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High Point church holds community clinic in renewed push to get COVID-19 vaccine

Mt Zion Baptist Church teamed up with Old North State Medical Society to vaccinate members of its community
Jackie Pascale
Anchor/Reporter
High Point church holds community clinic in renewed push to get COVID-19 vaccine

Mt Zion Baptist Church teamed up with Old North State Medical Society to vaccinate members of its community

BRINGING BACK VAST GUIDELINES, INCLUDING PARTS OF CALIFORNIA AND IVANA -- MASK GUIDELINES INCLUDING PARTS OF CALIFORNIA DAN NEVADA. THE DELTA STRAIN IS NOW THE DOMINANT STRAIN OF THE VIRUS IN NORTH CAROLINA. JUSTOU Y JUST -- JACKIE PASCALE TAKES US TAO VACCINATION CLINIC IN HIGH POINT. JACKIE: EVERY PSON EROWH GETS A VACCINE HERE TODAY BRINGSS U CLOSER TO NORMALCY AND PUTTING THE PANDEMIC BEHIND US. IT FEELS LIKE A POST-PANDEMIC PARTY HERE AT MT. ZION CHURCH IN HIGH POINT. ADMISSION IS A COVID-19 VACCINE. THE GIFT BAG INCLUDES A $25 CASH CARD AND A LESSON FROM THE OLD NORTH STATE MEDICAL SOCIETY. >>RTH STATE MEDICAL SOCIETY. WE ARE HAPPY YOU CAME IN GOT VACCINATED AND GOT INFORMATION AND EDUCATION. JACKIE: THE GROUP RUNS CLINIC ALL OVER ETH STATE AS ONE OF THE OLDEST MEDICAL SOCIETIES FOR BLACK PHYSICIANS IN THE COUNTRY. THEY HOPE THAT THEIR HISTORY WILL MAKE THEIR STHO MORE -- MAKE THE SHOT MORE ACCESSIBLE AND TRUSTWORTHY. >> WE HAVE BNEE BIG PART OF THE COMMUNITY SINCE 1887. THEY KNOW US. THEY TRUST US. >> THEY HAVE BEEN TRYINTOG FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET PEOPLE TRANSPORTED TO THE VACCINE. I HAVE ALWAYS AREDGU THAT ITS I PROBABLY MORE EFFECTIVE IF WE CAN BRING THE VACCINE TO THE PEOPLE. K --JACE:KI MT. ZION BAPTIST CHURCH IS IN A COMPUTING SIDE YOU HAVE SEEN THE IMPACTS OF COVID FIRSTHAND. >> WE HAVE A MEMBER OF OUR CHURCH IN THE HOSPITAL IN CRITICAL CONDITION. SHE WAS NO VACCITENAD. JACKIE:NE O OF THE DOCTORS HEER HAS BEEN VACCINATED PEOPLE IN GUILFORD COUNTY FOR MONTHS. HE SAID THAT THE DELTA VARIANT IS CAUSING PEOPLE TO GET VACCINES. >>CCINES. TO SEE SOMEONE WHO DID NOT TRUST THE VACCINE FINALLY TSTRU THE SCIENCE AND BECOME PROTECTED AND FINALLY GET OVER THE PANDEMIC, IT IS EAT.GR JACK:IE THE DOCTOR YOU JTUS HEARD FROM IS STATIONED DOWN THE ROAD IN EEGRNSBORO. 600 GROVE STREET TUEAYSD THROUGH SATURDAY JUST ABOUT EVERY SINGLE WEEK ADMINISTERED VACCINES. IT IS CRUCIAL TO TGE THAT SHOT. IN HIGH POINT, JACKIE PASCALE. LEE ANNE: YOU CAN FIND ALL THINGS ABOUT VACCINATION CLINICS NEAR YOU BY VISITING WXII12.
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High Point church holds community clinic in renewed push to get COVID-19 vaccine

Mt Zion Baptist Church teamed up with Old North State Medical Society to vaccinate members of its community
Jackie Pascale
Anchor/Reporter
As the delta variant becomes the dominant strain of COVID-19 in North Carolina, there's a renewed push to get a vaccine right now.A vaccination clinic in High Point is trying to reach people where they are.Organizers are calling the event "Bring Summer Back" because they say every person who gets a COVID-19 vaccine at Mt. Zion Baptist Church in High Point brings everyone a little closer to normalcy.It feels like a party inside. Admission is a COVID-19 vaccine and the prize includes a $25 cash card and a lesson from the Old North State Medical Society.The group runs vaccination clinics all over the state."We're really happy that you came, that you got vaccinated, and most importantly, you got information and you got education," said Hugh Holston, the senior project manager at the Old North State Medical Society.As one of the oldest medical societies for Black physicians in the country, the group is hoping its history, combined with the location of the clinic, will make the vaccine more accessible and trustworthy."They know we've been part of this community since 1887. They know us, they trust us. They've been coming to us for every other issue that they have. And now the issue is COVID-19 and vaccine hesitancy," Holston said.Bringing the vaccine to the people has been the main focus of Mt. Zion Baptist Church.As a safe, walkable community site, Rev. Frank Thomas says Mt. Zion Baptist Church is the perfect place for this event.One of the doctors at the event has been vaccinating people in Guilford County for months, but he says it's the delta variant that's prompting people to get the shot right now."Younger people are getting sicker. It's leading to worse hospitalizations and worse outcomes for those who aren't vaccinated," Dr. Brian Shackleford with Old North State Medical Society said.Shackleford added that studies show 99.5% of people who have died of the virus were not vaccinated. Community leaders and doctors say they'll continue to work to convince people of the vaccine's safety everywhere they go because sometimes, it works."To see someone who didn't trust the vaccine finally trust the science behind it and become protected and finally just get over this pandemic, it's great," Shackleford said.Shackleford is stationed at 600 Gorrell St. in Greensboro Tuesday through Saturday every week, administering the vaccine.
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As the delta variant becomes the dominant strain of COVID-19 in North Carolina, there's a renewed push to get a vaccine right now.

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A vaccination clinic in High Point is trying to reach people where they are.

Organizers are calling the event "Bring Summer Back" because they say every person who gets a COVID-19 vaccine at Mt. Zion Baptist Church in High Point brings everyone a little closer to normalcy.

It feels like a party inside. Admission is a COVID-19 vaccine and the prize includes a $25 cash card and a lesson from the Old North State Medical Society.

The group runs vaccination clinics all over the state.

"We're really happy that you came, that you got vaccinated, and most importantly, you got information and you got education," said Hugh Holston, the senior project manager at the Old North State Medical Society.

As one of the oldest medical societies for Black physicians in the country, the group is hoping its history, combined with the location of the clinic, will make the vaccine more accessible and trustworthy.

"They know we've been part of this community since 1887. They know us, they trust us. They've been coming to us for every other issue that they have. And now the issue is COVID-19 and vaccine hesitancy," Holston said.

Bringing the vaccine to the people has been the main focus of Mt. Zion Baptist Church.

As a safe, walkable community site, Rev. Frank Thomas says Mt. Zion Baptist Church is the perfect place for this event.

One of the doctors at the event has been vaccinating people in Guilford County for months, but he says it's the delta variant that's prompting people to get the shot right now.

"Younger people are getting sicker. It's leading to worse hospitalizations and worse outcomes for those who aren't vaccinated," Dr. Brian Shackleford with Old North State Medical Society said.

Shackleford added that studies show 99.5% of people who have died of the virus were not vaccinated.

Community leaders and doctors say they'll continue to work to convince people of the vaccine's safety everywhere they go because sometimes, it works.

"To see someone who didn't trust the vaccine finally trust the science behind it and become protected and finally just get over this pandemic, it's great," Shackleford said.

Shackleford is stationed at 600 Gorrell St. in Greensboro Tuesday through Saturday every week, administering the vaccine.