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Fayetteville's mayor gets vaccine
Two coronavirus vaccine clinics took place in Fayetteville on Friday, targeting residents ages 75 and older.
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Two coronavirus vaccine clinics took place in Fayetteville on Friday, targeting residents ages 75 and older.
FORCE, HE IS FEELING FINE AND WORKING FROM HOME. >>> TWO VACCINATION CLINICS UNDERWAY IN FAYETTEVILLE. TARGETING RESIDENTS 75 YEARS AND OLDER. GILBERT BEAS IS LIVE AT ONE OF THEM, THE CROWD COMPLEX, AFTER SPEAKING WITH FAYETTEVILLE'S MAYOR WHO JUST GOT HIS FIRST DOSE THIS MORNING, GILBERT. >> Reporter: THAT IS RIGHT. I THINK YOU KNOW, MITCH IS NOT 75 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER BUT IS A FUNERAL DIRECTOR, THAT QUALIFIES HIM TO GET THE SHOT UNDER THE GOVERNOR'S FIRST PLAN. THAT IS HAPPENING OUT. ALL THE CARS AT THE CROWNE COLISEUM, THEY ARE LINED UP TO GET THEIR FIRST DOSE, THAT IS THE GOOD NEWS. THE BAD NEWS, THEY ARE NOT GIVING HIM ANY MORE SHOTS BECAUSE THEY ALLOCATED 500 DOSES THEY PLAN TO ABOUT TODAY. I MENTIONED THE MAYOR DID RECEIVE HIS SHOT THIS MORNING, PART OF 300 DOSES GIVEN OUT AT THE REHAB CENTER. THIS IS A MASSIVE UNDERTAKING, THE RESIDENT STARTED LINING UP AT THE CROWNE AT 6:00 AND STARTED GIVING OUT THE SHOTS BY 9:00 AND BY 11:00 THEY HAD ASSIGNED 500 DOSES ON TAP FOR TODAY. THE MAYOR WANTED TO PUBLICLY RECEIVE HIS SHOT FOR TWO REASONS. TO ENCOURAGE FAYETTEVILLE RESIDENTS TO TAKE THE SHOT AND SECOND, AS A BLACK MAN HE WANTED TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE OF COLOR TO TAKE THE SHOT, DESPITE THE LACK OF TRUST IN SOME VACCINES IN MEDICAL TREATMENT IN THE BLACK COMMUNITIES IN THE PAST. >> WE CANNOT DO ANYTHING TO CHANGE THAT. WHAT WE CAN DO IS START TO BUILD THE BOUNDARIES OF TRUST AGAIN. I THOUGHT THIS IS IMPORTANT, THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO VOLUNTEER, I CHECKED WITH MY PERSONAL PHYSICIAN, I WANTED TO COME OUT AND MAKE SURE I CAN SAY WITH CONVICTION THAT THIS VACCINE IS SAFE, NEEDED AND NECESSARY. >> Reporter: AT THE CROWNE YOU GET YOUR SHOT IN THE CAR AND PULL OVER TO AN AREA WHERE THEY HAVE HEALTHCARE WORKERS TO KEEP AN EYE ON YOU FOR 15 MINUTES TO MAKE SURE YOU DO NOT HAVE AN ALLERGIC REACTION TO THE VACCINE, AND THEN YOU GO HOME, IT IS THAT SIMPLE. THEY WILL DO THIS AGAIN ON TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY NEXT WAKE. JEFF, IF HE DIDN'T GET OUT HERE TO GET A SHOT THEY ENCOURAGE FOLKS 75 YEARS AND OLDER , IF YOU'RE IN THAT GROUP B, PHASE WANT TO COME OUT AND GET THE SHOT, ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE A PERSON OF COLOR.