Water News Hub
  • Home
  • Water News
  • clean water
  • quality
    • filter
  • technology
  • EAWD News & Media
  • About EAWD
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Water News
  • clean water
  • quality
    • filter
  • technology
  • EAWD News & Media
  • About EAWD
No Result
View All Result
HealthNews
No Result
View All Result
Home crisis

Vaccine Hesitation Arises In Flint Years After Water Crisis

January 13, 2021
in crisis
Vaccine Hesitation Arises In Flint Years After Water Crisis
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter


ACROSS AMERICA — Trust in the two coronavirus vaccines that have been authorized for use in the United States has varied from state to state and region to region. It’s another recent crisis that’s giving pause to residents in Flint, Michigan, where people remain skeptical in leadership some six years after an 18-month water crisis.

“When you tell us that the water is safe, but it really wasn’t, that relationship between leadership and the community is still damaged,” Todd Womack, pastor of community connections at Central Church of the Nazarene in Flint, told NBC News. “That just layers the historical trauma that has presented itself in our community.”

For more than a year beginning in 2014, Flint residents were assured by their public officials that the city’s tap water was safe, when, in fact, it had dangerously high levels of lead.

Now, they have questions on the safety of a coronavirus vaccine, according to the NBC News report. People in the city have expressed concerns over parallels they see.

Just as they are hesitant to drink the water, they are not yet ready to embrace the vaccines, the report states.

Public health officials in the state are turning to community leaders, like Rev. Dr. Sarah Bailey, an elder at Flint’s Full Gospel Baptist Church who welcomes the new vaccines, to help build up trust.

Bailey, who told NBC News she has had to reassure residents that the vaccine won’t give them the virus nor affect their DNA, said the community remains “emotionally spent” from the water crisis.

“Everybody has to make up their own mind,” she said. “It’s going to take people that they trust in the community, that they see take the vaccine themselves and see them be OK, and then they’ll say, ‘Well, if they took it, and they’re OK, maybe I should, too.'”

The Latest

At least three Democratic members of the House of Representatives have tested positive for the coronavirus nearly a week after a riotous mob of President Donald Trump supporters stormed the Capitol building during Congress’ tally of electoral votes from the 2020 presidential election.

Illinois Rep. Brad Schneider was the latest lawmaker to announce a positive test on Tuesday. Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington state and Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, of New Jersey, have also announced positive tests.

Schneider placed the blame on his GOP colleagues, many of whom, he said, were not wearing masks while at the Capitol during the Jan. 6 riot.

“Several Republican lawmakers in the room adamantly refused to wear a mask, as demonstrated in video from Punchbowl News, even when politely asked by their colleagues,” Schneider said in a statement. “Today, I am now in strict isolation, worried that I have risked my wife’s health and angry at the selfishness and arrogance of the anti-maskers who put their own contempt and disregard for decency ahead of the health and safety of their colleagues and our staff.”

The apparent outbreak on Capitol Hill comes as daily case and death…



Read more:: Vaccine Hesitation Arises In Flint Years After Water Crisis

Tags: ArisescrisisFlintHesitationVaccinewateryears
Previous Post

Hex Home is a Wi-Fi sensing home security system

Next Post

Greeley council considering future of city’s water in Terry Ranch project – Gree…

Related Posts

H2Woes: Acute Drinking Water Crisis Hits Nabarangpur And Bhadrak Villagers

H2Woes: Acute Drinking Water Crisis Hits Nabarangpur And Bhadrak Villagers

by Water News Hub
April 16, 2021
0

Nabarangpur: With the onset of scorching summer, villages in Nabarangpur and Bhadrak districts are grappling with acute drinking water...

Sunlight to solve the world’s clean water crisis

Sunlight to solve the world’s clean water crisis

by Water News Hub
April 16, 2021
0

Researchers at the University of South Australia have developed a cost-effective technique that could deliver safe drinking water to...

Epic drought means water crisis on Oregon-California border

Epic drought means water crisis on Oregon-California border

by Water News Hub
April 15, 2021
0

Hundreds of farmers who rely on a massive irrigation project that spans the Oregon-California border learned Wednesday they will...

Ask Amy: Scotch and wine might lead to a problem – The Washington Post

An ignored water crisis is at the center of the farmer protest in India – The Wa…

by Water News Hub
April 15, 2021
0

An ignored water crisis is at the center of the farmer protest in India The Washington Post Read...

Facing Dwindling Water, Middle East Looks to New Technologies

by Water News Hub
April 14, 2021
0

Water, an essential resource to sustain human life, not to mention agriculture and many other economic activities, has long...

CWSA general manager says water shortage easing – NationNews Barbados — nationne…

CWSA general manager says water shortage easing – NationNews Barbados — nationne…

by Water News Hub
April 14, 2021
0

Posted on April 13, 2021 Garth Saunders, general manager of the Central Water and Sewerage Authority in St Vincent....

Load More
Next Post
Greeley council considering future of city’s water in Terry Ranch project – Gree…

Greeley council considering future of city’s water in Terry Ranch project – Gree...

Discussion about this post

Today News Hub

UPDATE: Grizzly Creek Fire grows to 3,200 acres, evacuations still in place for …

UPDATE: Grizzly Creek Fire grows to 3,200 acres, evacuations still in place for …

8 months ago
‘Rajasthan to run 200 rural water supply systems on solar power’ – Yahoo India N…

AP Top News at 12:15 a.m. EST

3 months ago
How the 2020 election could impact antitrust regulation

How the 2020 election could impact antitrust regulation

5 months ago
Rescue crews searching water on north side of La Crosse for possible victim

Rescue crews searching water on north side of La Crosse for possible victim

1 month ago
Boil water notice in effect for Chatham Waterworks customers

Boil water notice in effect for Chatham Waterworks customers

6 months ago
The Water Crisis in Mississippi America Can’t Afford to Ignore

The Water Crisis in Mississippi America Can’t Afford to Ignore

1 month ago
Fracking ban for Delaware River basin heads to a showdown in federal court – The…

Fracking ban for Delaware River basin heads to a showdown in federal court – The…

2 months ago
NASA selects company to deliver ‘water-hunting’ robot to the moon

NASA selects company to deliver ‘water-hunting’ robot to the moon

10 months ago
“It is high time to acknowledge water pollution and its eradication as a central…

“It is high time to acknowledge water pollution and its eradication as a central…

4 weeks ago
Mississippi officials explore removal of formerly segregated water fountains

Mississippi officials explore removal of formerly segregated water fountains

9 months ago

Don't Miss

City mulls Airbnbs, water wells, skate park | News | wallowa.com – Wallowa Count…

City mulls Airbnbs, water wells, skate park | News | wallowa.com – Wallowa Count…

April 16, 2021
These foods have the biggest water scarcity footprint

These foods have the biggest water scarcity footprint

April 16, 2021
American Water to Improve Camden’s Drinking Water

American Water to Improve Camden’s Drinking Water

April 16, 2021
One Water: Water Doesn’t Fall from the Sky, It Comes from the Soil

One Water: Water Doesn’t Fall from the Sky, It Comes from the Soil

April 16, 2021
Road Closure in Broward County Following Water Line Break in Fort Lauderdale – N…

Road Closure in Broward County Following Water Line Break in Fort Lauderdale – N…

April 16, 2021
Drought Emergency: Critically low snowpack and water levels following dry winter…

Drought Emergency: Critically low snowpack and water levels following dry winter…

April 16, 2021
Report: Trace of PFAS Detected in Shelburne Water

Report: Trace of PFAS Detected in Shelburne Water

April 16, 2021

Recent News

City mulls Airbnbs, water wells, skate park | News | wallowa.com – Wallowa Count…

City mulls Airbnbs, water wells, skate park | News | wallowa.com – Wallowa Count…

April 16, 2021
These foods have the biggest water scarcity footprint

These foods have the biggest water scarcity footprint

April 16, 2021
‘Forever chemicals’ coat the outer layers of biodegradable straws

‘Forever chemicals’ coat the outer layers of biodegradable straws

April 16, 2021
American Water to Improve Camden’s Drinking Water

American Water to Improve Camden’s Drinking Water

April 16, 2021

Categories

  • clean water
  • crisis
  • cycle
  • drought
  • EAWD News & Media
  • filter
  • quality
  • supply
  • technology
  • Water News
  • About EAWD
  • Contact Us
  • Cookie Policy
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
  • DMCA

© 2020 Water News Hub Powered By Energy And Water Development Corp.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Water News
  • clean water
  • quality
    • filter
  • technology
  • EAWD News & Media
  • About EAWD

© 2020 Water News Hub Powered By Energy And Water Development Corp.

This website uses cookies. By continuing to use this website you are giving consent to cookies being used. Visit our Privacy and Cookie Policy.