Efforts ramp up to vaccinate people of color against COVID-19 in Wisconsin
DAVID WAHLBERG
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Chris Mullen, center, and Dr. Tim Docter, of the Benevolent Specialists Project Free Clinic, check in Mee Xiong before she gets a COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday at Bayview apartments in Downtown Madison. The BSP Free Clinic, one of 100 organizations around the state that have received state grants to boost immunization among racial and ethnic minorities, has been going to community settings to provide shots.
Dr. Lou Bernhardt, a retired surgeon who volunteers with the Benevolent Specialists Project Free Clinic, gives a COVID-19 shot Wednesday to Mao Lor at Bayview apartments in Downtown Madison.
Syringes of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine are prepared for residents of Bayview apartments Wednesday. The Benevolent Specialists Project Free Clinic has provided about 1,000 doses of the vaccine, including through its mobile vaccination clinic.
Dr. Lou Bernhardt gives a COVID-19 shot to Chue Thao Wednesday at the Bayview apartments in Downtown Madison, where more than half of residents are Hmong or Southeast Asian. Statewide and in Dane County, vaccination rates are lower for Asians than for whites.
Syringes of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine are prepared for residents of Bayview apartments Wednesday. The Benevolent Specialists Project Free Clinic has provided about 1,000 doses of the vaccine, including through its mobile vaccination clinic.
Dr. Lou Bernhardt, a retired surgeon who volunteers with the Benevolent Specialists Project Free Clinic, gives a COVID-19 shot Wednesday to Mao Lor at Bayview apartments in Downtown Madison.
Dr. Lou Bernhardt gives a COVID-19 shot to Chue Thao Wednesday at the Bayview apartments in Downtown Madison, where more than half of residents are Hmong or Southeast Asian. Statewide and in Dane County, vaccination rates are lower for Asians than for whites.
Chris Mullen, center, and Dr. Tim Docter, of the Benevolent Specialists Project Free Clinic, check in Mee Xiong before she gets a COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday at Bayview apartments in Downtown Madison. The BSP Free Clinic, one of 100 organizations around the state that have received state grants to boost immunization among racial and ethnic minorities, has been going to community settings to provide shots.
