08:08,733 --> 00:08:10,266 SPANISH THAT CAN HELP THEM WITH 217 00:08:09,833 --> 00:08:12,466 THE PROCESS. 218 00:08:10,266 --> 00:08:14,400 >> TO GIVE US SOME GREATER 219 00:08:12,466 --> 00:08:16,066 PERSPECTIVE ABOUT HOW TO GET 220 00:08:14,400 --> 00:08:16,700 COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, 221 00:08:16,066 --> 00:08:18,500 PARTICULARLY THE HISPANIC 222 00:08:16,700 --> 00:08:20,866 COMMUNITY OUT AND VACCINATED, WE 223 00:08:18,500 --> 00:08:22,433 ARE JOINED BY VICTOR PALOMINO 224 00:08:20,866 --> 00:08:26,100 WITH RADIO LEX AND HE DOES A LOT 225 00:08:22,433 --> 00:08:27,833 OF THE STATIONS SPANISH LANGUAGE 226 00:08:26,100 --> 00:08:29,033 PROGRAMMING AND JOINS US NOW TO 227 00:08:27,833 --> 00:08:31,100 TALK ABOUT WHAT HE IS DOING TO 228 00:08:29,033 --> 00:08:32,966 GET THE WORD OUT AND TO GET 229 00:08:31,100 --> 00:08:33,766 PEOPLE VACCINATED HOW ARE YOU 230 00:08:32,966 --> 00:08:36,033 DOING, VICTOR. 231 00:08:33,766 --> 00:08:37,333 >> DOING WELL, RENEE, THANKS FOR 232 00:08:36,033 --> 00:08:39,033 HAVING ME. 233 00:08:37,333 --> 00:08:40,266 >> Renee: WE WERE TALKING BEFORE 234 00:08:39,033 --> 00:08:42,566 WE STARTED RECORDING, WE BOTH 235 00:08:40,266 --> 00:08:43,766 HAVE BEEN VACCINATED AND GOT OUR 236 00:08:42,566 --> 00:08:46,500 SECOND SHOTS. 237 00:08:43,766 --> 00:08:47,966 WE BOTH HAD MODERNA. 238 00:08:46,500 --> 00:08:49,433 I ASKED HOW YOU WERE DOING. 239 00:08:47,966 --> 00:08:49,866 YOU DON'T HAVE A THIRD ARM ORING 240 00:08:49,433 --> 00:08:51,666 IN LIKE THAT. 241 00:08:49,866 --> 00:08:53,000 >> IT IS A GOOD FEELING KNOWING 242 00:08:51,666 --> 00:08:55,233 THAT I HAVE THE VACCINE AND CAN 243 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:55,600 I MAKE AN EXAMPLE TO OUR 244 00:08:55,233 --> 00:08:57,866 COMMUNITY. 245 00:08:55,600 --> 00:09:02,000 TOM THING WAS LIKE ONE DAY WHERE 246 00:08:57,866 --> 00:09:03,233 I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF BILLS AND 247 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:05,333 FELT A LITTLE SICK BUT IT WAS A 248 00:09:03,233 --> 00:09:07,166 DAY THAT I NEEDED TO REST AND 249 00:09:05,333 --> 00:09:10,666 AFTER THAT, I GOT MY ENERGY TACK 250 00:09:07,166 --> 00:09:12,233 AND BACK TO WORK AND DOING WHAT 251 00:09:10,666 --> 00:09:13,166 WE DO. 252 00:09:12,233 --> 00:09:13,633 >> Renee: ISN'T IT LIKE A 253 00:09:13,166 --> 00:09:15,366 RELIEF. 254 00:09:13,633 --> 00:09:16,900 YOU FEEL EMOTIONAL, OKAY, I'M 255 00:09:15,366 --> 00:09:18,866 NOTE JUST PROTECTING MYSELF, I'M 256 00:09:16,900 --> 00:09:21,266 PROTECTING MY COMMUNITY, RIGHT? 257 00:09:18,866 --> 00:09:22,566 >> AND OPENING THE DOOR FOR 258 00:09:21,266 --> 00:09:26,500 PEOPLE THAT MAYBE HAVE QUESTIONS 259 00:09:22,566 --> 00:09:32,166 OR MAYBE THAT ARE AAFRAID TO 260 00:09:26,500 --> 00:09:36,400 TAKE THE VACCINE THAT I TELL 261 00:09:32,166 --> 00:09:38,066 THEM MY EXPERIENCES I TOOK THE 262 00:09:36,400 --> 00:09:41,900 FIRST SHOT, THIS HAPPENED I'M 263 00:09:38,066 --> 00:09:42,833 TAKING THE SECOND SHOT IT'S 264 00:09:41,900 --> 00:09:45,900 SOMETHING AS PART OF THE 265 00:09:42,833 --> 00:09:48,400 COMMUNITY, WE HAVE TO DO IT 266 00:09:45,900 --> 00:09:50,866 SOMETIMES, IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES 267 00:09:48,400 --> 00:09:52,900 AND SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE THEY 268 00:09:50,866 --> 00:09:53,966 ARE A LITTLE BIT ON THE MARGINS 269 00:09:52,900 --> 00:09:55,833 OF COMMUNICATIONS AND ON THE 270 00:09:53,966 --> 00:09:57,566 MARGINS OF WHEN THINGS HAPPENED 271 00:09:55,833 --> 00:09:58,700 SO IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO 272 00:09:57,566 --> 00:10:00,633 SHOW UP AND SAY WE ARE PART OF 273 00:09:58,700 --> 00:10:01,733 THE COMMUNITY AND WE ARE MAKING 274 00:10:00,633 --> 00:10:02,700 OUR PART. 275 00:10:01,733 --> 00:10:05,000 >> Renee: ONE OF THE THINGS WE 276 00:10:02,700 --> 00:10:06,200 HEARD IN THE PIECE THAT PRECEDED 277 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:07,400 YOU IS THAT SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE 278 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:08,833 GETTING SO MUCH OF THE 279 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:10,566 INFORMATION FROM SOCIAL MEDIA, 280 00:10:08,833 --> 00:10:11,766 WHICH IS NOT NECESSARILY 281 00:10:10,566 --> 00:10:13,866 VERIFIABLE TRUTH, RIGHT? 282 00:10:11,766 --> 00:10:15,033 AND SO, BECAUSE YOU ARE 283 00:10:13,866 --> 00:10:16,133 LISTENING AND WATCHING AND 284 00:10:15,033 --> 00:10:17,766 READING EVERYTHING PEOPLE ARE 285 00:10:16,133 --> 00:10:19,366 SAYING AND MAY NOT BE RELYING ON 286 00:10:17,766 --> 00:10:20,700 THE TRUE SCIENCE. 287 00:10:19,366 --> 00:10:21,933 DO YOU RUN ACROSS THAT, THAT 288 00:10:20,700 --> 00:10:23,566 PEOPLE ARE REALLY MAYBE GETTING 289 00:10:21,933 --> 00:10:25,533 THE INFORMATION FROM SOCIAL 290 00:10:23,566 --> 00:10:27,166 MEDIA RATHER THAN THROUGH 291 00:10:25,533 --> 00:10:28,900 RELIABLE SOURCES OF INFORMATION. 292 00:10:27,166 --> 00:10:30,333 >> THAT HAPPENS A LOT, 293 00:10:28,900 --> 00:10:31,633 ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU SPEAK A 294 00:10:30,333 --> 00:10:33,600 LANGUAGE DIFFERENT THAN ENGLISH, 295 00:10:31,633 --> 00:10:35,333 YOU WANT TO HAVE THE INFORMATION 296 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:37,200 IN YOUR FIRST LANGUAGE. 297 00:10:35,333 --> 00:10:37,600 THAT'S THE ONE ARE MORE 298 00:10:37,200 --> 00:10:39,500 COMFORTABLE. 299 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:41,333 YOU THINK AND DREAM IN THAT 300 00:10:39,500 --> 00:10:43,300 LANGUAGE SO WHEN THINGS LIKE 301 00:10:41,333 --> 00:10:44,733 THIS HAPPEN, YOU FEEL MORE 302 00:10:43,300 --> 00:10:47,233 COMFORTABLE GOING TO YOUR SOCIAL 303 00:10:44,733 --> 00:10:52,466 MEDIA FRIENDS OR START HEARING 304 00:10:47,233 --> 00:10:54,266 THINGS LIKE YOU SAY, NOT 305 00:10:52,466 --> 00:10:56,733 OFFICIAL AND IT CAN TAKE THEM IN 306 00:10:54,266 --> 00:10:58,466 TOO MANY DIRECTIONS. 307 00:10:56,733 --> 00:10:59,666 NOT ONLY RADIO LEX BUT OTHER 308 00:10:58,466 --> 00:11:01,600 ORGANIZATIONS ARE GETTING 309 00:10:59,666 --> 00:11:03,233 TOGETHER TO TRY TO SEND A 310 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:06,000 MESSAGE FROM A LOCAL POINT OF 311 00:11:03,233 --> 00:11:06,733 VIEW OF WHAT IS HAPPENING 312 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:08,133 BECAUSE SOMETIMES WHAT HAPPENS 313 00:11:06,733 --> 00:11:09,433 IS PEOPLE KNOW MORE WHAT IS 314 00:11:08,133 --> 00:11:11,200 HAPPENING IN THEIR OWN COUNTRIES 315 00:11:09,433 --> 00:11:13,033 OR IN COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY 316 00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:15,433 COME FROM THAN WHAT IS REALLY 317 00:11:13,033 --> 00:11:17,833 HAPPENING HERE SO IT'S BEEN A 318 00:11:15,433 --> 00:11:21,133 CHALLENGE ALL THESE PANDEMIC TO 319 00:11:17,833 --> 00:11:21,500 GET THAT INFORMATION TO 320 00:11:21,133 --> 00:11:23,300 EVERYBODY. 321 00:11:21,500 --> 00:11:26,900 SOMETIMES WE FORGET THAT WE HAVE 322 00:11:23,300 --> 00:11:33,366 A VERY DIVERSE AND INTERNATIONAL 323 00:11:26,900 --> 00:11:34,766 COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH 324 00:11:33,366 --> 00:11:36,500 MOMENTS LIKE THIS HAPPEN, 325 00:11:34,766 --> 00:11:40,966 SOMETIMES WE FORGET MOST OF THE 326 00:11:36,500 --> 00:11:41,300 INFORMATION IS DELIVERED IN 327 00:11:40,966 --> 00:11:42,600 ENGLISH. 328 00:11:41,300 --> 00:11:44,900 WE HAVE TO DO A LITTLE MORE 329 00:11:42,600 --> 00:11:47,833 EFFORT THAN TO REACH OUT AND GET 330 00:11:44,900 --> 00:11:50,033 THE INFORMATION DELIVERED TO 331 00:11:47,833 --> 00:11:50,400 EVERYBODY ELSE THAT SPEAKS OUR 332 00:11:50,033 --> 00:11:52,000 LANGUAGE. 333 00:11:50,400 --> 00:11:54,566 >> Renee: AND TO THE QUESTION 334 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:55,966 ABOUT VACCINE HESITANCY, AT THE 335 00:11:54,566 --> 00:11:58,000 TIME WE RECORDED THIS INTERVIEW 336 00:11:55,966 --> 00:11:59,633 ON THE HEELS OF THE JOHNSON & 337 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:01,233 JOHNSON PAUSE BY THE IF EFFORT 338 00:11:59,633 --> 00:12:02,766 TO JUST WAIT AND SEE WHAT 339 00:12:01,233 --> 00:12:04,866 HAPPENS, TO LEARN ABOUT THE SIX 340 00:12:02,766 --> 00:12:08,500 CASES OF SEVERE BLOOD CLOTS, ONE 341 00:12:04,866 --> 00:12:09,833 THAT LED TO DEATH, BEFORE THEY 342 00:12:08,500 --> 00:12:13,033 RESUME. 343 00:12:09,833 --> 00:12:15,300 DO YOU FIND THAT'S GOING TO BE A 344 00:12:13,033 --> 00:12:17,600 FURTHER BARRIER BECAUSE IF THEY 345 00:12:15,300 --> 00:12:21,633 WERE HESITANT AND ON THE FENCE, 346 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:22,066 JUS LIKE THAT CAN BE PRETTY 347 00:12:21,633 --> 00:12:24,366 JARRING. 348 00:12:22,066 --> 00:12:26,633 >> YES, AND WE ARE WORKING WITH 349 00:12:24,366 --> 00:12:28,500 THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TRYING TO 350 00:12:26,633 --> 00:12:30,033 GET A PANEL OF PEOPLE HERE FROM 351 00:12:28,500 --> 00:12:32,433 THE COMMUNITY TO EXPLAIN WHAT IS 352 00:12:30,033 --> 00:12:35,800 GOING ON, WHAT, WHY THE VACCINES 353 00:12:32,433 --> 00:12:38,433 ARE BEING STOPPED WHAT ARE THE 354 00:12:35,800 --> 00:12:40,600 SYMPTOMS THAT PEOPLE HAVE. 355 00:12:38,433 --> 00:12:42,266 EXPLAINING EVERYTHING VERY 356 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:46,700 DETAILS BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY 357 00:12:42,266 --> 00:12:49,000 WITH THE INTERNET AND SOCIAL 358 00:12:46,700 --> 00:12:50,866 MEDIA NEWS THAT IS NOT REAL GETS 359 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:54,900 SPREAD EASIER AND FASTER AND 360 00:12:50,866 --> 00:12:57,833 PEOPLE LIKE TO CLICK THAT AND 361 00:12:54,900 --> 00:13:00,200 THE ALGORITHMS. 362 00:12:57,833 --> 00:13:03,566 SO IT'S HARD TO REACH OUT AND 363 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:04,800 IF THEY WERE ALREADY AFRAID OF 364 00:13:03,566 --> 00:13:07,066 GETTING THE VACCINE FOR WHATEVER 365 00:13:04,800 --> 00:13:08,700 REASON, NOW THEY'RE GOING TO 366 00:13:07,066 --> 00:13:11,666 HAVE MORE QUESTIONS AND EVEN 367 00:13:08,700 --> 00:13:15,033 MORE AFRAID OF GETTING THE 368 00:13:11,666 --> 00:13:23,233 VACCINE SO IT'S THE ONLY WAY 369 00:13:15,033 --> 00:13:25,200 THAT WE CAN FIGHT THAT IS THE 370 00:13:23,233 --> 00:13:26,500 SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITIES, 371 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:27,900 LEADERS OF THE COMMUNITY. 372 00:13:26,500 --> 00:13:31,333 PEOPLE THAT HAVE FAMILIAR FACES 373 00:13:27,900 --> 00:13:34,766 THAT THEY KNOW AND SHOWING THEM, 374 00:13:31,333 --> 00:13:38,933 GETTING THE VACCINE OR SHOWING 375 00:13:34,766 --> 00:13:41,100 GO WITH THEM TO PUBLIC AREA LIKE 376 00:13:38,933 --> 00:13:42,300 IN IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES, WORD 377 00:13:41,100 --> 00:13:43,300 OF MOUTH IS VERY BIG. 378 00:13:42,300 --> 00:13:45,200 SOMETIMES YOU TRUST YOUR 379 00:13:43,300 --> 00:13:46,466 NEIGHBOR OR FRIENDS OR FAMILY 380 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:48,966 ARE SAWING SO IF WE CAN GET ONE 381 00:13:46,466 --> 00:13:50,066 PERSON FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT 382 00:13:48,966 --> 00:13:51,266 IS TRUSTED BY THE COMMUNITY TO 383 00:13:50,066 --> 00:13:54,866 DELIVER THAT INFORMATION, THAT'S 384 00:13:51,266 --> 00:13:57,466 GOING TO HELP US TO GET OVER ALL 385 00:13:54,866 --> 00:13:58,266 THE FALSE INFORMATION ONLINE. 386 00:13:57,466 --> 00:14:00,266 >> Renee: HAVING THE AMBASSADORS 387 00:13:58,266 --> 00:14:03,800 TO CARRY THE MESSAGE SO WHAT IS 388 00:14:00,266 --> 00:14:05,633 THE MESSAGE THAT YOU WANT TO 389 00:14:03,800 --> 00:14:06,600 SEND TO PERHAPS NOT THE PRIMARY 390 00:14:05,633 --> 00:14:08,000 NATIVE LANGUAGE ABOUT THE 391 00:14:06,600 --> 00:14:09,966 IMPORTANCE OF GETTING THE 392 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:11,833 VACCINE AND IF THEY'RE CONCERNED 393 00:14:09,966 --> 00:14:15,200 ABOUT IT AND IF THEY'RE 394 00:14:11,833 --> 00:14:17,300 CONCERNED IF THEY'RE NOT 395 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:17,700 DOCUMENTED WE HEARD THAT DOESN'T 396 00:14:17,300 --> 00:14:19,466 MATTER. 397 00:14:17,700 --> 00:14:20,500 NOBODY IS GOING TO ASK YOU FOR 398 00:14:19,466 --> 00:14:22,200 YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER. 399 00:14:20,500 --> 00:14:23,666 >> THAT'S I A BIG POINT. 400 00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:27,333 IF YOU ARE UNDOCUMENTED, YOU TRY 401 00:14:23,666 --> 00:14:28,633 TO BE UNDER THE RADAR THE 402 00:14:27,333 --> 00:14:30,266 MESSAGE I HAVE FOR THEM IS DON'T 403 00:14:28,633 --> 00:14:34,966 BE AFRAID. 404 00:14:30,266 --> 00:14:36,733 ASK QUESTIONS, GO TO THE HEALTH 405 00:14:34,966 --> 00:14:37,800 DEPARTMENT, GLOBAL LEX HAVE A 406 00:14:36,733 --> 00:14:39,000 LOT OF INFORMATION THERE ARE 407 00:14:37,800 --> 00:14:40,733 AGENCIES HELPING IN YOUR 408 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:41,100 LANGUAGE TO ANSWER THOSE 409 00:14:40,733 --> 00:14:42,066 QUESTIONS. 410 00:14:41,100 --> 00:14:43,566 DON'T BE AFRAID TO ASK AND IF 411 00:14:42,066 --> 00:14:45,466 YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE 412 00:14:43,566 --> 00:14:51,533 THE VACCINE, TELL YOUR FRIENDS 413 00:14:45,466 --> 00:14:56,133 TELL YOUR FAMILY AND NETWORK WE 414 00:14:51,533 --> 00:14:57,600 ARE ALL PART OF KENTUCKY IT IS A 415 00:14:56,133 --> 00:14:59,300 BEAUTIFUL PLACE WITH DIVERSITY 416 00:14:57,600 --> 00:15:00,566 AND WE NEED TO SHOW THE REST OF 417 00:14:59,300 --> 00:15:01,533 THE COMMUNITY THAT WE BELONG, WE 418 00:15:00,566 --> 00:15:07,033 ARE PART OF THIS AND WE ARE 419 00:15:01,533 --> 00:15:07,333 GOING TO COME OUT TOGETHER AS A 420 00:15:07,033 --> 00:15:08,633 UNIT. 421 00:15:07,333 --> 00:15:10,266 >> Renee: RIFN TO RADIO LEX 422 00:15:08,633 --> 00:15:11,033 BECAUSE YOU'LL GIVE THEM THE 423 00:15:10,266 --> 00:15:11,633 INFORMATION THEY NEED AND TELL 424 00:15:11,033 --> 00:15:12,966 THEM WHERE TO GO. 425 00:15:11,633 --> 00:15:14,633 >> LISTEN TO RADIO LEX. 426 00:15:12,966 --> 00:15:15,833 WE ARE YOUR COMMUNITY RADIO. 427 00:15:14,633 --> 00:15:17,566 WE WANT TO BE THE VOICE OF 428 00:15:15,833 --> 00:15:19,100 LEXINGTON AND WE HAVE 429 00:15:17,566 --> 00:15:19,466 INFORMATION IN MULTIPLE 430 00:15:19,100 --> 00:15:22,466 LANGUAGES. 431 00:15:19,466 --> 00:15:28,700 SO IF YOU WANT TO LISTEN TO THE 432 00:15:22,466 --> 00:15:31,000 GOVERNOR'S UPDATES, WE DO THAT 433 00:15:28,700 --> 00:15:33,500 IN AT LEAST 10 DIFFERENT 434 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:35,233 LANGUAGES AND THE SPANISH 435 00:15:33,500 --> 00:15:37,100 STATION 98.AT NOON YOU CAN HEAR 436 00:15:35,233 --> 00:15:39,733 A SUMMARY OF THE GOVERNOR'S 437 00:15:37,100 --> 00:15:40,466 BRIEFINGS EVERY DAY AT NOON. 438 00:15:39,733 --> 00:15:41,033 >> Renee: THAT'S WONDERFUL. 439 00:15:40,466 --> 00:15:42,600 THANK YOU. 440 00:15:41,033 --> 00:15:43,366 >> AND GO TO OUR WEBSITE. 441 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:45,166 >> Renee: I HAVE BEEN TO THE 442 00:15:43,366 --> 00:15:45,766 WEBSITE AND ALL THE 443 00:15:45,166 --> 00:15:47,233 INFORMATIONINGS THERE. 444 00:15:45,766 --> 00:15:48,133 >> YOU CAN SELECT THE LANGUAGE 445 00:15:47,233 --> 00:15:49,266 AND EVERYTHING. 446 00:15:48,133 --> 00:15:51,166 TRY TO BE DIVERSE. 447 00:15:49,266 --> 00:15:53,966 YOU CANNOT THINK ABOUT DIVERSITY 448 00:15:51,166 --> 00:15:54,766 IN JUST ONE LANGUAGE. 449 00:15:53,966 --> 00:15:55,533 >> Renee: THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU 450 00:15:54,766 --> 00:15:57,500 ARE DOING FOR OUR COMMUNITY HERE 451 00:15:55,533 --> 00:15:58,600 IN LEXINGTON AND EVEN I KNOW IT 452 00:15:57,500 --> 00:15:59,900 REACHES BEYOND SO THANK YOU FOR 453 00:15:58,600 --> 00:16:00,866 ALL GREAT WORK. 454 00:15:59,900 --> 00:16:03,066 >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. 455 00:16:00,866 --> 00:16:04,666 >> STAY WITH US AS WE TALK MORE 456 00:16:03,066 --> 00:16:05,966 ABOUT VACCINE HESITANCY, 457 00:16:04,666 --> 00:16:08,033 PARTICULARLY THOUGH IN THE 458 00:16:05,966 --> 00:16:09,800 AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY. 459 00:16:08,033 --> 00:16:11,033 VIVIAN LASLEY-BIBBS CHAIRS THE 460 00:16:09,800 --> 00:16:15,666 FOUNDATION FOR HEALTHY KENTUCKY 461 00:16:11,033 --> 00:16:18,100 JOINS US NEXT. 462 00:16:15,666 --> 00:16:18,533 JOINING US NOW IS VIVIAN 463 00:16:18,100 --> 00:16:19,300 LASLEY-BIBBS. 464 00:16:18,533 --> 00:16:19,966 SHE HAS BEEN ON THIS PROGRAM 465 00:16:19,300 --> 00:16:23,200 SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE. 466 00:16:19,966 --> 00:16:24,966 SHE IS A HEALTH EQUITY CHAMPION, 467 00:16:23,200 --> 00:16:27,566 REALLY ACTIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY 468 00:16:24,966 --> 00:16:29,000 TRYING TO HELP BRIDGE THE 469 00:16:27,566 --> 00:16:31,066 DISPARATE FACTS AND FIGURES WE 470 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:32,366 HAVE WHEN IT COMES TO 471 00:16:31,066 --> 00:16:33,233 COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND COVID 472 00:16:32,366 --> 00:16:35,633 IS NO EXCEPTION. 473 00:16:33,233 --> 00:16:38,600 WE HAVE BEEN HEARING ABOUT HOW 474 00:16:35,633 --> 00:16:39,800 GETTING MORE OF THE HISPANIC 475 00:16:38,600 --> 00:16:40,900 COMMUNITY INVOLVED AND GETTING 476 00:16:39,800 --> 00:16:41,966 THEIR VACCINATIONS AND WHAT THE 477 00:16:40,900 --> 00:16:43,500 HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS DOING. 478 00:16:41,966 --> 00:16:44,933 BUT AS CHAIR OF THE FOUNDATION 479 00:16:43,500 --> 00:16:46,333 FOR HEALTHY KENTUCKY BOARD, HAVE 480 00:16:44,933 --> 00:16:48,733 YOU SEVERAL HATS BUT THIS IS THE 481 00:16:46,333 --> 00:16:50,500 ONE THAT YOU ARE USING TODAY. 482 00:16:48,733 --> 00:16:53,966 YOU ARE REALLY ACTIVE IN HELPING 483 00:16:50,500 --> 00:16:54,833 TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF HEALTH 484 00:16:53,966 --> 00:16:56,266 DISPARITY WHICH YOU HAVE DONE 485 00:16:54,833 --> 00:16:58,366 FOR A LONG TIME BUT AS IT 486 00:16:56,266 --> 00:17:03,100 RELATES TO COVID. 487 00:16:58,366 --> 00:17:04,800 WHY IS IT EXAS EXACERBATED WITH 488 00:17:03,100 --> 00:17:07,900 R OR IS COVID JUST REVEALING IT. 489 00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:09,100 >> YOU YOU RIP THE BAND-AID OFF 490 00:17:07,900 --> 00:17:11,066 AND SAY I DIDN'T REALIZE WHAT 491 00:17:09,100 --> 00:17:12,933 WAS UNDER THERE AND WHAT HAD 492 00:17:11,066 --> 00:17:16,766 BEEN FESTERING AND I LIKE TO 493 00:17:12,933 --> 00:17:18,133 DESCRIBE IT AS AN ONION WE 494 00:17:16,766 --> 00:17:21,100 STARTED PEELING BACK THE LAYIERS 495 00:17:18,133 --> 00:17:22,833 AND FOUND OUT THAT COVID SHOWED 496 00:17:21,100 --> 00:17:24,033 NOT ONLY ARE WE HAVING THE 497 00:17:22,833 --> 00:17:29,166 HEALTH DISPARITIES BUT WITH 498 00:17:24,033 --> 00:17:30,700 COVID ON TOP OF THAT AND THE 499 00:17:29,166 --> 00:17:32,533 IMPLICATIONS THAT COVID IMPOSED 500 00:17:30,700 --> 00:17:33,966 ON US STAYING AT HOME, THE 501 00:17:32,533 --> 00:17:35,833 CHILDREN STAYING AT HOME, US NOT 502 00:17:33,966 --> 00:17:37,033 WORKING, ALL OF THOSE THINGS 503 00:17:35,833 --> 00:17:38,666 WERE FAMILY FIED IN COMMUNITIES 504 00:17:37,033 --> 00:17:41,400 OF COLOR, RIGHT. 505 00:17:38,666 --> 00:17:45,100 SO YOU THINK ABOUT THOSE 506 00:17:41,400 --> 00:17:46,666 SYSTEMIC AND INSTITUTIONAL 507 00:17:45,100 --> 00:17:48,733 BARRIERS THAT HAVE ALWAYS BEEN 508 00:17:46,666 --> 00:17:51,300 THERE WERE EXACERBATED BY COVID 509 00:17:48,733 --> 00:17:52,400 I'M GLAD TO SAY THAT THE 510 00:17:51,300 --> 00:17:54,366 FOUNDATION WITH HEALTH EQUITY AS 511 00:17:52,400 --> 00:17:58,633 PART OF OUR MISSION STATEMENT, 512 00:17:54,366 --> 00:17:59,966 WE'VE REALLY BEEN VIGILANT ABOUT 513 00:17:58,633 --> 00:18:01,866 FINDING OUT HOW WE CAN ADDRESS 514 00:17:59,966 --> 00:18:03,933 SOME OF THE CONSCIOUS IN OUR 515 00:18:01,866 --> 00:18:06,433 COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND THE 516 00:18:03,933 --> 00:18:07,633 GOOD NEWS IS AS THE CASES HAVE 517 00:18:06,433 --> 00:18:08,833 STARTED TO DECLINE, THE 518 00:18:07,633 --> 00:18:10,700 DISPARITY BETWEEN THE CASES AND 519 00:18:08,833 --> 00:18:11,333 THE REPRESENTATION OF 520 00:18:10,700 --> 00:18:13,300 AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN THE 521 00:18:11,333 --> 00:18:15,700 COMMUNITY ARE ALMOST ALIGNED. 522 00:18:13,300 --> 00:18:17,666 THAT WE ARE STARTING TO MAKE 523 00:18:15,700 --> 00:18:18,366 MORE SENSE WHEN IT COMES TO 524 00:18:17,666 --> 00:18:19,633 THAT. 525 00:18:18,366 --> 00:18:21,366 LET'S TALK ABOUT FOR THE 526 00:18:19,633 --> 00:18:24,666 PURPOSES OF THIS SHOW. 527 00:18:21,366 --> 00:18:25,633 WHAT IS THE HESITANCY OF 528 00:18:24,666 --> 00:18:26,600 VACCINATIONS IN THE 529 00:18:25,633 --> 00:18:31,633 AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY? 530 00:18:26,600 --> 00:18:32,000 IS THAT STILL ABISSUE AT THAT 531 00:18:31,633 --> 00:18:32,966 POINT. 532 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:35,466 >> IT MAY HAVE BEEN AN ISSUE 533 00:18:32,966 --> 00:18:40,800 EARLY ON BUT AS MORE 534 00:18:35,466 --> 00:18:41,666 CONVERSATIONS ARE HELD, MORE 535 00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:45,700 INFORMATION FACTUAL INFORMATION 536 00:18:41,666 --> 00:18:48,200 TO GET OUT, THE MYTHS AND AND 537 00:18:45,700 --> 00:18:49,433 MISCONCEPTIONS BEING DEBUNKED, 538 00:18:48,200 --> 00:18:51,066 THE VACCINE HESITANCY IN 539 00:18:49,433 --> 00:18:52,500 COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, TO ME WAS 540 00:18:51,066 --> 00:18:56,300 NEVER THE DRIVER. 541 00:18:52,500 --> 00:18:59,566 TO ME IT WAS THE SYSTEMIC 542 00:18:56,300 --> 00:19:03,133 THINGS, THE RACISM OF THE 543 00:18:59,566 --> 00:19:04,266 HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, ACCESS TO THE 544 00:19:03,133 --> 00:19:06,400 VIRUS ITSELF TRANSPORTATION 545 00:19:04,266 --> 00:19:09,333 ISSUES TO GET TO A SITE TO GET 546 00:19:06,400 --> 00:19:11,366 THE VACCINE OR TO GET TESTED. 547 00:19:09,333 --> 00:19:12,300 >> Renee: OR EVEN TO SIGN UP. 548 00:19:11,366 --> 00:19:16,000 >> THERE YOU GO. 549 00:19:12,300 --> 00:19:18,500 WE HAVE SOME LITERACY ISSUES 550 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:21,000 THERE RELATING TO COMPUTER 551 00:19:18,500 --> 00:19:21,366 ACCESS, USE, BROOND AND 552 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:22,766 INTERNET. 553 00:19:21,366 --> 00:19:24,500 I CAN TELL YOU IT'S NOT CHEAP 554 00:19:22,766 --> 00:19:26,466 AND NOT EVERY HOME HAS THAT AND 555 00:19:24,500 --> 00:19:27,866 WE SEEM TO THINK THAT EVERYBODY 556 00:19:26,466 --> 00:19:29,533 HAS A CELL PHONE. 557 00:19:27,866 --> 00:19:31,366 EVERYBODY HAS A COMPUTER 558 00:19:29,533 --> 00:19:33,333 EVERYBODY HAS AN iPAD. 559 00:19:31,366 --> 00:19:36,933 THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY TRUE IN 560 00:19:33,333 --> 00:19:37,333 SOME OF OUR REALLY IMPOVERISHED 561 00:19:36,933 --> 00:19:38,566 COMMUNITIES. 562 00:19:37,333 --> 00:19:40,166 ACCESS AND TRANSPORTATION WERE 563 00:19:38,566 --> 00:19:44,600 SOME OF THE KEY FACTORS THAT WAS 564 00:19:40,166 --> 00:19:44,966 BEING HIDDEN UNDER THE VACCINE 565 00:19:44,600 --> 00:19:46,233 HESITANCY. 566 00:19:44,966 --> 00:19:52,000 YOU DON'T HAVE TO ADDRESS SOME 567 00:19:46,233 --> 00:19:56,233 OF THE OTHER ISSUES IF YOU SAY 568 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:57,666 VACCINE HESITANCY. 569 00:19:56,233 --> 00:20:00,300 >> Renee: THAT IT IS JUST ALMOST 570 00:19:57,666 --> 00:20:02,700 LIKE AN EXCUSE. 571 00:20:00,300 --> 00:20:04,966 OR A RELIGIOUS OBJECTION OR YOU 572 00:20:02,700 --> 00:20:06,733 KNOW, THE HISTORY THAT 573 00:20:04,966 --> 00:20:08,800 AFRICAN-AMERICANS HAVE HAD WITH 574 00:20:06,733 --> 00:20:11,733 THE TUSKEGEE EXPERIMENT. 575 00:20:08,800 --> 00:20:14,366 WE HER ABOUT THAT AND A LOT OF 576 00:20:11,733 --> 00:20:15,766 THE AFRICAN-AMERICANS CHURCH 577 00:20:14,366 --> 00:20:18,066 HAVE BEEN PROACTIVE AND INVOLVED 578 00:20:15,766 --> 00:20:22,100 FROM TESTING TO VACCINATION MY 579 00:20:18,066 --> 00:20:23,633 OWN CHURCH, WHICH I'M A MEMBER 580 00:20:22,100 --> 00:20:24,933 OF THERE WAS A CLINIC HELD WITH 581 00:20:23,633 --> 00:20:26,933 THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY. 582 00:20:24,933 --> 00:20:28,766 WE AWE THOSE PARTNERSHIPS AND DO 583 00:20:26,933 --> 00:20:31,033 YOU THINK THAT HELPED WHEN YOU 584 00:20:28,766 --> 00:20:34,466 HAD LOCAL MINISTERS AND CLERGY 585 00:20:31,033 --> 00:20:37,800 AND EVEN PEW BUDDIES, IF PEOPLE 586 00:20:34,466 --> 00:20:39,800 WHO WERE GOING TO CHURCH GETTING 587 00:20:37,800 --> 00:20:42,833 THEIR VACCINATIONS. 588 00:20:39,800 --> 00:20:44,166 >> WHO DO WE LOOK TO FOR OUR 589 00:20:42,833 --> 00:20:47,533 ADVICE AND INFORMATION BECAUSE 590 00:20:44,166 --> 00:20:48,800 WE KNOW IF THE PASTOR SAYS IT, 591 00:20:47,533 --> 00:20:50,833 WE'RE GOING TO DO IT. 592 00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:52,033 IT'S DONE, RIGHT. 593 00:20:50,833 --> 00:20:52,566 >> 594 00:20:52,033 --> 00:20:54,166 >> Renee: RIGHT. 595 00:20:52,566 --> 00:20:54,500 >> IT WAS BENEFICIAL, IT WAS 596 00:20:54,166 --> 00:20:56,033 HELPFUL. 597 00:20:54,500 --> 00:20:58,333 THE THING I'M GLAD TO SEE IS 598 00:20:56,033 --> 00:21:00,800 THAT IT DIDN'T STOP THERE 599 00:20:58,333 --> 00:21:01,666 BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE RELY ON THE 600 00:21:00,800 --> 00:21:03,733 FAITH-BASED COMMUNITY TO DO 601 00:21:01,666 --> 00:21:05,266 EVERYTHING FOR COMMUNITIES OF 602 00:21:03,733 --> 00:21:05,766 COLOR AND I'M GLAD THAT WAS JUST 603 00:21:05,266 --> 00:21:07,900 ONE PIECE. 604 00:21:05,766 --> 00:21:11,900 NOW WE HAVE OTHER FOLKS STEPPING 605 00:21:07,900 --> 00:21:13,666 UP TO THE PLACE WE HAVE THE 606 00:21:11,900 --> 00:21:15,100 URBAN LEAGUE AND NAACP. 607 00:21:13,666 --> 00:21:16,833 SORORITIES AND FRATERNITIES, 608 00:21:15,100 --> 00:21:21,400 WE'VE GOT THE LINKS, WE'VE GOT 609 00:21:16,833 --> 00:21:23,166 OTHER PEOPLE LIKE WHAT CAN WE DO 610 00:21:21,400 --> 00:21:23,533 TO HELP, WHAT CAN WE DO TO BE 611 00:21:23,166 --> 00:21:24,700 INVOLVED? 612 00:21:23,533 --> 00:21:26,000 THAT'S WHAT I'M GLAD TO SEE 613 00:21:24,700 --> 00:21:27,400 BECAUSE EARLY ON WHEN I STARTED 614 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:28,133 TALKING ABOUT HEALTH 615 00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:29,600 DISPARITIES, EVERYBODY WENT TO 616 00:21:28,133 --> 00:21:31,766 THE CHURCH. 617 00:21:29,600 --> 00:21:33,400 IF WE JUST GET THE FAITH-BASED 618 00:21:31,766 --> 00:21:34,400 COMMUNITY, ALL OF THE 619 00:21:33,400 --> 00:21:35,200 DISPARITIES THEY'LL ADDRESS 620 00:21:34,400 --> 00:21:35,800 THOSE AND EVERYTHING IS GOING TO 621 00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:38,100 BE GOOD. 622 00:21:35,800 --> 00:21:39,633 >> Renee: I REMEMBER THAT. 623 00:21:38,100 --> 00:21:40,333 >> EVERYBODY WENT TO THE 624 00:21:39,633 --> 00:21:42,033 FAITH-BASED COMMUNITY. 625 00:21:40,333 --> 00:21:44,566 LET'S GO TO THE BLACK CHURCH, 626 00:21:42,033 --> 00:21:45,533 LET'S GO TO THE BROWN CHURCHES. 627 00:21:44,566 --> 00:21:47,800 >> Renee: AND THERE ARE A LOT OF 628 00:21:45,533 --> 00:21:48,133 PEOPLE WHO DON'T GO TO THOSE 629 00:21:47,800 --> 00:21:49,433 CHURCH. 630 00:21:48,133 --> 00:21:50,100 YOU ARE LEAVING OUT A BIG 631 00:21:49,433 --> 00:21:51,200 PORTION OF THE POPULATION. 632 00:21:50,100 --> 00:21:52,500 >> ABSOLUTELY. 633 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:55,566 >> Renee: SO WITH ALL THE NEWS 634 00:21:52,500 --> 00:21:57,366 AT THE TIME WE RECORD RECORDED 635 00:21:55,566 --> 00:21:58,066 THIS, A FEW DAYS AFTER THE 636 00:21:57,366 --> 00:21:59,933 JOHNSON & JOHNSON ISSUE WHERE 637 00:21:58,066 --> 00:22:01,166 THEY HAD PULLED THAT, PUT A 638 00:21:59,933 --> 00:22:03,700 PAUSE ON IT TEMPORARILY. 639 00:22:01,166 --> 00:22:06,000 DO YOU THINK THAT THAT WILL 640 00:22:03,700 --> 00:22:06,766 WORSEN, WE'LL CALL IT VACCINE 641 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:07,833 HESITANCY FOR PEOPLE? 642 00:22:06,766 --> 00:22:10,033 WHO ARE DO YOU THINK THAT THERE 643 00:22:07,833 --> 00:22:10,900 ARE OTHER CHOICES, TWO OTHER 644 00:22:10,033 --> 00:22:11,433 CHOICES. 645 00:22:10,900 --> 00:22:12,766 >> EXACTLY. 646 00:22:11,433 --> 00:22:13,100 I'M GLAD WE HAVE THE OTHER 647 00:22:12,766 --> 00:22:15,600 CHOICES. 648 00:22:13,100 --> 00:22:17,000 THE ONE THING I REALLY WANTED, 649 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:19,733 THAT PEOPLE ASKED ME, TO 650 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:22,466 REMEMBER THAT THIS WAS A VERY 651 00:22:19,733 --> 00:22:24,433 RARE EVENT. 652 00:22:22,466 --> 00:22:29,133 THE CHANCES OF SIX PEOPLE OUT OF 653 00:22:24,433 --> 00:22:30,966 SEVEN MILLION PEOPLE ONE DEATH, 654 00:22:29,133 --> 00:22:32,166 TO ME YOU HAVE MORE SIDE EFFECTS 655 00:22:30,966 --> 00:22:33,366 BAKING A PRECIPITATION THAT YOUR 656 00:22:32,166 --> 00:22:35,566 DOCTOR WOULD GIVE YOU FOR 657 00:22:33,366 --> 00:22:36,433 SOMETHING LIKE DIABETES OR, YOU 658 00:22:35,566 --> 00:22:38,166 KNOW, THERE ARE OTHER THINGS 659 00:22:36,433 --> 00:22:40,233 THAT NEED TO BE CONSIDERED BUT 660 00:22:38,166 --> 00:22:42,000 WE HEARD THAT AND THE MEDIA 661 00:22:40,233 --> 00:22:44,066 FLASHED THAT AND WE WERE LOOKING 662 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:46,466 FOR THAT OUT, WE WERE LOOKING 663 00:22:44,066 --> 00:22:47,766 FOR, THERE IT IS, I KNEW IT. 664 00:22:46,466 --> 00:22:50,600 I WAS JUST WAITING ON IT. 665 00:22:47,766 --> 00:22:52,800 I KNEW IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN, I 666 00:22:50,600 --> 00:22:54,533 DO THINK PEOPLE AS WE SIGHT IT 667 00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:55,833 COME BACK BY THE END OF THE WEEK 668 00:22:54,533 --> 00:22:58,600 I THINK THEY'RE SAYING IT WILL 669 00:22:55,833 --> 00:22:59,700 BE BACK USING J & J I THINK 670 00:22:58,600 --> 00:23:03,666 PEOPLE ARE STILL GOING TO BE 671 00:22:59,700 --> 00:23:04,733 OPEN TO RECEIVING THAT ONE DOSE. 672 00:23:03,666 --> 00:23:06,700 >> Renee: ONE AND DONE. 673 00:23:04,733 --> 00:23:09,866 I STILL THAT IS GOING TO BE BEST 674 00:23:06,700 --> 00:23:10,966 FOR CERTAIN POPULATIONS I DO 675 00:23:09,866 --> 00:23:14,133 THINK PEOPLE ARE GLAD THAT THEY 676 00:23:10,966 --> 00:23:15,766 HAVE THE CHOICE OF MODERNA OR 677 00:23:14,133 --> 00:23:19,933 PFIZER CURRENTLY. 678 00:23:15,766 --> 00:23:22,100 I THINK PEOPLE I'M GLAD I HAVE A 679 00:23:19,933 --> 00:23:24,500 CHOICE WE ALL LIKE TO KNOW THAT 680 00:23:22,100 --> 00:23:26,466 BUT I DO THINK FOR OUR HOME 681 00:23:24,500 --> 00:23:28,966 BOUND, FOR THOSE THAT CAN'T GET 682 00:23:26,466 --> 00:23:31,133 OUT, THE J & J IS LOGISTICALLY 683 00:23:28,966 --> 00:23:31,866 THE VACCINE THAT SHOULD BE USED. 684 00:23:31,133 --> 00:23:32,800 >> Renee: SOME OF THE OTHER 685 00:23:31,866 --> 00:23:34,966 THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT, 686 00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:38,566 TRANSPORTATION ISSUES, ALL OF 687 00:23:34,966 --> 00:23:40,200 THAT, THAT WOULD HELP ALLEVIATE 688 00:23:38,566 --> 00:23:41,833 THAT AND THEY WERE STILL TRYING 689 00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:44,900 TO PROOF THERE WAS A DIRECT 690 00:23:41,833 --> 00:23:48,500 CORRELATION WITH THE WOMEN IT IS 691 00:23:44,900 --> 00:23:50,666 INTERESTING IT WAS WOMEN. 692 00:23:48,500 --> 00:23:51,033 SO THERE ARE STILL SOME 693 00:23:50,666 --> 00:23:52,966 QUESTIONS. 694 00:23:51,033 --> 00:23:55,033 WE DON'T KNOW ALL THE ANSWERS. 695 00:23:52,966 --> 00:23:56,833 I TOOK MY VACCINE. 696 00:23:55,033 --> 00:23:58,866 I STEPPED OUT ON FAITH AND SAID 697 00:23:56,833 --> 00:24:00,366 I'M GOING TO DO THIS FOR ME AND 698 00:23:58,866 --> 00:24:03,733 MY COMMUNITY, FOR MY FAMILY. 699 00:24:00,366 --> 00:24:05,900 I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LONG-TERM 700 00:24:03,733 --> 00:24:07,666 EFFECTS, IF ANY, WILL BE BUT I 701 00:24:05,900 --> 00:24:10,166 KNEW WHAT I HAD TO DO. 702 00:24:07,666 --> 00:24:10,966 FOR ME AND MY FAMILY. 703 00:24:10,166 --> 00:24:11,600 >> Renee: AND YOUR COMMUNITY, 704 00:24:10,966 --> 00:24:13,000 TOO, RIGHT? 705 00:24:11,600 --> 00:24:15,933 >> THAT'S RIGHT. 706 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:18,233 >> SO AS WE LOOK AHEAD AND WE 707 00:24:15,933 --> 00:24:20,966 HAVE HEARD THAT, WELL YOU MAY 708 00:24:18,233 --> 00:24:23,566 HAVE TO TAKE A BOOSTER IN THE 709 00:24:20,966 --> 00:24:26,100 FALL OR WHENEVER AFTER A PERIOD 710 00:24:23,566 --> 00:24:27,600 OF SO MANY MONTHS JUST LIKE YOU 711 00:24:26,100 --> 00:24:31,433 WOULD A FLU VACCINE. 712 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:33,333 IT MAY BECOME AN ANNUAL THING 713 00:24:31,433 --> 00:24:36,000 WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT PEOPLE WHO 714 00:24:33,333 --> 00:24:37,333 THOUGHT, I COULD GET THE J & J 715 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:38,633 THOUGHT AND I WAS GOOD FOR THE 716 00:24:37,333 --> 00:24:40,066 REST OF MY LIFE, HELP US 717 00:24:38,633 --> 00:24:41,700 UNDERSTAND THAT THIS MAY BE 718 00:24:40,066 --> 00:24:44,766 SOMETHING RECURRING AND IT IS 719 00:24:41,700 --> 00:24:46,366 NOT TO BE FEARED. 720 00:24:44,766 --> 00:24:47,566 >> YOU KNOW, I THINK ABOUT THE 721 00:24:46,366 --> 00:24:47,900 SAME THING YOU SAID WITH THE FLU 722 00:24:47,566 --> 00:24:48,566 VACCINE. 723 00:24:47,900 --> 00:24:49,533 THAT'S SOMETHING I DO. 724 00:24:48,566 --> 00:24:52,100 I DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT. 725 00:24:49,533 --> 00:24:53,733 I DO IT EVERY YEAR. 726 00:24:52,100 --> 00:24:58,933 AS WE MOVE THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC 727 00:24:53,733 --> 00:25:01,600 AND WE LOOK AT VACCINE 728 00:24:58,933 --> 00:25:04,700 DEVELOPMENT I THINK WE ARE GOING 729 00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:05,866 TO SEE, I'M HOPING THAT BECOMES 730 00:25:04,700 --> 00:25:09,033 JUST AS NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT IT 731 00:25:05,866 --> 00:25:10,666 AS YOU DO THE FLU SHOT, IT 732 00:25:09,033 --> 00:25:12,533 BECOMES NORMALIZED. 733 00:25:10,666 --> 00:25:15,700 JUST SOMETHING WE DO I'M NOT 734 00:25:12,533 --> 00:25:16,900 SAYING THAT THERE WON'T BE PREP 735 00:25:15,700 --> 00:25:18,633 DAYS BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T GET 736 00:25:16,900 --> 00:25:20,366 THE FLU SHOT. 737 00:25:18,633 --> 00:25:23,866 OUR FLU NUMBERS ARE STILL NOT 738 00:25:20,366 --> 00:25:26,166 THE BEST BUT WHAT I HOPE PEOPLE 739 00:25:23,866 --> 00:25:27,366 WILL REMEMBER IS THAT IF THIS 740 00:25:26,166 --> 00:25:33,066 BECOMES SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE 741 00:25:27,366 --> 00:25:37,833 TO DO LONG-TERM STILL REMEMBER 742 00:25:33,066 --> 00:25:39,466 WHAT WAS LOST REMEMBER WHAT WAS 743 00:25:37,833 --> 00:25:44,533 LOST AS WE WENT THROUGH THIS 744 00:25:39,466 --> 00:25:45,566 PANDEMIC AND IF THAT'S GOING TO 745 00:25:44,533 --> 00:25:46,366 SAVE LIVES, THATth WHAT WE 746 00:25:45,566 --> 00:25:47,666 HAVE TO DO. 747 00:25:46,366 --> 00:25:48,066 WHERE IS THE EMPATHY AND 748 00:25:47,666 --> 00:25:49,633 COMPASSION? 749 00:25:48,066 --> 00:25:50,466 WE HAVE LOST THAT SO I STILL 750 00:25:49,633 --> 00:25:52,766 THINK ABOUT, THIS IS WHAT WE 751 00:25:50,466 --> 00:25:54,200 NEED TO DO TO PROTECT OUR 752 00:25:52,766 --> 00:25:55,500 FAMILIES, OUR COMMUNITIES, OUR 753 00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:58,800 CO-WORKERS, YOU KNOW, WE COULD 754 00:25:55,500 --> 00:26:00,300 GO ON AND ON $AND WE THINK ABOUT 755 00:25:58,800 --> 00:26:02,533 THE VAIR VARIANTS AND YOU KNOW 756 00:26:00,300 --> 00:26:04,200 BETTER THAN I, HOW VIRUSES WANT 757 00:26:02,533 --> 00:26:06,200 AND DESIRE TO MUTATE. 758 00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:09,100 THEY WANT TO FIND NEW PLACES TO 759 00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:10,633 HARBOR AND HARVEST AND SPREAD. 760 00:26:09,100 --> 00:26:12,366 AND SO WOULD IT BE IMPORTANT AS 761 00:26:10,633 --> 00:26:13,933 WE GO ALONG TO PROTECT OURSELVES 762 00:26:12,366 --> 00:26:16,300 AGAINST THESE EMERGING VARIANTS. 763 00:26:13,933 --> 00:26:17,933 >> ABSOLUTELY. 764 00:26:16,300 --> 00:26:21,533 YOUR OUTCOME IS MUCH MORE IF YOU 765 00:26:17,933 --> 00:26:24,700 HAVEN'T BEEN VACCINATED AND YOU 766 00:26:21,533 --> 00:26:26,866 GET A VARIANT STRAIN OR YOU HAVE 767 00:26:24,700 --> 00:26:27,966 THE VIRUS VERSUS THOSE OF US 768 00:26:26,866 --> 00:26:29,700 THAT HAVE BEEN VACCINATED. 769 00:26:27,966 --> 00:26:31,800 WE HAVE A LEVEL OF PROTECTION 770 00:26:29,700 --> 00:26:34,566 AND WOULD I RATHER HAVE THAT 771 00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:35,833 LEVEL OF PROTECTION TO DECREASE 772 00:26:34,566 --> 00:26:37,000 MY RISK OF HOSPITALIZATION AND 773 00:26:35,833 --> 00:26:40,066 DEATH THAN TO NOT. 774 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:41,266 >> AND SO AS WE GET READY TO 775 00:26:40,066 --> 00:26:43,233 CLOSE, FOR THOSE OF US WHO HAVE 776 00:26:41,266 --> 00:26:44,133 BEEN VACCINATED, I'M FULLY 777 00:26:43,233 --> 00:26:45,766 VACCINATED AS WELL. 778 00:26:44,133 --> 00:26:47,600 WE STILL NEED TO PRACTICE OUR 779 00:26:45,766 --> 00:26:48,700 MITIGATION MEASURES, CORRECTED? 780 00:26:47,600 --> 00:26:51,633 >> YES. 781 00:26:48,700 --> 00:26:53,700 >> STILL WEAR YOUR MASK, SOCIAL 782 00:26:51,633 --> 00:26:54,000 DISTANCING, MORE THAN SIX FEET 783 00:26:53,700 --> 00:26:55,233 APART. 784 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:57,100 ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE 785 00:26:55,233 --> 00:26:59,933 IMPORTANT UNTIL WHEN. 786 00:26:57,100 --> 00:27:02,833 >> UNTIL WE REACH HERD IMMUNITY, 787 00:26:59,933 --> 00:27:05,466 UNTIL WE REACH THAT 75 TO 80% OF 788 00:27:02,833 --> 00:27:07,000 OUR POPULATION BEING PROTECTED, 789 00:27:05,466 --> 00:27:09,266 UNTIL WE REACH THAT NUMBER, 790 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:12,000 WHATEVER THAT NUMBER IS BECAUSE 791 00:27:09,266 --> 00:27:12,333 IT'S STILL A MOVING TARGET, 792 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:13,733 RIGHT? 793 00:27:12,333 --> 00:27:15,766 WE STILL NEED TO BE VIGILANT. 794 00:27:13,733 --> 00:27:17,333 WE STILL NEED TO PRACTICE THOSE 795 00:27:15,766 --> 00:27:19,200 THINGS AND I'M NOT SURE WE WILL 796 00:27:17,333 --> 00:27:21,266 EVER GO BACK TO GIVING THE 797 00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:21,533 KISSES AND HUGSES THAT WE USE 798 00:27:21,266 --> 00:27:22,366 TO. 799 00:27:21,533 --> 00:27:25,100 I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING WE 800 00:27:22,366 --> 00:27:28,466 THINK ABOUT FROM NOW ON. 801 00:27:25,100 --> 00:27:29,466 AS WE INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER. 802 00:27:28,466 --> 00:27:31,300 >> Renee: POT LUCKS,. 803 00:27:29,466 --> 00:27:32,966 >> AND THE BUFFETS AND A LOT OF 804 00:27:31,300 --> 00:27:34,900 THOSE THINGS THAT WE USED TO 805 00:27:32,966 --> 00:27:36,266 TALK FOR GRANTED OR WE USED TO 806 00:27:34,900 --> 00:27:37,200 SAY THAT THEY WILL BE AROUND 807 00:27:36,266 --> 00:27:39,600 FOREVER MAY NOT BE. 808 00:27:37,200 --> 00:27:41,466 THEY MAY NOT BE. 809 00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:42,766 >> Renee: VIVIAN GAVE ME A GREAT 810 00:27:41,466 --> 00:27:45,733 FUTURE EPISODE. 811 00:27:42,766 --> 00:27:48,866 WE TALK ABOUT THE WORLD AFTER 812 00:27:45,733 --> 00:27:50,533 COVID AND HOW PARTICULARLY IT 813 00:27:48,866 --> 00:27:51,466 EFFECTS DISPARATE COMMUNITIES. 814 00:27:50,533 --> 00:27:52,866 LOOK FOR THAT. 815 00:27:51,466 --> 00:27:54,233 SHE WILL BE ON TO TALK ABOUT IT. 816 00:27:52,866 --> 00:27:56,200 THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US FOR 817 00:27:54,233 --> 00:27:56,600 A FEW MINUTES TO GIVE US A 818 00:27:56,200 --> 00:27:58,466 PERSPECTIVE. 819 00:27:56,600 --> 00:27:59,133 I APPRECIATE ALL YOU FOR THE 820 00:27:58,466 --> 00:28:00,400 COMMUNITY AND THANK YOU. 821 00:27:59,133 --> 00:28:02,366 I APPRECIATE YOU. 822 00:28:00,400 --> 00:28:03,566 AND THANK YOU FOR WATCHING THIS 823 00:28:02,366 --> 00:28:05,200 EDITION OF CONNECTIONS WITH WE 824 00:28:03,566 --> 00:28:10,100 TALKED ABOUT VACCINE HESITANCY 825 00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:12,933 AND HOW THIS DISEASE HAS EFFECT 826 00:28:10,100 --> 00:28:14,166 AFFECTED THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN 827 00:28:12,933 --> 00:28:16,333 AND HISPANIC COMMUNITIES. 828 00:28:14,166 --> 00:28:17,200 THERE IS A LOT OUT THERE FOR YOU 829 00:28:16,333 --> 00:28:18,400 TO UNDERSTAND. 830 00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:18,766 THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR 831 00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:19,700 WATCHING. 832 00:28:18,766 --> 00:28:21,566 TAKE REALLY GOOD CARE.