Maryland launches pre-registration system for COVID-19 mass vaccination sites
TONIGHT WE ARE LOOKING BACK AT “THE PANDEMIC: ONE YEAR A JOURNEY FROM PAIN TO PROMISE.” ( {STAN/CHANGE} STAN: NEARLY ONE YEAR TO THE DAY, WHEN THE STATE WENT IN LOCK-DOWN AND QUARANTINE THERE IS A MASSIVE EFFORT TO VACCINATE MARYLANDERS, AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. BUT THAT EFFORT HAS BEEN FAR FROM PERFECT. THE NUMBER ONE THING YOU HEAR FROM OFFICIALS ACROSS THE COUNTRY THESE DAYS GET VACCINATED WHEN IT’S YOUR TURN. IT’S SOMETHING LEADERS IN MARYLAND LIKE GOVERNOR HOGAN HAVE SAID OVER AND OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS. AS OF TONIGHT, JUST ABOUT 11-PERCENT OF THE STATE’S POPULATION IS “FULLY-VACCINATED”. BE THAT’S MORE THAN 656,000. IN ALL, THE MARYLAND HAS ADMINISTERED MORE THAN SOMEBODY .7 MILLION VACCINE SHOTS. BUT ONE OF THE BIG THINGS MANY IN THE STATE ARE CONCERNED WITH TONIGHT, THE EQUITY OF WHO THOSE VACCINES ARE GOING TO. AS OF TODAY, MORE THAN 60-PERCENT OF THOSE SHOTS HAVE GONE TO WHITE MARYLANDERS. THE NEXT CLOSEST POPULATION AFRICAN AMERICANS WITH MORE THAN 16-PERCENT. ANOTHER RACE DECIMATED BY CORONAVIRUS IN BALTIMORE THE HISPANIC POPULATION. AND NO ONE KNOWS THIS MORE THAN BISHOP BRUCE LEWANDOSKI HE IS BASED AT THE SACRED HEART CHURCH IN SOUTHEAST BALTIMORE. I TEAM LEAD INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER JAYNE MILLER TALKED TO THE BISHOP ABOUT THE HISPANIC LIVES LOST HOW THE CHURCH HAS PLAYED A VITAL ROLE IN FEEDING AND TREATING THE COMMUNITY DURING THE PANDEMIC AND THE FAITH THAT’S GOTTEN THEM THROUGH. YOU HUNKER DOWN AND WORK. AND YOU TRY GET DONE WHAT YOU NEED GET DONE. I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE BEEN DOING THAT NOW FOR 10-11 MONTHS AND NOW THERE HAS BEEN A SHIFT TOWARD VACCINE WE SLOWED DOWN OUR PACE IS DIFFERENT. THE FUTURE IS LOOK DIFFERENT FOR US AND I THINK NOW AT POINT WHEN PEOPLE ARE COMING BACK TO CHURCH, WE ARE REALIZING WHO IS NOT COMING BACK. AND THAT IS PAINFUL AND SAD AND THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF PAIN AND SADNESS AND I THINK ONLY NOW BECAUSE A LOT OF US ARE STARTING TO MAKE ABOUT IT BASS THE PACE SHIFTED. WE WERE ABLE TO FOCUS, FOOD, TESTING, NOW VACCINE, YOU KNOW, ADVOCACY, BEING OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY CONNECTING WITH PEOPLE MAKING SURE EVERYBODY IS OK AND GET THAT KNEAD. THAT IS A LOT OF WORK. TAKE ITS A LOT OF EFFORT BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS MAINTAINING THE RELATIONSHIPS KEEPING THE NETWORK OPEN FOR THE GOOD AND BEN PUT IT OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HERN THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY THEN NOW IT HAS SHIFTED LIKE, OK, WHEN IT WAS TIME TO GRIEF, WE COULDN’T. BUT NOW, IT IS REALLY VERY REAL. AND THINK THE KEY POINT OF THAT IS PEOPLE ARE COMING BACK TO CHURCH AND YOU MAY REMEMBER WHERE PEOPLE SAT. AND…
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