Marcus C. Griffith, MD, discusses addressing vaccine hesitancy among historically marginalized racial and ethnic groups in a special feature episode of the Permanente Medicine Podcast with Chris Grant.
The Permanente Federation executive vice president says COVID-19 vaccines are effective and underscores the urgency of boosting vaccination rates to more than 60% across the U.S. and world.
The Permanente Medical Group associate executive director says vaccination rates are above 96% for all Kaiser Permanente employees and 98% for Permanente physicians in California.
Kaiser Permanente’s national infectious disease leader says that COVID-19 cases have doubled across the organization’s 36 California hospitals to more than 400 in the past 3 weeks.
As vaccines bring hope to end the pandemic, Kaiser Permanente’s toolkit offers approaches to enhance equitable vaccine administration for communities hit hardest by COVID-19.
Paul Thottingal, MD, national infectious disease leader at Kaiser Permanente, shares 5 ways to talk to patients about getting vaccinated when it’s their turn.
American medicine has a history of failing African Americans, notably the Tuskegee experiment and case of Henrietta Lacks; physicians must understand black mistrust to help turn COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy into vaccine confidence.