{"id":1636447,"date":"2022-09-08T15:20:40","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T19:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1636447"},"modified":"2022-09-08T15:22:00","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T19:22:00","slug":"white-house-launches-program-to-address-so-called-racial-disparity-in-monkeypox-vaccine-distribution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-launches-program-to-address-so-called-racial-disparity-in-monkeypox-vaccine-distribution\/","title":{"rendered":"White House launches program to address so-called \u2018racial disparity\u2019 in Monkeypox vaccine distribution"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-house-launches-program-to-address-so-called-racial-disparity-in-monkeypox-vaccine-distribution%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1636447&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2746683\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2746683\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2746683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/AP22250719179584-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, right, White House Monkeypox response deputy coordinator, speaks alongside Bob Fenton, White House Monkeypox response coordinator, during a press briefing at the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Patrick Semansky)\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2746683\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, right, White House Monkeypox response deputy coordinator, speaks alongside Bob Fenton, White House Monkeypox response coordinator, during a press briefing at the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Patrick Semansky)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 12:15 PM PT \u2013 Thursday, September 8, 2022<\/h5>\n<p>The White House has launched a new program to distribute additional Monkeypox vaccines.<\/p>\n<p>When speaking at a press conference on Wednesday, National Monkeypox Response Coordinators Bob Fenton and Doctor Demetre Daskalakis, announced that they\u2019ve been seeing a strong progress in vaccine distribution. Additionally, they reported that over 460,000 doses of the vaccine have been administered despite admitting the at-risk population currently sits at 1.6 million people.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cWe only have data from 35 jurisdictions,\u201d Dr. Daskalakis said. \u201cThat\u2019s just over half of all jurisdictions that are directly receiving vaccine. But over 460,000 doses have been administered. Keep in mind, the population at highest risk is approximately 1.6 million people right now. So even with this partial view we have now from the reporting jurisdictions, we\u2019re seeing strong progress, really getting shots into arms.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Fenton also announced they were launching a program to address a racial disparity in vaccine distribution and will begin providing vaccines to the LGBTQ community in preparation for upcoming Pride events.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cOur focus now is to reach the remainder of the eligible population where they are \u2013 at trusted locations and events across the Country. And equity has to be a key point and priority embedded in throughout our response,\u201d Fenton said. \u201cWe are launching a new program that allows local health departments to request vaccines to use innovatively through strategies to reach Black and brown communities. And today, we\u2019re announcing that we\u2019re providing more vaccines to upcoming Pride events across the country.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Daskalakis and Fenton then went on to address questions about how they will be funding their program, saying they have plenty of money to launch their efforts. However, they implied that additional funding may be required to keep their fight going.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cSo we have enough money right now to make the key decisions we need to make. But as this progresses, we need to replenish what we\u2019ve used and be able to have additional funding to keep the fight going,\u201d Fenton said. \u201cThe low hanging fruit has been gotten. The folks who are early adopters for this vaccine have gotten it. And now we\u2019re really on to the next level, which is making sure that that everyone who needs it gets it.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The White House had previously requested $4.5 billion to combat the spread of the virus.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/queen-elizabeth-ii-dead-at-96-years-old\/\">Queen Elizabeth II Dead At 96-Years-Old<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, right, White House Monkeypox response deputy coordinator, speaks alongside Bob Fenton, White House Monkeypox response coordinator, during a press briefing at the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Patrick Semansky) OAN NewsroomUPDATED 12:15 PM PT \u2013 Thursday, September 8, 2022 The White House has launched a new program to &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1209,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1636447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1636447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1209"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1636447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1636447\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1636447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1636447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1636447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}