2/ More than 75 percent of health care workers fighting the coronavirus are women — many of them Black and Latina, according to an analysis by @NWLC.https://bit.ly/385ARgl
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New: The women went first.
An analysis by The 19th shows about two-thirds of those who were the first or among the first recipients of the COVID-19 vaccine in the 39 states that had inoculated workers as of Tuesday afternoon were women.https://bit.ly/385ARgl
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3/ It’s no coincidence, then, that the first vaccine given in the United States went to Sandra Lindsay, a Black nurse at a New York hospital. It was administered by Dr. Michelle Chester, also a Black woman. It conjured a powerful message.https://twitter.com/MSNBC/status/1338492511501815809 …
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4/ Dr. Sylvia Owusu-Ansah carried the image of Lindsay with her when she became one of the first people to be vaccinated in Pennsylvania. As she sat ready to receive the vaccine, the Black mother of two thought of her biracial daughters. https://bit.ly/385ARgl pic.twitter.com/EayF0mapNM
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5/ Distrust in the institution of medicine has historical connections for the Black community, dating back most prominently to the Tuskegee syphilis study conducted from 1932 to 1972.https://bit.ly/385ARgl
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6/ Seeing women of color receiving the vaccine is an important step toward making more people feel comfortable receiving it, too. From
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7/ Non-medical hospital staff were also among the first to be vaccinated. Teresa Mata, an environment services worker who cleans rooms in the emergency department at Methodist Dallas Medical Center, was the first in Texas to receive the vaccine on Monday. https://bit.ly/385ARgl pic.twitter.com/xIUNpvvd8w
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8/ Getting to this moment symbolizes “relief and understanding that the end is closer than we thought,” Dr. Marina Del Rios, the first to be vaccinated in Illinois, said. https://bit.ly/385ARgl From
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Meet more of the women health care and hospital workers who were among the first recipients of the COVID-19 vaccine in our @TwitterMoments.https://twitter.com/i/events/1338915956685496323 …Show this thread
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Why do y’all gotta focus on just women, just say nurses...
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I think because the ‘19’ part of their name is a reference to the 19th amendment which guarantees women the right to vote? Their bio is also specific to sharing gender-related news. I could be mistaken but I thought that was the point of their name.
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