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Summit County Public Health Commissioner Donna Skoda is looking to implement new strategies to get more people vaccinated.
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Vaccination efforts such as mass vaccination sites have been ineffective in vaccinating minority populations, so Summit County Public Health is creating pop-up vaccine sites within communities.
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For two weeks starting May 3, the clinics will be spread throughout the county.
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Summit County will start administering the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine again on Saturday, May 1, 2021, now that the pause on its use has been lifted. Vaccinations with Johnson & Johnson were temporarily paused earlier this month while the U.S. Food and Drug Administration studied the possibility of blood clots as a side effect. The FDA concluded on April 23 that the benefits of the vaccine outweigh its risks and approved it for emergency use.
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Summit County Public Health says it will administer first doses of the Moderna vaccine this Friday and next Tuesday.
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Spots at the fairgrounds vaccination site rapidly fill due to demand in the area.
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Akron METRO will offer free transportation to the site which plans to operate three to four days a week, administering 5,000 doses.
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A listener asks about some information he received about injections being reserved for second doses.
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A listener asks about some information he received about injections being reserved for second doses.
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